When my parents were married they made both their names hyphenated because they thought it was like, "equal possesion" my mom says, but when I was at school it was a pain for teachers to figure out. They never knew how to pronounce it, or there would be no hyphen on the list saying who I was and so they thought I had some random long double last name. Then after my parents seperated I went back to my mothers maiden name, but the bad thing is that even though my parents are seperated, my school's homepage and grade website still have me listed with the hyphenated name so I have to tell teachers that its only my moms name, and its just a hassle. I could live with it, but its annoying. I don't like hyphenated names, and I think that if your married, that the woman should change their name. I think men changing their name is fine too, but just no hyphenated names. I would personally just change to my husbands name when I get married.
