Regarding Markieboy's comments:
markieboy said:
I know several male subs who have forfeit their last names in favor of their wive's last names...
This is entirely reasonable (per my post above), but why should only men with "sub personalities" adopt their wives surnames on marriage...?
markieboy said:
...and I also know a few families in which the children's first name is taken from the [married mother's] lover [who is the biological] father.
I agree this is a good practice. If "Joe," for instance, is a married woman's lover (not her husband, who has some other first name), and if Joe sires one of her children and it's a girl, it would be appropriate for her to name her infant (for instance) "Joanne" or "Joan." If her infant is a boy, it would be appropriate for her to name him "Joe." This practice, IMO, should be in addition to... not a substitute for... the woman's husband taking her surname on marriage.
Regarding Saraha's comments:
Saraha said:
I think it would be kind of nice if all husbands took their wife's surname. So John Browning marrying Elaine Smith would become John and Elaine Smith.
Yes, certainly. I suggest, however, a slight difference in how this should be viewed. If John Browning marries Elaine Smith, they would subsequently be known as Elaine and John Smith. On formal occasions, they would be known and addressed as "Ms. and Mr. Elaine Smith."
Saraha said:
The real advantage of this is that former boyfriends of Elaine Smith could have re-unions with her throughout the marriage whenever she needed a "loving top-up," especially if the time arrived when John is no longer getting erections often enough for her liking. If Elaine Smith remains Elaine Smith, all her former class mates and lovers can find her easily in the future. By contrast, John Browning can "lose" his surname because he would promise to be faithfully monogamous throughout the marriage.
These are all good points...
Saraha said:
Former lovers will call in on Elaine every few months to check whether she is ready for extra loving, and whether she is ready to make John a proper cuckold. A wife should be allowed to have sex with any former boyfriend throughout her marriage, because these men "know her body" thoroughly - and emotionally she is connected to them. ...
Here, however, I must say this seems much too restrictive. Why should a married woman's lovers be restricted to her previous lovers prior to taking one of them as her husband?
One problem would be that some or all of them would probably be married themselves, and would thus have promised monogamous fidelity to THEIR wives (who, in turn, might enforce that).
In addition, even if single, they would probably tend to be of roughly similar age to the married woman who wishes to take advantage of their services (again), so — like her husband — they may no longer be as hot in bed as they used to be.
Ergo, a married woman should be free to enjoy any other men of her choosing, including younger men — considerably younger men, if she so desires — as lovers, not just the men she fucked prior to her marriage.