Same last name - Too Wierd?

[MADDOG]

Just something I've been wondering.

You meet the perfect partner, you go out, have a good time, and begin to think that they may be... "The one", or even just a great person to have some fun with.

So you're out, and suddenly you realise you don't know their last name! So you ask, and to your horror (or maybe joy?), it's the same as yours! You aren't related, so what do you do? Is it a problem?

I'd love to answer this, but I myself have no clue. If it was the real thing, maybe I could get past it, but otherwise, I just don't think I'd be able to do it. But I can't be sure. What do you think?

MADDOG

P.S. This is Hypothetical. I am not trying to discover a new way to seduce a my mother or sister.

 

[Angelique]

Maddog...Bigdog...coincidence?

 

[Cyra_3]

No way is it a problem , you say you're not related so there's no problem. I phoned an operator a couple of months ago and he had the same surname it gave us something to talk about. Try looking at it as a conversation piece. I think it's amazing, especially if it's an unusual surname.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I don't like it, which is why I never visit China.

 

[Tinman]

Funny you should ask, Maddog! Stopped in a southern Louisiana roadhouse years ago for a beer (I was stationed at Fort Polk then). Saw this beautiful Creole girl (black hair, a body to knock your eyes out, and pretty as any girl who ever walked the bayous).

Nervous but determined (and a little high on beer), went over to ask her to dance and get permission from her "date" (who turned out to be her brother). She asked my name, and when I told her, she jumped up and hugged me like a long-lost something. Even her brother got up and shook my hand, all grins. Yep, we had the same last name.

Didn't bother anything, didn't upset anything, but sure helped break the ice and she and I dated for about a year after that before I went back North, discharge (paper one, that is) in my hand. For years I visited her family whenever I got close to Starks, Louisiana, which I did just a year ago.

Her brother and I got to be good friends, BTW, and I learned he always carried a "hog leg" (big pistol) in his pocket; would he have used it if we hadn't shared the same name? I dunno.

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[Wild Child]

I think it's kind of odd....but I wouldn't really know....I have a rather odd last name....so I've never had that problem.



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[Nicole]

MADDOG, Like I'm not going to meet someone with the same last name as me?? Too Common.

No it wouldn't bother me at all babe. As long as their male and not related to me then hell NO.

I have never been in that situation mind you, but No No NO.

 

[Skibum]

In teresting topic, Tinman. In some cultures (I know that Korea is one such), it is considered incest to marry a person with the same surname. That can be a real problem in Korea, because there are only nine different surnames in the whole country.

of course that is not an issue in the US. My grandparents were first cousins once removed. And it was not that uncommon for first cousins to marry as recently as early in this century.

 

[Bigdog]

Angelique, what are we implying here?

 

[Casey13]

Well, one positive for us gals...

Wouldn't have to change names on all that pesky stuff. You know, driver's license, credit cards, bank accounts, etc.

I'm from the South, though, and I'D even have a teensy bit of concern about same last names (okay, that was an incest joke, but I'm allowed ).

Wouldn't it be too weird to fall in love with this person and realize he/she was a long lost relative, or the bastard offspring of your dad?

ICK!!

k

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[Gingersnap]

LOL at DCL.. May I compliment you on your sense of the absurd. Mr Lee, (getting down on one knee) can we go steady????? I um changed my name to Chee Wee Lee for ya...

Chee Wee Gingersnap Lee

 

[Gingersnap]

HI MADDOG waving wildly


I worked with two men both of whom had my same surname. It was pure confusion most of the time esp. when I started dating one of them. Many made the assumption that we were married and I finally stopped the relationship. It made me feel too odd.

 

[Angelique]

Bigdog,

I imply nothing, darlin'...only present the facts.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

LOL! Sure Ginger. You can pin me anytime.