Hi,

My partner and I aren't married, and even if we were, I wouldn't be changing my last name. Has anyone had any experience with this, and hyphened last names? It was something we were looking at doing, but aren't too sure about it yet. I have read somewhere that some people combine their last name to make a new one, but this wouldn't work for us (I haven't liked any of the combinations I could come up with).

Do you think it would be hard on the child to have a hyphened last name? I have heard in some cases they just drop one of the last names if they get sick of having 2.

If not hyphened, has anyone had issues with their children having a different last name to them?