Taking your husband's last name

[Cookies Galore]

May 16, 2012 9:20:05 GMT -5 @moneyjenny82 said:

So we're on to pet names now?


You guys are reminding me of the SNL skit "Gettin' Quirky with Zooey Deschanel" where she said she's going to name her pets people names and her kids pet names.

I'm halfway there! Good thing i don't want kids or else I'd have a daughter named Snowball and a boy called Tigger.

[Firebird]

Now that I think about it, I wonder if I should start by getting the cats last names changed to mine. Or they should at LEAST be hyphenated. Neither of them will be reproducing, but if I take them to the vet, I don't want to have any snarky comments about how they aren't really my cats...



Karma. That was funny.

I wonder what we put down for our alien kitty's last name. Probably our last name (which was only DH's last name at the time). We were almost engaged when we got her.

Of course you know how this one should really be determined, don't you? Who the cat snuggles with at night

[Firebird]

Pet people? Don't worry, we don't send our pets to kitty hotels or spas or have them as beneficiary on our accounts or anything.

Then you don't really love them!

[michelyn8]

May 16, 2012 9:55:47 GMT -5 Firebird said:

Now that I think about it, I wonder if I should start by getting the cats last names changed to mine. Or they should at LEAST be hyphenated. Neither of them will be reproducing, but if I take them to the vet, I don't want to have any snarky comments about how they aren't really my cats...



Karma. That was funny.

I wonder what we put down for our alien kitty's last name. Probably our last name (which was only DH's last name at the time). We were almost engaged when we got her.

Of course you know how this one should really be determined, don't you? Who the cat snuggles with at night

Ok, so whose last name does the cat get when there is no man in the house at all and the mom and kids have different last names. I mean, my Molly has my last name at the vet's office but maybe I should have given her my daughters' last name or hypenated it to be fair, right?

[Deleted]

I took DH's last name after we got married. We're 7 years in and I still haven't gotten around to updating my name on my bank account.
It helped me determine who was selling my name, though!

[Firebird]

Ok, so whose last name does the cat get when there is no man in the house at all and the mom and kids have different last names. I mean, my Molly has my last name at the vet's office but maybe I should have given her my daughters' last name or hypenated it to be fair, right?

Right.

[zibazinski]

Are you kidding? In my house we have had Chauncey M. Depew, Archibald Leonard Peach, Charlemagne Vespucci, among others. No such thing as normal names like Fluffy or Spot.

[zibazinski]

But none of them had our last name until the vet wanted them to have it.

[Cookies Galore]

We have Katt von Cat and Henry Chinaski. i want our next cat to be a female and i will call her Judy Blume.

[Peace Of Mind]

May 16, 2012 9:17:37 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

My cats have their own first and last name. I am going to rule cat lady status!

My cats have all 3 names. Their middle name is the same as mine and their last name is DH's. Even the boys have my middle name because it's both a male and female name. ;D

[Firebird]

May 16, 2012 13:41:42 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

Are you kidding? In my house we have had Chauncey M. Depew, Archibald Leonard Peach, Charlemagne Vespucci, among others. No such thing as normal names like Fluffy or Spot.

Do you abbreviate?

[lurkyloo]

We have Puckthumper The Shameless. He's diligent about living up to his last name (although as far as the vet knows, his name is Thumper Smith).

Anybody watch How I Met Your Mother? I haven't seen the finale yet, but I saw reports that they gave their kid "Waitforit" as a middle name ;D

[Cookies Galore]

Yes! Best middle name ever!

[Firebird]

Our kitty's name is Tessercat (for those who have read A Wrinkle In Time, the "wrinkle" is known as a tesseract, and she's very wrinkly so it fit nicely .

We saw The Avengers this weekend and kept snickering whenever the characters would talk about how powerful and chaotic the tesseract was, or how much damage it was doing. It was a cute inside joke. We went home and told her how much trouble she was in for causing the destruction of NYC

[Deleted]

My cats are Mina and Maia Morris. The vet's office staff call them the M&M's.

As for changing my name, if I do ever get married, I would not change it or hyphenate. Five years ago, maybe. But at this point I am well established in my career with a good reputation. I really don't see the point or advantage. I do have a doctorate; and yes, I do use my title professionally. However, I do not correct anyone who calls me by my first name unless they are being jerks.

If I was with someone who gave me an ultimatum, I would know that it wasn't meant to be.

[InsertCoolName]

I wanted to name our cat Dee O. Gee, but no one here has a sense of humor like mine. Sooooo, I named her Kit Tee Kat. Then we got to looking and seen that she was really a he.
So, changed it to MR. Kit T. Cat.

Our Chihuahua's name is Behemoth but he call him Bobo.

[taz157]

May 16, 2012 14:46:18 GMT -5 lurkyloo said:

Anybody watch How I Met Your Mother? I haven't seen the finale yet, but I saw reports that they gave their kid "Waitforit" as a middle name ;D

Yes and yes!

My cats' names are boring: Nutmeg and Rascal.

[Firebird]

A friend of mine had two cats named Salt and Pepper. I kidded her that if she got a third cat, she could name him "Shoop."

[zibazinski]

Nope, no abbreviations.

[Firebird]

So it's dinnertime, and you yell, "Chauncey M. Depew, Archibald Leonard Peach, Charlemagne Vespucci - come and get it!"?

[kittensaver]

My four:

Gustavo Cornelius
Oscar Houdini
Sophie Rose
Yoda Meister

and yes, we all took my husband's last name

[Peace Of Mind]

LOL at the names! You all rock!

Taz - Me too. Unless you find Molly, Sophie, Buddy, etc. exciting.

[Deleted]

I guess my dog always had my last name in my head. One of my friends gave her the middle name "Grace" when she was in fake scolding her and it stuck.

She's mostly "Mads" - but she knows you mean business if you bust out "Madeline Grace"

[Firebird]

Mine just gets demoted to "CAT, GODDAMMIT" when we're mad. She knows we're talking to her

[8 Bit WWBG]

Hah, waitforit! I like that.

[Cookies Galore]

May 16, 2012 15:27:09 GMT -5 Firebird said:

A friend of mine had two cats named Salt and Pepper. I kidded her that if she got a third cat, she could name him "Shoop."

No, it should be Spinderella!


My cats' nicknames are Hank, Buddy, Chinaski, jerkface, Ow you asshole (Henry is a biter), cat face, and pretty lady baby.

[Firebird]

My cats' nicknames are Hank, Buddy, Chinaski, jerkface, Ow you asshole (Henry is a biter), cat face, and pretty lady baby.



How did we get on the subject of cat names? But mine is girly, pretty kitty, and snugglebutt when we're getting along. As mentioned, she's CAT, GODDAMMIT when we're not.

[Cookies Galore]

May 16, 2012 17:34:24 GMT -5 Firebird said:

My cats' nicknames are Hank, Buddy, Chinaski, jerkface, Ow you asshole (Henry is a biter), cat face, and pretty lady baby.



How did we get on the subject of cat names? But mine is girly, pretty kitty, and snugglebutt when we're getting along. As mentioned, she's CAT, GODDAMMIT when we're not.

Because this is a name discussion we can all get behind!

[Sum Dum Gai]

We have a cat named Whiskey, and a dog named Molly. No middle or last names. Although I guess on the vet records they're Whiskey Honor and Molly Honor... only with our real last name instead of Honor.

[weltschmerz]

May 16, 2012 9:07:32 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

Who puts that much thought into pet names?

I do.
Case in point....
Sushi Honkytonk Weltschmerz