re: Would your fiancé not taking your last name be a deal breaker?

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I suppose if you're an insecure little man it is a deal breaker.

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Nah, it would mean we have fundamentally different views about the world.

No, simply because I know at that point our value system would be incapable.

When I was 25, probably. Now that I’m older I wouldn’t care.

A bunch of insecure people in this thread.

No but her regularly wearing her mask out of doors was one

I would require a Pre-Nup at that point and as already stated, any kids would carry my last name

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Would your fiancée not taking your last name be a deal breaker?

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Nope

Take her last name, baws.

Hell, might as well both get new last names.

Be an ally.

A couple of days before the wedding would definitely be odd, but my wife and I have both been divorced. She said it was a pain to change her name back the first time, so she just kept it the same after she changed it back to her maiden.(no kids for either of us)

Now we have two boys who have my last name.

I would add that when your younger and it’s your first marriage I think you try to follow more traditional ways of how you think things should be (big wedding etc)
Second time around you’re a bit older
Justice of the piece, a few friends, and so on.

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She said it was a pain to change her name back the first time

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I kept my married name after the divorce. But I have a very unique situation. My married name is the same as my grandmother’s maiden name (absolutely no relation though).

Me and her were close and she was always soooo excited that I was gonna have her maiden name. I kept it as a way to honor her memory and still feel connected to her (she died a few months before my wedding).

If I ever remarry I would change it to my spouses name though.

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What values? I am not hating I am just curious of the mind set.

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My family always got married and had kids later in life. For example, I had grandparents born in 1900. I didn’t get married until I was in my 30s. We spend the vast majority of our social free time with parents and siblings on both sides, and very little time with friends. In essence, our only social circle outside of work is our families. Because of this I think I have a much more traditional view on a lot of topics.

I was taught the word divorce in a marriage was similar to the N-word in society. You never say it, even in a joking manner, because it’s a word that that once said can never be unsaid.

So, think very conservative, biblically based, and very family focused. These are things I would find very difficult for a woman to believe in if she wasn’t excited to take her husbands last name.