Same here, Whiks. The way my name is, is ideal. It sounds awesome just saying it, and think about it. Mike (first) is a name of a guy and Sandy (last) is the name of a girl. I think the design of my name is brilliant.
If you marry a woman named Sandy, my guess is she will probably want to keep her own name. My mother is old fashioned. She's been married once before my dad, then my dad, and many years after his death she married again. She changed her last name all three times. What was funny as hell is that her husband's last name now, combined with the form of her name she'd used for 40+ years made her sound like a shortstop - think something like "Willie Wood"...so she changed her *first* name to a different version....and corrected people who didnt use the right NEW first name. Thank gods I could keep it simple and call her Mother.
I am assuming that is how you had your kids if you have one? A bowling ball out of your ass? you mean your kids were the size of a bowling ball? SMH seriously so you think because you went through pains to give birth to a child it means you are entitled to half his property? Giving birth is one thing being a mother is another case in point Casey Anthony so don't lecture me that bullcrap about pains during childbirth.
No, I would think I was entitled to half the marital property, not for giving birth, but for being an equal partner during the marriage. As for giving birth, my son was 9 and a half pounds, 23 and 3/4 inches long, I had a completely natural birth with no medication or surgery. I was in labor over 24 hours with contractions every 4 minutes or closer. I invite you to try it before you determine that pain during childbirth is "bullcrap."
I remember a Robin Williams performance where he described the things that might give men an idea of how painful childbirth is..."Unless you circumcise yourself with a chainsaw, pass a bowling ball or open an umbrella up your ass, you have no idea!" Hilarious.
I suspect some of these guys have never partnered with a woman and been there when she was giving birth. It would change their perspective on the effort required in a nanosecond. Again, for the slow of mind, I'm not suggesting that giving birth is worth cash - being an equal marital partner is worth splitting the marital assets. Giving birth is a gift beyond price, and something I would not have missed for the world (though I *hated* being pregnant, birth is awe inspiring)
In response to previous posts in which women were accused of using the "popping out" of a baby to justify getting any marital assets.
Fair enough but it should also be noted that women on here have used that as an argument for alimony. One member went as far as to say that it should be expected since you're risking your health/lives to have our babies. All along I thought that was nature's choice not ours.
There's an argument to be made that it's also your choice if you aren't wearing a condom, but I've had a truly wretched day and I won't go there. *I* have never argued that childbirth is a reason for alimony or division of marital assets. However, having giving birth referred to so casually by people who never have, and never will, give birth is a pretty pathetic statement. It *is* a risk to life and health to carry and birth a child. I'm not suggesting I get a cookie for having done so, but dismissing it in the tone in which it was dismissed is really pretty lame. Childbirth is a lot of hard work. Think of it this way. Think of the worst digestive problem you've ever had in your life, when you felt like your guts were being squeezed out of you, times that by about 20, and then have it go on for 24 and a half hours, every four minutes, following by delivering a 9 and a half pound bowling ball out of your ass. That's about as close as you'd ever come to what I went through. Sound like fun? I didnt think so. Just because it's natural doesn't mean it's easy. I did it with no medication because I believe it's better for the baby if you can manage it. Afterwards, you feel like a truck drove THROUGH your body. It's called "Labor" for a reason.
LOL! You notice I only did it once. Actually the birth was fascinating if difficult, but pregnancy sucked muddy moose balls backwards through a snot-green bendy straw.
There are women who do "pop out" babies for money. Whether we want to admit it or not...it happens. Can't deny it. No matter the pain involved, there are people out there who will do it for reasons other than bringing life into the world. But what has any of this got to do with last names??
:::Meh::: Won't say child birth is awe inspiring but a memorable moment indeed. [YOUTUBE]aIidC2YrLAA[/YOUTUBE]
