My husband asked me to change my last name to his when we got married. Years later, he apologized.

The author and her husband share a last name.

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• After getting engaged, I joked to my husband that we should both change our last names together.
• He didn't find it funny and really wanted me to take his last name.
• A few years ago, he apologized for suggesting that I take his name over mine.

In the early days of our engagement, one of my favorite ways to tease my husband was to come up with new last names we could take when we got married.