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Should I give the baby his surname even though....

29 replies

jenrose29 · 01/05/2012 21:12

I am due in 4 weeks (argh!) with a second daughter. My daughter is called Ellie-Rose and has her biological fathers (my ex husbands surname.) When we seperated, I got rid of his surname and instead of reverting to my maiden name I changed my surname to Rose so that I would have a name in common with DD. My partner and I have 'issues' in that he is still in the process of getting divorced (very early stages) despite having been seperated for almost 3 years and promising that he would do it immediately well over a year ago, hence trying for a baby. We do not live together and I have said that DD and I won't be moving in with him until he is divorced. His ex-wife is a nightmare and he has two (potential) kids with her that she is stopping him from seeing. Anyway, he has assumed (as have his family) that the baby will have his surname. I said that I wanted the baby to have a name in common with DD and I and he said we could give her the middle name Rose too, but I would prefer a different middle name from DD and I call her Roses more so than Ellie so to have the same middle name would be confusing. Am I really wrong in thinking that he kind of hasn't 'earned' the right for baby to have his name? Like I said, it's been well well over a year since he said he was getting divorced, almost 3 since he's been seperated. He's shown no real committment to baby, DD and I and I don't want to have baby being stuck with his surname if he continues to not pull his finger out if he doesn't get his divorce and kids sorted. Am I being unreasonable?

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Flojo1979 · 01/05/2012 21:20

YANBU, both my DCs have my name. DC1 took my name as I split with his father before the birth and when I fell pregnant with DC2 her father wasnt at all happy when I told him she would have my name as I wanted her to have the same name as her brother, but tough! Shes now 3 and I dont regret it one bit!

mypersonalfavourite · 01/05/2012 21:18

Do not give the baby his surname! You can always change it later if you want to you but you won't ever get his permission to change it to yours.

Stellan · 01/05/2012 21:17

It is quite clear that you should not give this child your partner's surname: your post makes it abundantly clear that it is not what you want.

nolongeramug · 01/05/2012 21:15

YANBU I always regretted not giving my DS my name. In the circumstances I think your right to put your thoughts and DD and baby first. Sounds like he has done nothing to reassure you he will be sticking around.