Hi everyone. I'd love your views!
We are expecting our first child this year. We are not yet married but plan to be. However, I really do not like my partner's surname.
Its 4 letters long and is spelt like a very rude word with just the initial letter different (without giving it away lol)!
I have convinced myself the child will get bullied at school. My friends and parents keep asking me what surname we are giving the child as they are apprehensive about it.
I have tried approaching the subject with my partner and suggested we double barrel our names giving the child the opportunity to drop one later in life if they wanted to so.
I do not want to take his name when we are married but feel double barrel is a fair compromise. After all it is 2021.
My partner is having none of it. He wants the child to take his name only. He is refusing to discuss the subject. He feels he will be embarrassed to explain we are double barrelling our name and is offended that I don't like it.
Am I being unreasonable? Have you experienced this yourself? How did you resolve the argument?
Many thanks!