I absoultly love my last name, I have it tattood on me.(Not big, small but noticable) anyways, I've always said I would never change my last name. But now I'm with my boyfriend and we have been together for 2 years and I'm at the age, where the next step would be marriage. He's the type where the girl changes her last name to his. This is the name I was given at birth and for the past 20 sumthing years I've loved it. My question is, why would it be a problem for the girl you love and want to spend forever with, keep her last name. What is ur input on this, on if you would mind your wife not changing her last name?? Why do u suppose guys want them to