Going out with someone with the same surname and/or parents name as you?

effluent · 13-06-2011 07:09PM #1

Would it put you off dating someone who had the same surname as you and/or had the same name as one of you parents. Assuming that you two are no way related, would it bother you?

RichieC · 13-06-2011 07:10PM

it be strange but I dont think it would be banjo music strange.

phasers · 13-06-2011 07:10PM

I actively search for people with the same name as mine to date, I find it's a good conversation starter.

Seachmall · 13-06-2011 07:11PM

As long as we're clear that when we get married she's taking my surname, not the other way around!

orourkeda · 13-06-2011 07:12PM

Once its not a family member It wouldn't bother me

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 13-06-2011 07:13PM

My parents both had the same surname before marriage.

'Ha ha your parents are cousins.' Now, I've got the obvious joke out of the way.

orourkeda · 13-06-2011 07:13PM

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

My parents both had the same surname before marriage.

'Ha ha your parents are cousins.' Now, I've got the obvious joke out of the way.

Your ma's your oul one.

RichieC · 13-06-2011 07:13PM

there was 4 families with my surname where I grew up.. not a fking looker among them.

Asphyxia · 13-06-2011 07:14PM

My friends parents had the same surname but they pronounced it differently :rolleyes:

ball · 13-06-2011 07:15PM

I've a common enough name, so it's happened to me before.

Awkward isn't the word

later12 · 13-06-2011 07:15PM

There are about 25 people in the world with the exact same surname as me, so if I am dating someone with my surname, we are related.

And if they were not hot, that would be wrong.

seanybiker · 13-06-2011 07:16PM

Not a chance. All the rest of the mc donaghs in Ireland are ...... Well they're cream crackers

Micky Dolenz · 13-06-2011 07:16PM

A mate of mine married a guy with the same surname as herself and the same christen name as her brother.

eyescreamcone · 13-06-2011 07:17PM

I like when Brendan marries Brenda
Paul marries Paula
That's a lot funnier to me :-)

candy-gal1 · 13-06-2011 07:17PM

Surname fine tbh, but same name as your mam or dad im really not loving that tbh

, it would be just very wierd tbh, all im saying :eek:

Doyler92 · 13-06-2011 07:19PM

Same name as your parents is grand.

Same age as your parents is a different story.

EverEvolving · 13-06-2011 07:21PM

ball wrote: »

I've a common enough name, so it's happened to me before.

Awkward isn't the word

Balls are everywhere!

-avey- · 13-06-2011 07:28PM

It's happened me before, same surname. Didn't really bother me too much, but then it wasn't anything serious. Maybe subconsciously I couldn't cope with the idea of not changing my name if I got married

Karona · 13-06-2011 07:31PM

It would be unusual to find someone with my surname that wasnt related to me... My surname is quite unusual like me

im invisible · 13-06-2011 07:32PM

eyescreamcone wrote: »

I like when Brendan marries Brenda
Paul marries Paula
That's a lot funnier to me :-)

i know a Francis and Frances that got married

Kevin Duffy · 13-06-2011 07:37PM

I never bother asking her surname. I want to get it on, not write to her.

How so Joe · 13-06-2011 07:42PM

My sister's boyfriend has the same name as our brother. It gets rather confusing.

Same surname wouldn't bother me.
Personally, though, I'm still waiting for the day I find a gay couple who have the same name!! Now that would be entertaining. =D

Where To · 13-06-2011 07:47PM

I used to go out with a girl called 'Mum'

Didn't bother me at all

effluent · 13-06-2011 07:48PM

I don't think the same surname would be much of an issue.

But if they had the same name as one of your parents it would be a bit weird, especially when...well ya know...:o

smiley girl · 13-06-2011 07:55PM

I am with a guy with the same surname as me, it doesn't bother me at all. We are together 8 years now.

I know a couple with the same first names, Carl & Carol.

The Orb · 13-06-2011 07:56PM

Wouldn't give a sh1te!
My mother had a schoolfriend whose Christian name was Joyce who married a man whose surname was Joyce, now that would be weird.

afatbollix · 13-06-2011 08:02PM

I'm a anthony and I'm nailing a girl with anthony as her second name.. In work they all call her anthony so its weird when someone calls anthony..

Cant wait till I marry her and hope she takes my name while keeping her own so it would be mrs anthony-kelly she would be mine!!!

unbeat · 13-06-2011 08:04PM

this must have happened many times with the amount of 'Smiths' in the world. In India every second person is called 'chopra' in china every second person is a wang or a dong. so no it shouldnt put you off if theyve got the same name. but if her name is wang or dong just do a full visual check.

unbeat · 13-06-2011 08:07PM

afatbollix wrote: »

I'm a anthony and I'm nailing a girl with anthony as her second name.. In work they all call her anthony so its weird when someone calls anthony..

Cant wait till I marry her and hope she takes my name while keeping her own so it would be mrs anthony-kelly she would be mine!!!

wait...

..so her surname is anthony. but yours is kelly. so she would be ?-kelly when married. but after marriage she would be mrs anthony kelly, but that would mean her full name now is anthony anthony.

The Big Red Button · 13-06-2011 08:09PM

My mother's parents had the same surname, and my aunt (their daughter) married a guy with the same surname too! :eek: All unrelated, as far as I know ...

im invisible wrote: »

i know a Francis and Frances that got married

I know a married couple called Jackie (the husband) and Frankie (the wife) - when they're introduced as a couple, no one knows which is which!

Toby Take a Bow · 13-06-2011 08:12PM

Dating someone with the first name of one of your parents would be a little weird, but seeing as I normally call my parents dad or mum, it wouldn't be a huge problem. Now dating a girl with the same name as my sister: I'm not sure if I could stomach that. Too weird.

Going out with someone with the same surname and/or parents name as you?

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