To the ladies:

Considering our religion and society, and that changing your family name after marriage is not allowed, I was wondering....

If it was allowed to change your family name after marriage, would you?!

I don't think I would!

Well, The only good thing about having family name is that it makes it easier for a database developer to organize the families databases.

^ lol

No, I wouldn't but I guess if it was allowed many people would've done it or should I say the majority of those I know :rolleyes:

I wouldn't.

nopes. i wouldn't change it.

but when i think of Braiki's teasing, this sounds incredibly tempting. lol

nooo!! :P
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I don't know, I think it might be romantic, since it's a way to show you're his. It symbolizes that you're under his wing. But I would keep my last name.

Mrs. Al Mawali Pitt :love:

But then seriously, it would depend on his last name. I would not consider changing it if his last name was like Al-Batrani or Al-Khanbashi. I just don't like how they sound.

^or Alsharji! lol

Actually, I am okay with Al-Sharji :)

When I was on my honeymoon people kept on calling me by my husband's surname. It was so weird at first, like sometimes I'd think they were talking to someone else, but then I grew to like it.

If I had the option, and it mattered to him, maybe I'd hyphenate our surnames.
Mrs. (insert my surname)-(insert his surname)

I'd never actually give up mine and replace it with his.

An Omani/Arab lady changing her last name? NO Way especially if it is a tribal one!

Who said it is not allowed? I think it is.

I know a lot of people in Oman whom changed their family names (tribes).

Nah...no point of changing it:D

Who said it is not allowed? I think it is.

I know a lot of people in Oman whom changed their family names (tribes).

Yeah, but here I am talking about changing your family name to be your husband's family name.

People who changed it, did that to get accepted by their society, not to follow their husband.

Yeah, but here I am talking about changing your family name to be your husband's family name.

People who changed it, did that to get accepted by their society, not to follow their husband.
Same can be done to follow the husband's family name then... it's just a matter of choice. So, technically it is allowed but most of people decide not to do it or they are actually not used to doing it.

Same can be done to follow the husband's family name then... it's just a matter of choice. So, technically it is allowed but most of people decide not to do it or they are actually not used to doing it.

Yes, but from what I know, the wives who do that, only do that because they don't belong to a tribe with a strong reputation, so they change it for that reason only. For example, my grandmother's family name is Al Yafei (she's from Yemen), and when she came to Oman (even after getting the nationality), she was hardly accepted around (especially in the government sectors), so she changed her family name to be "normal"!

Doesn't bother me to change. If I married in my Hispanic culture I would keep my last name and add my husband's.