I do not consider it cheapened or sad at all. To me it was an expression of how much Christof loves her. Most of us give diamond rings. Christof took her name. I probably wouldn't have had the balls to do that myself but I salute him.


>Sometimes a man's name is all he has that's worthy to offer to his bride. So now even that is being cheapened.
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>Kinda sad.....
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>>Our very own Christof Wollenhaupt, nee Christof Lange, did exactly that. When he married he took his wife's family name. It did strike me as odd but my respect for him made me think maybe there's nothing wrong with it. We should probably all open up our thinking from time to time.
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>>>Now a husband can take the surname of his wife.
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>>>http://cbs5.com/local/local_story_128002137.html
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>>>I once met a man whose legal name was “Ocean”. That was it. Extremely intelligent but when he talked to you he had to face you with the front of his body and head 90 degrees from your left side. Perhaps that is what we need – one word names. But then George Lucas had a movie titled THX 1138. That sounds way cool!