Your name or mine?

Women who get married face a decision: change or keep your last name?

The issue is often fraught with awkward conversations between would-be spouses, their friends, family members, and everyone else who feels it's necessary to contribute two cents.

And then, there are those cases when the government steps in, like in Germany...

German triple-barreled ban holds

The German government is prohibiting its citizens from having more than three last names. In the case of one couple, the woman wants to add her name to her husband's already hyphenated surname, but no dice.

The reason the government doesn't want this trilogy to occur? "The court ruled surnames made of three or more different names made it more difficult to trace back a family line."

Eeek. There's something distinctly threatening about this. Why does family lineage matter? Which also seems to beg the question: who exactly are they trying to keep out/in?

Just sayin...sketchy, Germany, super sketchy.