Thread: Did Your Wife Take Your Name?

To those farang who have married Thai. When you got married did your wife change her name to your surname, ie. on ID card etc? Or did she keep her Thai family name?

Why not?

Actually in Thailand amongst Thais obviously now most women keep their maiden name and keep "miss" on their ID card as the head officer told us or better my wife in the ampuer. I would be well pissed off.

They keep their maiden name so when you've bought the house, the land and the car they can fuck you off and get another stupid farang.

Originally Posted by the dogcatcher

They keep their maiden name so when you've bought the house, the land and the car they can fuck you off and get another stupid farang.

They could do that regardless, you're obviously pretty new around here.

Originally Posted by English Noodles

Originally Posted by the dogcatcher

They keep their maiden name so when you've bought the house, the land and the car they can fuck you off and get another stupid farang.

They could do that regardless, you're obviously pretty new around here.

Ermm no I'm not.
But if the new farang sees the name "Braithwaite" on an id card it sort of gives the game away.

Originally Posted by the dogcatcher

Originally Posted by English Noodles

Originally Posted by the dogcatcher

They keep their maiden name so when you've bought the house, the land and the car they can fuck you off and get another stupid farang.

They could do that regardless, you're obviously pretty new around here.

Ermm no I'm not.
But if the new farang sees the name "Braithwaite" on an id card it sort of gives the game away.

She could change back to her maiden name after divorce.

No mate she took all the money...!!

Yes she did.

Originally Posted by English Noodles

When you got married did your wife change her name to your surname,

Yes

Originally Posted by Smug Farang Bore

she took all the money...!!

That too

Originally Posted by Smug Farang Bore

money

I've heard of that stuff but it's been a while since i've seen or had any

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My wife took my name, couldn't change it quick enough, think back in 2002 women had to take their husbands name, although i could be wrong on this.

Originally Posted by buriramboy

My wife took my name, couldn't change it quick enough, think back in 2002 women had to take their husbands name, although i could be wrong on this.

The law did change around this time allowing women to keep their own names. I thought my wife might keep hers as doing so would have been a novelty.

She took my name. Was up to her, I didn't care either way. We live out in the boonies of Bkk so I was well impressed when the local registrar, or whatever the title would be here, recognized the name as being French and knew what it meant.

Originally Posted by shunpike

...................was well impressed when the local registrar, or whatever the title would be here, recognized the name as being French and knew what it meant.

shunpike is FRENCH????

Originally Posted by tsicar

Originally Posted by shunpike

...................was well impressed when the local registrar, or whatever the title would be here, recognized the name as being French and knew what it meant.

shunpike is FRENCH????

Hee hee heee...mais oui!!

Actually Dad's French Canadian (Acadian) and me Mom's English Canadian. I was raised mostly in English.

My wife has her maiden name on all the Thai stuff and my name on all her UK stuff.

Marriage never registered here, we both believe the meddling little shits can fuck right off out of it.

Originally Posted by English Noodles

did your wife change her name to your surname, ie. on ID card etc? Or did she keep her Thai family name?

She got my name but I had previously added her surname to mine making mine
double-barrelled so as the nipper could retain both Thai and English surnames,
(it was important to her??? dont ask me)
Then she took most of the money

Simples

Originally Posted by Bobcock

My wife has her maiden name on all the Thai stuff and my name on all her UK stuff.

Marriage never registered here, we both believe the meddling little shits can fuck right off out of it.

Same here.

Originally Posted by tsicar

Originally Posted by Sdigit

Originally Posted by English Noodles

did your wife change her name to your surname, ie. on ID card etc? Or did she keep her Thai family name?

She got my name but I had previously added her surname to mine making mine
double-barrelled so as the nipper could retain both Thai and English surnames,
(it was important to her??? dont ask me)
Then she took most of the money

Simples

mine too!
didn't take my name but she took everything else!!!

seriously:

wtf is it about thai women who marry farang and keep their maiden names?
more importantly:
why , if they are serious about the marriage, do they prefer to keep their maiden name?
this is NOT normal amongst thais

Hi Tsi,
I think it as simple as there was never a real relationship going on in the first place, thats how it was with me.

The woman's refusal to take the husbands name should be seen as a big warning sign that somthing is badly wrong in the relationship.
As rightly you say, this is not normal in Thai/Thai marriages.

It was only ever about money with my ex which is the reason she wanted to retain her name.

Originally Posted by Sdigit

She got my name but I had previously added her surname to mine making mine
double-barrelled so as the nipper could retain both Thai and English surnames,

We'll do the same.

The nippers will have a double-barrel Thai and English first name too. They can choose which one they prefer when they're older.

Originally Posted by The Master Cool

Originally Posted by Sdigit

She got my name but I had previously added her surname to mine making mine
double-barrelled so as the nipper could retain both Thai and English surnames,

We'll do the same.

The nippers will have a double-barrel Thai and English first name too. They can choose which one they prefer when they're older.

That's another thing, when my misses was pregnant and we were thinking about names, i asked her if she wanted to choose a Thai name which i would have been more than happy with as i quite like the name Tittiporn myself or even a Thai middle name, but she was adamant she just wanted a farang name so i got my Mum to send me over one of those baby name books with about 2000 names in, i short listed about 10 and she chose Annabel out of my list and no middle name.