Last names post marriage

When I got married we were going to change it to my last name, it sounded better and we had a closer bond with my family than his at the time. But the Judge who married us didn't even give us the option and breezed right through the paperwork automatically assuming the wife would take on the husbands name....no thought. We would do name changes entirely but it takes too much work <--- Lazy

My wife still has her name. I'm quite pleased that she did. Our son has her last name as a second middle name, or third name. People are funny about it sometimes, like I must not be assertting my will hard enough over the household.

Most people seem quite pleased when I explain it, though.