Photo: Courtesy of Sheri Segal Glick
?Sure, let me check your reservation. What?s your last name"?
?Can I just use my phone number"?
?Preferably not. Last name is easier.?
?How about my SIN number" Or credit card number" Or current age and weight"?
?No, sorry. Last name, please.?
?OK, it?s Segal Glick.?
?Sugulglick"?
?No. Segal. Glick.?
?Segulaguckluck"?
?Segal. Glick. Glick is my husband?s last name.?
?Got it. Segulaguckluck Glick.?
?Never mind. Thank you. I?ll just purchase new tickets.?

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Why my two children have different last names

When my husband and I got married, I thought I?d keep my own name. But it was important to him that we share a last name to avoid confusing our future children (apparently his side of the family confuses easily"). I didn?t want to lose the name that had been mine for three decades, though. The solution" Two last names, no hyphen (hyphens seemed like such a ?90s thing). In my mind, it was a fair and modern compromise. It turned out to be a massive error in judgment and an exercise in (accidental") masochism that I?m forced to relive multiple times daily.
I can never find tickets, credits, reservations or medical records (they?re under Segal, Glick, Segal...