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@bev6usa Hi! I'm actually glad it doesn't change automatically. :-) For one, I think it could be problematic for same-sex couples. How does the game decide who takes which name? Also, I have a friend who took his wife's name because she had no brothers and they wanted to continue her family name. I sometimes prefer them to keep their names or hyphenate them, like @simsplayer818 suggested.
It would be great if we could get an option to change names when sims get married. It could be similar to the pop-up we get that asks for a name when babies are born. The pop-up could state "would you like your sims to change names?" and show both sims with text boxes where you can change the names if you want or just click "no thanks" or something to keep them.
I agree with you and what you are saying @Jona0703. It makes a lot of sense. I also hyphenate the last names of the females so I know where she was from originally.