cool: BC marriage certificates don’t presume either partner are taking the other’s surname
not cool: I cannot register a change of surname by marriage in my Australian birth state without a recognised marriage certificate which says I’m changing my name

(this means I’m on the hook for $173 plus fees plus extra if I want a certificate because I didn’t get married on their terms lol)

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