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
@cat what, even, is Australia?
@meena a miserable pile of bureaucracy
(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)