Married couple choose not to have same surname - because their first and middle names are identical
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA couple who have identical first and middle names chose to have different surnames when they got married to avoid confusion.
Nicole Marie Skutelnik and Nicole Marie LaCroce met in 2021 and were online friends before dating. They met on an LGBT dating app and thought they only shared a first name.
But after adding each other on Facebook two weeks later, they realised they both shared a middle name of Marie too due to their Italian heritage. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Nicole LaCroce, 37, added Nicole Skutelnik, 35, later decided against matching surnames after they got married to avoid further mix-ups, Wales Online reports. Nikki said: "I know for Italian girls born in the 80's, Marie is the most generic middle name.
So [after I found her on Facebook] I asked 'are you the kind of Italian with the middle name Marie?' and the answer was yes!" Luckily they chalked it up to one of the endless list of things they have in common - and they've always seen the funny side of it.
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