I tried to get two last names through marriage but California wasn't having any of it ...so my partner and I decided to shift names over and functionally have t

I tried to get two last names through marriage but California wasn't having any of it ...so my partner and I decided to shift names over and functionally have the same result. I probably saved myself your trouble - and I had a Spanish roommate in the past that had mail addressed to him with his two last names in 10+ different combinations - but that so many people have yet to tackle their misconceptions about names is frustrating :( I do have two wonderful? related problems now though: I come across the occasional racist jerk that I can learn to avoid because they can't help Questioning my last name not matching my ethnicity, and I come across people that don't realize that my name in my other language hasn't changed (and that that's just not a Thing that happens in that culture). Yay names.