My Wife Refuses to Take My Last Name

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

Relationships, Mental Health, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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0:00.0	This is an ad for BetterHelp.
0:07.0	May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and the stress you keep pushing down is showing up in your relationships and your health.
0:13.0	If you need to talk to a licensed therapist, make today the day.
0:16.0	Go to betterhelp.com slash Deloney for 10% off.
0:20.0	She didn't take my last name when we got married.
0:23.1	Now we're expecting our first kid.
0:25.2	And I've tried to have the conversation with her about, like, hey, just her last name.
0:28.6	And she's like, well, I really want to maintain my name with like the political climate, this, that, and the other.
0:32.4	Like, there's some, like, voting things that she's concerned about if she has to change her last name.
0:37.4	What?
0:43.8	What up?
0:45.5	What up?
0:46.0	This is John with the Dr. John Deloney's show.
0:48.4	Welcome back.
0:50.1	Welcome for your first time.
0:52.5	However you showed up here, however long you've been here, I'm glad you're here.
0:56.0	Talking about your mental and emotional health, your well-being, your relationships, your marriages, your kids, whatever you got going on.
1:03.9	Pull up a seat and we're going to figure out what's the next right move.
1:06.7	If you want to be on the show, I don't answer questions and things on social media.
1:13.6	I answer them live.
1:14.7	Real people talking to other real people.
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