I *almost* sorted that one by settling both names on the children, so that they are "Son W-C" (unfortunate, I know... but kids today don't seem to know WC) and I have been sufficiently high-profile about it that all the teachers, and therefore all the children (they are much more accepting than adults), call me "Mrs W". It could be worse.

Of course, I haven't tried sending Rob into school to see how they cope ;-)

I think my father still hasn't come to terms with it. His cards are addressed to "Master Initial C" . My parents-in-law, however, use "Master Initial C-W" - they're very good at keeping their differing opinions to themselves.