[HPFGU-OTChatter] Okay, Men (was Re: Confessions of a Stepford wife (was Names)

[Amanda Lewanski]

Rosmerta wrote:

> huh. I'm interested in the number of responses to this thread, the
> fact that they're all from women, and the fact that they all agree
> with one another.

Actually, I sort of thought that those who don't agree were charitably
sitting back and letting us put our positive spin on it. I could have
sworn I remembered posts advocating retaining the maiden name, which is
why I wanted to put a message that gave a positive cast to taking one's
husband's name.

> What do the guys think? Did it/will it matter that/if your beloved
> changed/changes her name to yours?

Well, Jan said that it was up to me, but I know that he was pleased when
I opted to take his name. It would never have been a big issue, by any
means, though (i.e., something you drag out down the years during
arguments, etc.). I also dimly recall a college friend with a weird last
name, who mentioned hoping any future wife *wouldn't* take his name
because he hated it.

--Amanda
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://archive.hpfgu.org/pipermail/hpfgu-otchatter/attachments/20010520/110a8b5f/attachment.html>