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Changing Surnames
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I found this on BBC news.
What do you think about changing your surname when you get married?
I think I'd take the surname of my husband to be (the hypothetical one, that is!), unless it was a really awful surname.
I should think Sophia will have some opinions about this!
ETA and if a mod would like to add the 'g' into the title, that would be great!
What do you think about changing your surname when you get married?
I think I'd take the surname of my husband to be (the hypothetical one, that is!), unless it was a really awful surname.
I should think Sophia will have some opinions about this!
ETA and if a mod would like to add the 'g' into the title, that would be great!
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If not I'll keep my own, I'm not one for double-barrelled names but quite a few of my family members have gone down that route.
I know its not particularly feminist and its pandering to a patriarchal society, but i still think its nice for a family to all have the same name, and I think its a pretty romantic thing to do. Its not law that you have to change it though, so its all individual choice, so it doesnt go against feminism in that way.
The connotations of ownership don't really worry me, as I think most of those connotations don't exist in this society anymore.
Another thing - would you be Miss, Mrs or Ms?
Now if only he was a real person...
*is now wondering what on earth this embarassing hideous surname is*
I'm a traditionalist so I wouldn't have changed mine, but if I was a woman I would have happily done so.
I liked what one of my friends did- he hated his name, but she wanted a new name for her new family, so they made one up.
Cretins like Greer are.
Lets not go down the route of what constitutes a feminist :razz:
I want to know that surname now...PM pls:p
Deal.
But she is a cretin:(
Even better would be Crowball or Crowbar.
On the Miss, Ms, Mrs thing
Unmarried, Miss
Married with my own name (unlikely) Ms
Married with his name Mrs
I'm Ms now and will be Mrs if I get married, simple as
simple things like that please me.