Saturday, August 15, 2009

Women Changing Names After Marriage!!!


So yeah...this topic has been a hot one for a while now. Surprisingly though, because a few decades back, (and this is not an attempt to play the Chauvinist or promote any male ego)this topic will not even earn a spot in any debate. The basics were clear: "if you marry a man, you are meant to take on his last name and drop yours." Recently, that story has changed. While some women are indifferent to the idea, a few emerging ones are not forfeiting their name for no man or marriage. So here's my question to the women, "If you are not willing to change your last name, are you ready to lose your marriage to your man if he insists that you answer his?" And for the men "Will you call off the wedding if your wife insists she's keeping her last name and not using yours after you guys get married?"
Nowadays, a good option may be to include both names in the woman's last name so that the woman answers her maiden name followed by a hyphen and then the man's name? But even with that, some women and men still have issues with this option.
An article from Elle delves more into this issue and offers it from a woman's point of view. Read Here.
Unfortunately, our World just gets more complicated.

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