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Jamie, I love your excuse --becoming a doctor gives an excuse to keep my birth name.
That's funny.
It seems like significant number of women in SDN decide to keep their birth name.
I would like to get to the bottom of this.
Why are we keeping our birth name?
Are we so attached to our birth family more so than our new family?
Is it the manifestation of feminist in us?
Or are we preparing for the worst?
Why are we keeping our birth name?
Because that's simply what I've been called these past 23 years. It's a symbol of connection with my family and I have as much right as my husband to be proud of them. It's my friggin' name!!
Are we so attached to our birth family more so than our new family?
They are not my 'new family'. They're his family. I hope to get along just fine with his mother, but no amount of time spent together will make me become 'her' daughter. I already have a family, and you can never have more than one. They're called in-laws for a reason.
Is it the manifestation of feminist in us?
It has nothing to do with feminism, nme-changing imho is a medieval custom bound to disappear in a few decades. Our granddaughters will have a good laugh at this, ladies!
Or are we preparing for the worst?
If that were true, why are we bothering getting maried?
That's funny.
It seems like significant number of women in SDN decide to keep their birth name.
I would like to get to the bottom of this.
Why are we keeping our birth name?
Are we so attached to our birth family more so than our new family?
Is it the manifestation of feminist in us?
Or are we preparing for the worst?
Why are we keeping our birth name?
Because that's simply what I've been called these past 23 years. It's a symbol of connection with my family and I have as much right as my husband to be proud of them. It's my friggin' name!!
Are we so attached to our birth family more so than our new family?
They are not my 'new family'. They're his family. I hope to get along just fine with his mother, but no amount of time spent together will make me become 'her' daughter. I already have a family, and you can never have more than one. They're called in-laws for a reason.
Is it the manifestation of feminist in us?
It has nothing to do with feminism, nme-changing imho is a medieval custom bound to disappear in a few decades. Our granddaughters will have a good laugh at this, ladies!
Or are we preparing for the worst?
If that were true, why are we bothering getting maried?