Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Hyphenated Last Name
Maybe it's because I am a guy, but what is with the ladies wanting to hyphenate their last name? To me it says that their husband's last name is not good enough. Over all it just plain bugs me to no end and makes zero sense. When I was about to marry Stephanie I made sure we had a talk about this. I told her that if she was wanted a hyphenated last name then I would rather she just kept hers and not to force mine into that needless tangle. I mean if you like your last name so much that you can't live without it, just keep it and don't mangle it. That is just my opinion, I could be wrong.
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I can totally understand a woman wanting to have both her maiden name and married name. I briefly thought about it, but my maiden name is freaking 11 letters.
Sometimes a woman may feel like her identity is being "absorbed" by being married and taking her husband's name. Her old friends from high school, for example, won't recognize her with a new name on Facebook (I ended up using both names so people would recognize me). I know it bugs me when people send us mail and it's addressed to "Mr. and Mrs. Tyson DeWitt." I don't want to be "Mrs. Tyson" I want to be "Ms. Diane." (The title "Ms." doesn't depend on marital status. I love my husband, but does it really matter if I'm married?)
In addition to keeping her pre-marital identity, she may want to take on her post-marital identity as well because she likes being married and likes the connection to her husband that taking on his name means. Hence the hyphenated name.
I never thought of it like that before, great point Diane. I can see it making more sense when viewed like that.
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