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"I hyphenated our names. My husband was not real happy about it at first but grew to accept it. My reasoning was that just because I got married didn't mean that that part of my life had just vanished. I was still the person who had done all the things that I had, and I wasn't going to just throw her away. I was adding a new addition to my life, and to my name." --Lil
"I took my husband's last name because I chose to do so. It wasn't really a big deal for me. It was just my choice, to be given an opportunity to have a new name, a new start, a new life away from my family of origin. But I totally respect any person who chooses to keep their name. That's what it's all about -- choice. Right?" --TWNKathyW
My name is my name, and that's that
"I did not change my name when I got married. In all honesty, I rather object to the practice. I always knew, since I was a girl, that I wouldn't change my name; I have long believed that the tradition was left over from the days when it was more important to know what clan one was associated with. I think it shows how far women really have to go that people automatically assume that the woman will change her name upon marriage. And I am a bit taken aback, to say the least, at those who say that women who don't take their husbands' last names are 'not really married.' You are not 'more married' than I am because you chose to change your name, nor is your marriage any more binding." --holborne