You know whenever I heard someone with three names and she was a woman I wondered if she was doing her impression of Women’s Liberation. That’s fine, women want to hold onto their identity and not merge into the man they marry, I understand that, well hardly. But, I am an old school guy from the 20th Century and I just never got it with this maiden name and married name on the same bill. After all that maiden name is her father’s name also a man’s name, so there really is no escape ladies sorry. A little off track Jack? And maybe I have alienated some of you women but let me say this my two stepdaughters both successful in business had no problem switching their name to their spouse's family name. Even in my spell check they don’t want me to get gender specific. Phooey.
JB -
ReplyDeleteI guess the longer the maiden and married name a woman has, the longer the signature on a credit card receipt will be.
Ha, ha, ha....:)
Or, maybe the woman just enjoys the pleasure of scribbling her name down in a stream of ink. (Pity the poor pen that gets drained by that woman with such a long name)
- SHB
jb-
ReplyDeleteI'm curious - what prompted the topic?
Maybe it's just the convenience of not changing their name back after the divorce - or in my case, after two divorces!
I changed my name the first time after I had my son - didn't want him to have a different name and deal with possible implications. The second time, my new husband was shocked to hear that I wanted to change my name. In fact, I was very happy to change - get rid of 1's name.
So now the dilemma.... After divorce #2 what name to use??? The answer is simple - keep the current name. It's a simple name and there will be no hassle changing surnames YET AGAIN!
Now my question is, How will potential suitors feel about me keeping my name. Ugh! It doesn't matter what anyone thinks about me, It's what I think about me. So keep it short and simple and DO NOT call me a countess!
A Younger Woman