Posted on 05/24/2019 6:36:08 PM PDT by SamAdams76
After centuries of tradition, it has become somewhat controversial for a woman to take the last name of her husband. Apparently some woman believe that is is demeaning to take the surname of the man she is marrying. This results in the husband and the wife having different surnames - which seems awkward to me.
It would be even more awkward if the husband took the surname of his wife. Right or wrong, the man would have his masculinity questioned and would be the butt of jokes. Nobody ever makes fun of a woman because she changed her surname to that of her husband.
Now if the man had an unfortunate name, such as Richard Hertz, it might be understandable for him to want to take the surname of his wife. Especially if his wife had a cool sounding name. But that's a rare case where a man taking his wife's surname would make some sense. And having to explain why could be embarrassing for poor Dick.
But with different surnames, then the next question becomes which of those surnames will the children take? If the children take the surname of the father, then we are right back to that "patriarchal society" argument that the woman used not to take her husband's name in the first place. And if the children get the wife's maiden surname, then let's face it, the husband is looked at as some kind of spineless putz. Not only does his woman refuse to take his name but the children get her name as well. The husband might as well just give up his man's card then and there and get busy doing the laundry and ironing.
Hyphenating the names so that both husband and wife are sharing their names is just stupid and overcomplicates things. Let's say David Kendall marries Wendy Jackson. So they become David and Wendy Kendall-Jackson. OK, that's well and good I suppose. But then let's say their daughter Brenda - that is to say, Brenda Kendall-Jackson, grows up and marries a man named Benjamin Sykes-Patchinger (because he came from a hyphenated family too.
So now they have the surname Sykes-Patchinger-Kendall-Jackson. So you can see how quickly this gets ridiculous - all because women suddenly have a problem changing their last name when they get married. And why do women typically have a problem with this? It's usually because of peer pressure. They are worried about what their feminist sisters will think of them if they submit to taking their husband's surname. So bottom line, they are allowing those harpies to control them and dictate their behavior. This is no act of independence. This is simply swapping one master for another.
Finally, with regard to those women who insist on keeping their maiden names, one has to consider where that maiden name came from in the first place. In nearly all cases, the maiden name is derived from her father, whose name her mother willingly took so that she could have that name as well.
I guess there's just no escaping the EVIL patriarchy!
Switching gears ever so slightly, let's talk about the price of concert tickets. When I was growing up in the 1970s, many big rock bands came into town and during my high school days, I used to go and see some of them. ELO, Boston, The Cars and Fleetwood Mac were all bands I got to see live. There was even a Steve Martin concert in Springfield, MA that was pretty darn cool.
I remember paying around $8 or $9 a ticket in those days, which seemed like a lot of money. But I could cover my ticket with my paper route money or later on, my other part time jobs bagging groceries or washing dishes. I'd grumble about the high cost of it all but I'd come up with the cash when I needed to and never missed a opportunity to see a concert I wanted to see for lack of money.
Those days are long gone. Somewhere along the way, concert tickets for a major act have skyrocketed to to well over $100 for even a general admission seat. If you want to sit up near the front, you are now talking hundreds of dollars for just one ticket! That's not even counting the parking, the dinner before the show, and the drinks at the concessions. But I guess they are getting people to pay those prices because they still have no problem filling those arenas.
Not for me though. I'm watching my concerts these days on YouTube. Thank God for YouTube.
I remember going to a Weird Al Yankovich concert in Port Chester, NY a couple of years ago. My wife and I ate at McShanes Pub beforehand and before the night was over, we had spent maybe close to $400 all told.
I did it for you Weird Al. But that was the last concert I went to. I think my concert-going days are pretty much done. Though maybe I'll try to get to a Luke Combs concert if he ever comes to town. So long as the prices are reasonable.
I sez, “What’s in a name?” d;^)
$9? dang, can’t buy a bottle of water at a concert for that today.
Weird Al is here in August and I’m dying to see him. I love him so much I’d give him a kidney.
My 8th grade grammar teacher would read the first paragraph and ask you to rewrite this.
We have to.know how much the costs are, adjusted for inflation, to make meaningful comparisons.
I’ve got a Rhino Handmade Doors concert (Detroit, longest show they recorded live). I think the liner notes show an ad for Tom Jones at the same venue that month (1969 if I recall) for $25. Extrapolate that for modern dollars.
Thing is there weren’t excessive handling fees back then.
Why? So you could understand it? Sorry that you never made it past the 8th grade.
Was alcohol involved in writing this article?
Nowadays, I'd charge him ten times that to watch me mow the yard.
Oh for it to be 9/25/77 again and know what I know now!!!
I lost on Jeopardy... baby
I lost on Jeopardy... baby
His videos on youtube are very clever...lots of fun...but I doubt that I’d pay money to see him.
I bought Rolling Stones tickets this tour for $25. Handling was $17 though. But still $25.
Price of that ticket is why I won’t see Fleet today. The seats on current tour were $1,000+ for floor. Oh and they kicked out Lindsey again.....
No. Because you violated grammar rule #1’
Kind of like some rock bands start their concerts. You get some discordant sounds, some guitar feedback noise, and then somebody in the back yells 1-2-3, the lights flood the stage, and everything suddenly kicks into high gear.
One Weird Al concert.
Good experience.
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