[Gabz]

So which one of you is going to foot the bill for me to change my name?

I'll call my attorney first thing in the morning to start the paper work.

I'm a stay at home mom, who knows her priorities with money. The last thing on earth I'm going to do is waste a couple hundred bucks to do something to change something DOESN'T bother my husband in the least.

If one of you that doesn't like hyphenated names for married women wants to foot the bill for me, GREAT, if not STFU with your broadbrush comments about it. And most of you are men I consider friends, and you probably had no clue that I had a hyphenated name or the reason behind it until tonight.

[NeoCaveman]

So which one of you is going to foot the bill for me to change my name?

I see you didn't ping the person to whom me and CD first responded...LOL

[Bushforlife]

OK, OK, I accept that in your case your accidental hyphenated name is a mistake you made.

For further clarification, all of my above comments apply ONLY to those women who CHOSE to hyphenate.

So There.

[Dan from Michigan]

Personally it doesn't bug me one way or the other. When I get married, I expect my wife and kids to have my last name(especially since it's rare), but beyond that, it's a live and let live issue to me.

I am going to rag on a guy who takes her name though. That's who I was ragging on.

[NeoCaveman]

Your cute when you are mad :-)

[Constitution Day]

A mite tetchy, ain't ya? LOL

I read back & understand your reasons for it.
My first cousin's wife is a meteorologist on the Weather Channel and uses her maiden name because that's what she started out with in TV.

My beef is with the feminist reasoning that's likely behind many if not most of the hyphenated names out there.

I still agree with Xenalyte's #24 and don't have to like the concept of hyphenated names, but that doesn't mean I don't consider you a friend or think anything less of you.

And that's all I have to say about that. Merry Christmas!

[Happygal]

And most of you are men I consider friends, and you probably had no clue that I had a hyphenated name or the reason behind it until tonight.

Hey woman. Until tonight I thought you WERE a MAN! *LOL* ;-)