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!
i totally agree, CD. gabz, your name isn't really hyphenated in the sense that people are meaning on this thread. someone with a hyphenated last name USES IT ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. you have an oddball quirk on a few documents is all. i totally agree with xenalyte, hyphenation is obnoxious. and xskids rag on it when they see hyphenated names on the backs of opposing teams hockey jerseys too! a number of my female friends are doctors and lawyers. they all took their husbands name. and they are, to a woman, strong and self-sufficient.
I got a bit "tetchy" because of some of the comments made in reference to spousal abuse upon hyphenated wifenames.
I'm not thrilled about having a hyphenated name (it's a pain in the rear for those times of a legal signature being necessary) but my husband doesn't give a hoot one way or the other.
I understand your cousin's wife's reasoning, because I did the same thing, and if I were to go back into broadcasting now I would seriously consider using my maiden name again -only because there are some markets in this region where the name is still remembered. But going back into broadcasting is not on my to do list in the near future.
We have a mutual "consider you a friend" society going on here. I don't think any less of you for disliking hypenated names of married women. I'm not thrilled wirh it, myself. But I made the mistake and have to live with it.
My husband doesn't care and that is ALL that matters to me.
Merry Christmas, my good FRiend.