I agree. And now, back to the Women with Hyphenated Names Sometimes Need Beating program.
I understand what Xenalyte is saying. She used hyperbole to express an idea that has a grain of truth. How are we ever going to get the pendulum to swing back to traditional roles for marriage if women don't want to fully honor their promise of commitment to a husband?
Hyphenating your name says a lot about how you feel about your spouse. He's not good enough to fully claim you as his wife? You're going to make your own name and then dump him?
Agreed, completely.
Sorry, but that's either a bad way of expressing yourself or a crock of shite, IMO.
I'm in Ireland (where you can't get divorced willy nilly, btw...in fact in this country you can't divorce unless you are five years apart, and that's after the legal seperation). So when I talk about marriage, I mean it as something FULL TIME, and, for the majority, FOR LIFE! So if I get married, that is the premise I choose...not a Vegas drive through. I'm the full on Catholic package. However, keeping my name because of my profession would, in no way, reflect on my husband. BTW...I refuse to be 'claimed'. I would much prefer to go into marriage as a mutual expression of love.