I've got a hyphenated surname and I don't love my husband any less than my career. (I know you're being partially facetious, at least I hope you are!) Heck, I gave up my career once our son was born, and I'm loving every minute of it.
Here's my case:
I went to a very liberal broadcast journalism school and worked my rear-end off for years to get to the spot where I had producer credits on a few national TV series.
None of the libs in my graduating class went anywhere in television, not one. They all thought they'd be the next Dan Blather or Tom Brokaw.
None of them would recognize me by my husband's surname as I married quite a few years after college.
I like to think of it as rubbing their nose it when they saw the credit roll and recognized that "Miss Conservative" made it in the 'biz'.
Petty? Probably.
Watching a no work ethic liberal squirm and make excuses for their lack of success? Priceless.
Anyway, that's my case.
In my social life and at school I go by my husband's surname, which is all the time anymore!
No offense taken by your comments BTW. A lot of people don't understand the individual reasons why some women hyphenate their last names, especially those of us who bathe regularly and have never owned a pair of Birkenstocks.
Merry Christmas to you and yours Xena!
So in your PUBLIC LIFE you had chosen to disrespect your husband?
Mama, don't let your cowboys grow up to be p-whipped!
Bless you!!!!!!!!
Some of us with hyphen names don't do it out of disrespect for our husbands or preferring our careers over them.
BTW - what are Birkenstocks?