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Three Reasons to Pause Before Taking Your Husband's Name
The Wall Street Journal ^ | Thursday, June 26, 2003 | TERRI CULLEN

Posted on 06/26/2003 8:12:56 AM PDT by presidio9

Edited on 04/22/2004 11:49:17 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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To: Phantom Lord
My wife gladly took my name after our wedding -- in fact, she continues to take my name in vain at every opportunity...

Also, I thought that women were supposed to lose their hyphen when they matured (or something like that)??

101 posted on 06/26/2003 12:29:26 PM PDT by mikrofon (Marriage is a long-standing Institution ..... so is Alcatraz)
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To: Xenalyte
Thank you for clarifying the distinctions. We could do with a bit more of the "old-fashioned".
102 posted on 06/26/2003 12:32:08 PM PDT by talleyman (It's etiquette that separates us from lower life forms (that, plus duck tape, of course))
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To: mikrofon
The hyphen is like training wheels.
103 posted on 06/26/2003 12:32:26 PM PDT by Dead Dog (There are no minority rights in a democracy. 51% get's 49%'s stuff.)
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To: talleyman
Always happy to do what I can to advance the cause of gentility!
104 posted on 06/26/2003 1:48:57 PM PDT by Xenalyte (I may not agree with your bumper sticker, but I'll defend to the death your right to stick it)
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To: Phantom Lord
Camilla Parker Bowles
105 posted on 06/26/2003 2:37:23 PM PDT by lorrainer (Oh, was I ranting? Sorry.....)
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To: presidio9
I am so annoyed that I used to work in the Rutgers FAS Dean's office across from David Popenoe's office and I never realized he had such conservative views on marriage and family. I wish I had spent some time talking to this guy but when working in academia, I'd just assume that everyone was a liberal until proven otherwise.
106 posted on 06/26/2003 2:48:07 PM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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To: rabidralph
LOL!!! I suppose another safe way would be, "I agree with you; idiots"... Then again, I wonder about myself even on a good day...
107 posted on 06/26/2003 2:49:09 PM PDT by plusone
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To: labowski
I find it odd that someone will get a divorce and then retain the last name of the man they divorced.

Not odd; practical. My two kids had his surname, and I had established a decade and a half professional reputation. Besides, the name I divorced was "Stupid F#cking B#tch," his name for me during the marriage. That, I got rid of when I booted the jerk. Don't miss it, or him.

108 posted on 06/26/2003 3:13:49 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: labowski
I find it odd that someone will get a divorce and then retain the last name of the man they divorced.

I did it. And not only that, I kept that name when I remarried. Yes, odd, but it had been my name for so long, I liked it, and I didn't want to go through the hassle of changing it.

My new hubby was a little weird with it at first, then decided it didn't matter. He was certainly well-assured that I wasn't clinging to my ex in some twisted way:-)

109 posted on 06/26/2003 3:23:09 PM PDT by T Minus Four
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To: labowski
I find it odd that someone will get a divorce and then retain the last name of the man they divorced.

it does seem strange.
my mother-in-law did this and she explained that after 20 some years of being Jane Doe, she felt like Doe was just a big part of who she was. i suppose that she also was not all together confident that her second marriage would last 20 years.

110 posted on 06/26/2003 3:28:35 PM PDT by jethropalerobber
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To: presidio9
Hyphenate
111 posted on 06/26/2003 3:29:20 PM PDT by Saundra Duffy (For victory & freedom!!!)
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To: jwalburg
I'm Janet Bosnia-Herzogovenia, this is my husband Jack Herzogovenia, and my children, Tommy and Susan Herzogovenia. People rarely think about how their names might later affect their kids.

there is another way:
Jack Bosnia Herzogovenia
Janet Bosnia Herzogovenia
Tommy Bosnia Herzogovenia
Susan Bosnia Herzogovenia

this is essential what my wife and i have done with our family. and on the surface, it appears no different than the traditional way - so people are not confused by it.

112 posted on 06/26/2003 3:41:43 PM PDT by jethropalerobber
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To: Help A Lib Buy A Burka
Last but not least are the women who P. Whip their husbands into taking the WOMEN's last name. This is the most pathetic.

i did that, or rather she took my name AND i took hers. but not because she demanded it - i just thought it was the best way to reflect our union. guess i'm not much for pointless traditions.

I just love how people pick and choose what is most convenient for them, instead of taking some responsibility, going the distance.

whatever - been married 8 years and going strong...

113 posted on 06/26/2003 3:48:19 PM PDT by jethropalerobber
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To: Prof Engineer
I thought that quote was made by Patty F. Heinz Kerryberg.....
114 posted on 06/26/2003 3:53:39 PM PDT by autoresponder (. . . . SOME CAN*T HANDLE THE TRUTH . . . THE NYT ESPECIALLY!)
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To: ErnBatavia
Janet F. Shalala-Reno
115 posted on 06/26/2003 3:57:52 PM PDT by autoresponder (. . . . SOME CAN*T HANDLE THE TRUTH . . . THE NYT ESPECIALLY!)
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To: presidio9
BUMP
116 posted on 06/26/2003 4:04:30 PM PDT by GrandMoM ("Vengeance is Mine , I will repay," says the Lord.)
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To: Dead Dog
Let's keep it logical and also add an F. middle initial to all libs and dems names for ID and humorous purposes:

THE EVOLUTION OF A NAME:

1946 - Miss Hillary Rodham
197? - Ms. Hillary Rodham Clinton
2000 - Mrs. Hillary Clinton
2003 - Sen. Hillary F. Rodham-Clinton
117 posted on 06/26/2003 4:12:58 PM PDT by autoresponder (. . . . SOME CAN*T HANDLE THE TRUTH . . . THE NYT ESPECIALLY!)
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To: presidio9
How long can a woman keep adding names to the hyphen until the result becomes absurd?

When Betty Jones married Bill Anderson, she became Betty Jones-Anderson. They had a girl, Alice. Alice got married to Bob Lester and became Alice Jones-Anderson-Lester. Their daughter, June, met Steve Madison-Stanhope and became June Jones-Anderson-Lester-Madison-Stanhope.

It must stop somewhere, which means it is labored and unwieldy to begin with, and incapable of becoming a societal custom. In my point of view, anything which has a natural future of unworkability and chaos if taken to it's logical conclusion is eventually destructive to some part of the balance of society.

Having a society provides security; women are security conscious to the point of not even questioning it's ultimate necessity. So, such practices are destructive to a woman's basic needs. This, to me, is crazy.

118 posted on 06/26/2003 5:11:16 PM PDT by William Terrell (People can exist without government but government can't exist without people)
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To: jethropalerobber
after 20 some years of being Jane Doe, she felt like Doe was just a big part of who she was.

Makes you wonder if women who decide to take their husband's name might grow into IT in a few years and have it become part of them if given a chance.

119 posted on 06/26/2003 6:01:36 PM PDT by jwalburg (Line dry only)
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