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i dont understand why you'd want to change your name to your husbands in the first place.
to me, its another one of those old shackles that will be hard to shake off.
men dont need to have their names on women. its one of those 'i own it because my name is on it' attitude.
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Did it occur to this gentleman that perhaps women
choose to take on their partner's name? Sure, we don't
need to have their name, but maybe we would like to. My partner could care less if I take his name or not when we marry, but I will likely do so because it acknowledges our partnership. I'm sure he would take on my name hypenated with his to really make the point, but that would be an incredible mouthful.
I don't see it as a shackle, I see it as a choice to be considered and made. He certainly doesn't see me as a piece of property--I wouldn't be with him if he did.