10% of women in the United States choose not to change their names after marriage. 90% don't. This shocked me, I never knew it was THAT uncommon. Growing up I always imagined keeping my name, it just never made sense to me. Then while getting ready for my wedding, I told my husband to be I would hyphenate.
McDonald-McCalpin.
That is a lot of Scottish for anyone to say out loud.
I got a new email address.Then got cold feet.
This is a sore sore point with my husband and I suspect a few of his family members too- although their so sweet and 100% loving I doubt they would ever admit that. I lucked out with his family, while he inherited my crazy clan. That said I just couldn't do it, I know that I would end up as Allie McCalpin and that was not who I was nor who I wanted to be and I would resent him for it.
So I never added his name to mine. I share my life with him, but I share my name with 3 others.
I love my husband, I love being married to him and the mother of our little teething monster. I love that they share a last name, and I don't.
People have been asking me lately for whatever reason , and when I answered them " I just didn't want to change it." they didn't seem satisfied, but there isn't more to it.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
I'm in the elite
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3 comments:
Good for you to not change it....I think it's pretty cool that you stuck to you guns.
I'm with you in that 10% ;) But there was NO WAY I was going to have the bother a hyphenated name when none of the last names were even mine! And having three last names together would have just been wrong. LOL.
I'm also in the 10% with you!! I had no idea it was such a small percentage.
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