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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Help me understand why most women who choose not to change their names when they get married still choose to give their children their husband's last name? It just seems like if you choose to give up an old tradition of taking your husband's last name, why would you choose your husband's last name for your children? I'm not criticizing. Really. I'm just trying to understand...[/quote]

I have never understood refusing to take your husband’s last name as you s have a man’s name as your surname.[/quote]

My surname is my name in the same way that my first name is my name. Once it was given to me when I was born, it became mine. It's the name I had for 30 years before I married dh. Why should I change it?

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[b]Because you and your DH are now a family. That's what last names are for.[/b] Otherwise why not just have everyone have separate last names?  I suppose we could move to a system where last names don't have anymore significance than first names. If it doesn't signify any type of family relationship, I guess parents can pick whatever last name that sounds nice for their kid, and each kid can have their own separate last name that sounds nice with their first name. [/quote]Oh yes, I saw how that worked with my siblings.  Sister changed her name for her first marriage.  They divorced and she took back her birth name.  Brother got married twice and both his wives changed their names.  Neither marriage lasted.  Me, on the other hand, I got married once.  Been married for 29 years.  Never changed my last name.  Oh, yeah, that's a real indicator of what makes a family all right......[/quote]

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