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[quote=Anonymous]I kept my maiden name for about four years, and then only changed when my husband decided to join the military. It is easier having the same name as your spouse in the military. I ended up dropping my middle name (which I never liked and never used) and my maiden name is now my legal middle name. My mother, who got married fifty years ago, hyphenated her name as well. It wasn't about feminism, just that I we both genuinely liked our maiden names and didn't want to have to give them up just because we were married. We both found ways to incorporate our maiden names with our married names with little hassle. Family names are so tricky though. I'm much closer to my mother's family than I was to my Dad's, and I kind of wish I had her last name instead at times--especially since it sounds so cool and exotic. If my husband had a terrible last name, I don't think I would want to carry it. [/quote]
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