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[quote=Anonymous]I kept my name because it’s part of my identity and I married in my 30s. I’m not attached to the idea of passing down the family name (my father’s name), so I didn’t need my kids to have my last name in whole or hyphenated. Moreover, and more importantly, my DH is from another culture and to shore up that part of the kids’ identity, they have first names from that culture and his last name. The real feminist move would be to go with the maternal last name, and both spouses take that. I can’t take hyphenated names. For those who hyphenate, how do you decide which name comes first? And what happens when your hyphenated kid wants to marry another hyphenated kid? The worst is women who hyphenate and add their husband’s last name while the husband just keeps his name the same. Ugh. [/quote]
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