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[quote=Anonymous]seriously? who is still flummoxed by this?  my mother was given a hard time (by everyone) about keeping her name professionally as a physician in the late 1960s and early 1970s.  other than the occasional daycare teacher over the age of 60, I'm pretty sure I've never noticed anyone blinking at me keeping my last name.  nor do I necessarily even notice with other people.

I do recall having a conversation with a lawschool classmate, otherwise a pretty progressive fellow, who informed me (at the age of 22 or thereabout) that his (highly hypothetical future) wife would definitely take his name because that's the way his family did things.  my eyebrows raised, I asked if maybe he didn't think he'd better meet her first, he shrugged, the subject was changed.  so, I guess I knew you people were still out there.

But seriously, folks, this is certainly a tradition that some people hang on to and derive meaning from.  Others just do it because it seems easier to them.  Some do not do it as a point of principle.  Others don't do it because it seems easier to them.  Worry less about other people.
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