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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]99.99% of married couples who go with one name go with the guy's. That's what's left out of this discussion. That's a big reason people want the double barrel, because that default tradition isn't OK with many women... including me.[/quote]

I think that’s pretty well understood by basically everyone, which is why it wasn’t stated. Didn’t need to be.

I definitely respect why someone wouldn’t want to take the last name of their husband/partner but I have to admit the idea never really bugged me (despite being quite committed to gender equity and equality work generally).

Why? Not sure. While understanding the broader implications, when I got married 10 years ago I personally just didn’t feel much angst over keeping the last name I was born with (which, as with most folks, was my father’s) compared to taking on the last name of someone I was choosing to build a life with. We have friends who have made up a new last name to take together. That’s neat. And had the bonus of pissing off both sides of the family, ha!

More relevant to this discussion…I am interested to see how naming logistics continue to evolve as keeping’s one’s name/hyphenation become more and more the norm—imagine a new standard for kids will slowly arise. [/quote]

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