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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s very provincial.

Changing your name after marriage is not a common practice world wide. In a lot of instances, a husband and wife sharing a surname signals an incestuous relationship.

However, if you’ve never travelled out of the United Stares, I can see how one could assume this practice is universal. This is no different than a villager from a remote village assuming everyone practices female genital mutilation because it’s all they know.

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How is a woman choosing to change her name provincial? If she doesn't know that she has a choice to keep/change her name or if she is forced to change her name that would be one thing. I knew that I didn't have to change my name, my husband didn't care one way or the other if I changed my name, his family didn't care, my family didn't care. I chose to change my name because I wanted to. That is not "provincial" or unsophisticated. It is my preference. My choice. I like my husband's name better than the name I was given at birth. Simple as that.[/quote]

Did your husband also give serious consideration to changing his name to yours? [/quote]

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