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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t get this either. It doesn’t apply to me bc I changed my name to my husband’s and my kids have his surname too simply because I really didn’t like my maiden name and don’t really like my father or his family so didn’t want to be associated w the name anymore. But I don’t understand why even women who don’t want to take their husbands name often still default to giving the kids their husbands name.[/quote] Because that tradition has endured while the other tradition of wives taking their husband's last names is becoming less and less popular. It also makes life easier to have a default option. I'll admit I'm lazy. I kept my maiden name, there was no motivation to change it. We defaulted to DH's last name for our DC. It was nice not to have to dwell on that decision and I didn't want to saddle DC with an awkward hyphenate.[/quote]
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