On 2004-03-26, Number Six penned: > > I usually watch "To The Contrary," the show about Women's issues on > PBS on Fridays. Recently this subject came up, and all these > journalists / manhattanites talked about how they and all their > friends had started marriage with hyphenated names and just slowly > dropped the hyphenated part, just keeping the man's part, because it > was confusing for the kids, and for simplicity. > > I found it primarily fascinating because I love to watch people > changing their minds. These successful women eventually made their > way to the what they once didn't like, by their own choice, not being > compelled.
Yeah, hyphenation irritates me because, taken to its logical extreme, it can't continue. I thought it would be cool to invent our own last name, but my s.o. is hyper-aware of the fact that he is the only person of his generation with his last name *in the entire country*. So actually, his protestations against changing his last name held more merit than most. -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
