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- From: aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D.)
- Newsgroups: soc.couples
- Subject: Re: A Question...
- Keywords: last names
- Message-ID: <aland.727994343@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 20:39:03 GMT
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- In <106120@netnews.upenn.edu> pezzillo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Amy J. Pezzillo) writes:
-
- >Here's a question that I'd like people's opinions on: What do you
- >think about the practice of a woman taking the man's last name when
- >they get married?
-
- No real preference, although I was glad to read my girlfriend's post
- saying that she will take my surname. ;) I'm not sure she's realized
- that then people will equate her with not only me but the rest of my
- family as well... I hope she doesn't reconsider. *grin*
-
- >I know a few men who seem to think it is solely a woman's problem and
- >solely her decision. She has the option of keeping her name or taking
- >his or hyphenating them, but he does not expect to have to do anything
- >at all.
-
- An amusing anecdote which Amy (mine, not Amy Pezzillo) has heard
- already; I have a female friend who is engaged (more or less); she has
- a very simple last name, her fiancee has a fairly complicated one.
- They have agreed that they will both take the "more asthetically
- pleasing" name, but disagree on which it is. *gag*
-
- -=Alan
-