Comments on: 7 Reasons Married Women Keep Their Last Names

By: When it Comes Down to it, Name Changes are Deeply Personal | Small Strokes

When it Comes Down to it, Name Changes are Deeply Personal | Small Strokes — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:15:32 +0000

[…] recently came across this article about reasons why women keep their names when they get married, and I thought it was a good time to revisit the name change […]

By: Jasmin Malik Chua

Jasmin Malik Chua — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:12:00 +0000

I was adamant about keeping my last name from the start, especially since I built my career around my byline. Husband did not feel the same way, so we compromised: I use his last name as my middle name, although legally my birth name remains unchanged. I’m still peeved he didn’t integrate my last name into his though. Fair’s fair.

By: E in CT

E in CT — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:07:00 +0000

I
got a sweet deal. I felt really strongly about sharing (a college bf had parents who did the same in the 70s and I loved it) names as a
commitment to creating a new family (and a statement against the
patriarchy). A couple guys I really liked laughed at the idea and
that’s how I knew they weren’t for me, …but
when I presented it to my husband he accepted happily. Marriage was
acquiescence enough to the patriarchy for me, I wasn’t losing the name
of my birth. My kids will have to make their own decisions when the
time comes.