On Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 6:01:54 AM UTC-4, Sanne wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 30. August 2018 11:45:42 UTC+2 schrieb Ophelia:
> > Sheldon wrote:
> >
> >
> > If I could I'd pass a law that girls can't change their name when they
> > marry... I can't understand why women get to change their name when
> > they marry, that makes no sense whatsoever to me... it's like when
> > women marry they die. That's like when American women marry they
> > are autimatically converted to being mooslim. I think in America
> > women should keep their birth name for their entire life, otherwise
> > women become chatel. Makes no sense that women do that hyphenated BS.
> > keep your birth name the same as men, otherwis you are lower than
> > human. When I see women with hyphenated names I think insects, larva.
> >
> > ==
> >
> > We don't have to change our name if we don't want to. It's our choice.
>
> It was the law here in Germany to change my name when we got married;
> putting my maiden name first was the best I could do. Either that, put it
> last (hyphenated, too) or lose it altogether.

We'd view that (and Sheldon's suggestion) as an unwarranted government
intrusion into our private business.

I didn't change my name for my first marriage and did change it for my
second. I'm not chattel, either way.

Cindy Hamilton