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Graham

On 2018-08-30 7:54 AM, wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Aug 2018 03:01:49 -0700 (PDT), 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.
>
> When I married in the UK in the early 50s it was just 'assumed' you
> changed. I didn't but come the day I wanted to have the children put
> on my passport I had to use Davids name. I fought hard but time was
> on their side and I wanted the passports, so for the only time, I used
> Davids surname. (I wasn't asking for the children to have my surname,
> just me)
>
My d-i-l uses her "maiden" name but the kids have my son's.
I know a couple who used the father's name for the son and the mother's
for the daughter.