"Cheri" wrote in message news
> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 30 Aug 2018 08:04:42 -0600, graham > wrote:
>
>>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.
>
> The receptionist at my doctors office was telling me that sort of
> thing is a nightmare now, from her point of view My kids have all
> kept their fathers name so all is well.


Yes, I have my dh's name and so do my kids, 54 years ago most people did not
consider using their maiden name, but that was also when this song was a
hit. YIKES!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-MBpL4GbUY

Cheri

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Oh dear ... yes, I remember that((