My wife was always adamant that she would retain her surname and title of "Miss" when we got married. I am sure it was part of her feminist beliefs that a woman should maintain her identity after marriage and that adopting your husband's name was just outdated patriarchal nonsense.
I recall my mother rolling her eyes back when we suggested that our children would have a double-barrel surname, separated by a hyphen. When my first daughter was born, that's what happened, and we saw it as an expression of our equal partnership.
The issue with double-barrel surnames is that they are harder to pass down through generations. As our offspring negotiate their partnership in life, two double-barreled surnames could then become four-barreled, four-barreled could then become eight-barreled, and so on. At some point in time, the subsequent offspring will change their name to make it more simple. Another alternative is to blend surnames. We have some close friends who did just that by combining their surnames to create a new surname.
We have burdened our daughters with a long hyphenated surname through our ideology, so we will understand if they choose to change it. Until then, we hope they embrace it as an expression of their heritage.
I recall my mother rolling her eyes back when we suggested that our children would have a double-barrel surname, separated by a hyphen. When my first daughter was born, that's what happened, and we saw it as an expression of our equal partnership.
The issue with double-barrel surnames is that they are harder to pass down through generations. As our offspring negotiate their partnership in life, two double-barreled surnames could then become four-barreled, four-barreled could then become eight-barreled, and so on. At some point in time, the subsequent offspring will change their name to make it more simple. Another alternative is to blend surnames. We have some close friends who did just that by combining their surnames to create a new surname.
We have burdened our daughters with a long hyphenated surname through our ideology, so we will understand if they choose to change it. Until then, we hope they embrace it as an expression of their heritage.
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