I'm not sure what I expected when I shared with readers of
The Stir that I regret
taking my husband's last name. To find other people in my boat, perhaps?
I certainly wasn't expecting people to feel as though I was insulting him. Twelve years into our marriage, he knows better.
Still, the idea was out there. So when a producer with Word of Mouth, a program on New Hampshire Public Radio, reached out to ask me if I'd talk about my name regret, I jumped at the chance to clear up the misconception.
I don't regret the name change because of anything relating to my husband. It's all my baggage, all about my relationship with my maiden name, a moniker that for nearly two decades of my life was intrinsically tied to my identity.
As I told Word of Mouth's Taylor Quimby, it really comes down to what two people IN a marriage are feeling.
What are your feelings about name changes?
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Disclaimer
I realized I had to add one of these because people let their minds run away with them sometimes. Wait, where was I?
The reviews I put up on this site are NOT paid for by any company. They come from my little ol' head. Some of the products I found myself - on the 'net, at the store, or from other moms. Some were sent my way by publicists. Usually they didn't fit the mold of another project I was working on, but I thought they were so cool I couldn't help sharing!
As for what happens to the products I didn't care for - you'll never know! Because I won't write about them on here. So if you see it, I liked it. 'Nuff said!
1 comment:
I think people can pretty much do what they like with their last name. My last name is actually hyphenated. I chose to hyphenate because my Dad adopted me and I wanted to honor him, it's a part of who I am and didn't feel I needed to give that up when I got married. Changing your name is not honoring your husband, being a good spouse is how you do that.
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