tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35731001.post6453261501084997769..comments2023-11-03T09:01:10.832+00:00Comments on Feminasty: Name and Shame...woodscolthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740930005155183614noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35731001.post-79467043435674595652007-05-28T11:47:00.000+01:002007-05-28T11:47:00.000+01:00This is an interesting one. I've never liked my n...This is an interesting one. I've never liked my name anyway, so I don't think I'd be that arsed about changing it. But it's still *my* name. Fortunately I have no plans to marry or sprog anytime soon, as it would sound ridiclous were I to double-barrell it with my partner's.AuntieMabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02757041325457394201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35731001.post-39961255925056455012007-05-18T10:16:00.000+01:002007-05-18T10:16:00.000+01:00I'm getting married in December and find it amazin...I'm getting married in December and find it amazing how many people automatically assume that I'll be taking MrB's name. I'm even being referred to as the future-Mrs-etc.<BR/><BR/>I love my surname - it's a massive part of my identity - particularly as I am from a totally different culture and background from MrB. I don't particularly want a double-barrelled surname, nor do I want my children to Brunettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13124628348958357396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35731001.post-83071071981174392132007-05-17T12:40:00.000+01:002007-05-17T12:40:00.000+01:00There just isn't a satisfactory solution, is there...There just isn't a satisfactory solution, is there? I'd want some kind of identification with any children I might have. And my partner for that matter. But I just couldn't bring myself to change my name completely, it's importanat to my identity and it's not a common name, even in my parents' part of the world. It's interesting that the naming of children after their father is never ever Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00675785821712308665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35731001.post-45041261547719937592007-05-17T11:16:00.000+01:002007-05-17T11:16:00.000+01:00I'm also wondering about this, esp as my partner (...I'm also wondering about this, esp as my partner (and this seems quite a common attitude) seems to think that giving our (future) children a name other than his would be unnecessary, or ostentatiously militant, or something. I think generally there's an attitude that because a lot of feminist victories have been won, issues like names are meaningless, or just brought up by women wanting to be woodscolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02740930005155183614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35731001.post-8137813491395405362007-05-17T10:55:00.000+01:002007-05-17T10:55:00.000+01:00I wonder about this often, and still don't know wh...I wonder about this often, and still don't know what I may choose. Changing my name for professional purposes would be utterly foolish as I've built up a body of commentary and so forth in my name, but I want to share a name with my future husband and children. We could pick one from the ether, of course, or choose to go double-barrelled or hybrid, but those options just seem so lame. I can't Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11676668239636803336noreply@blogger.com