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Wife taking surname
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Do you need to know about a woman's marital status?
Why?
A man's title won't give you that information and yet you've survived.
It's not the marital status that I care about so much, I just like to see a family with the same surname.
You then have to find a way to tell the difference between the husband and wife, traditionally that's been done by calling them Mr & Mrs and I think it still works very well.0 -
:rotfl:Could be a bit more difficult these days - when some married couples arent one male/one female. Instead it could be 2 men or 2 women.
But why would one need to "tell the difference" between them anyway?
Coupled with there's an easy way to do so - even if they have the same surname. One is their first name + the surname and the other is their first name + the surname.0 -
It's not the marital status that I care about so much, I just like to see a family with the same surname.
You then have to find a way to tell the difference between the husband and wife, traditionally that's been done by calling them Mr & Mrs and I think it still works very well.
And it still does, if that's what they want to be called.
Equally, calling them Mr Jones and Ms Smith (if they chose not to have the same surname) works too. It's very clear who is who.
If you prefer to see them have the same name, enjoy it when you see it, but that's not a good enough reason to enforce it for all.0 -
It's not the marital status that I care about so much, I just like to see a family with the same surname.
You then have to find a way to tell the difference between the husband and wife, traditionally that's been done by calling them Mr & Mrs and I think it still works very well.
There are so many blended families these days that having everyone with the same surname is becoming far less common.0 -
And it still does, if that's what they want to be called.
Equally, calling them Mr Jones and Ms Smith (if they chose not to have the same surname) works too. It's very clear who is who.
If you prefer to see them have the same name, enjoy it when you see it, but that's not a good enough reason to enforce it for all.
Why do you keep on saying that I’m trying to enforce it on everyone. All I’m saying is that I prefer to see a family with the same surname along with the majority of people in this country.
Of course you can do what you like I really don’t care.0 -
Why do you keep on saying that I’m trying to enforce it on everyone. All I’m saying is that I prefer to see a family with the same surname along with the majority of people in this country.
Of course you can do what you like I really don’t care.
Evidence for your assertion?
If you don't want it enforced, why are you complaining about it so much?0 -
From 2 online sources...
One large study 2013 into 13,000 brides found that 80 per cent of women take their partner’s last name, while research published in 2004 revealed that women have rejected using their partner’s name since the rise of feminism in the mid-1970s, but that trend began to slow down in the 1990s.
The fact that a woman’s maiden name is even called a “maiden name” is evidence that this practice is antiquated at best. Unfortunately, a woman not taking her husband’s last name is still viewed as abnormal, deviant behavior in the US. This is supported by the fact that around 90% of American women still take their husband’s last name at marriage
but what to I know lol0 -
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Why do you keep on saying that I’m trying to enforce it on everyone. All I’m saying is that I prefer to see a family with the same surname along with the majority of people in this country.
If it's your family, fair enough. If it's another family, it's none of your business. Simple really."Save £12k in 2019" #120 - £100,699.57/£100,0000
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