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minus-squareBenVimes@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoThere are lots of reasons for women to keep their maiden name. In the case of my wife, she had two good ones: She didn’t want to become disassociated from her scientific publications. She didn’t want to complicate or redo any immigration paperwork.
minus-squarerhombus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoMy wife just didn’t want to change hers, so I changed mine instead. No need for a particular reason.
minus-squareSylvartas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoAlso some names just sound better. And some names go better than others with some surnames
There are lots of reasons for women to keep their maiden name. In the case of my wife, she had two good ones:
She didn’t want to become disassociated from her scientific publications.
She didn’t want to complicate or redo any immigration paperwork.
My wife just didn’t want to change hers, so I changed mine instead. No need for a particular reason.
Also some names just sound better. And some names go better than others with some surnames
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