Aynne88
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ORIGINAL: AquaticSub I admit this is a rare moment of stereotypical feminism for me - I have positively no desire to pay to change the last name I've had all my life and am actually very fond of. I admit that I intended to hyphenate at the time of our wedding until we learned that North Carolina does not do free name changes for a couple getting married. I admit that, at that point, both Valyraen and I went "Fuck you - we're not paying for the privilege to stand in line for hours, then have to call SS, all my banks, get a new driver's license and change something that we don't think needs to be changed anyway". Aqua I am with you on that one, I was married for many years and I found the idea of changing my name, as in *MY* name so weird, I grew up with that name, that is my Dad's name, my Papa's name, why would I change it because I fell in love? I just don't get it. If we had children I might have, but honestly even in some of the most patriarchal societies (Korea for example) the custom is to not change your name. I got married not adopted FFS. .
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