Comments for Mat-ri-lin-e-al Matters http://www.matrilinealmatters.com One family's nontraditional name choices Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:08:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on Aw, you shouldn’t have… by M Ward http://www.matrilinealmatters.com/?p=382&cpage=1#comment-1033 M Ward Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:11:08 +0000 http://www.matrilinealmatters.com/?p=382#comment-1033 Wow. I made the blog. You are welcome for the present (that I didn't even realize I was giving). It has always been important to my partner that I take his last name. And, I love his last name. It's fun and pushes me forward in the alphabet. But this other part of me has always hated the idea of giving up me (although I don't mind giving up my connection to my family - that aspect of my name doesn't really affect me). When I approached him about hyphenating both our names and he didn't immediately dismiss it, I was startled. He's thinking on it and it could be the perfect solution for the both of us. Plus, I like the idea of our own little family name that is unique to us. Wow. I made the blog. You are welcome for the present (that I didn’t even realize I was giving).

It has always been important to my partner that I take his last name. And, I love his last name. It’s fun and pushes me forward in the alphabet. But this other part of me has always hated the idea of giving up me (although I don’t mind giving up my connection to my family - that aspect of my name doesn’t really affect me).

When I approached him about hyphenating both our names and he didn’t immediately dismiss it, I was startled. He’s thinking on it and it could be the perfect solution for the both of us. Plus, I like the idea of our own little family name that is unique to us.

]]> Comment on The “I wish” conversation by Mat-ri-lin-e-al Matters » Blog Archive » Aw, you shouldn’t have… http://www.matrilinealmatters.com/?p=293&cpage=1#comment-1032 Mat-ri-lin-e-al Matters » Blog Archive » Aw, you shouldn’t have… Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:02:52 +0000 http://www.matrilinealmatters.com/?p=293#comment-1032 [...] a monumental decision like a name change, is imperative. (The sadness of post-name change regret, as I wrote in January, is magnified because it’s so easily [...] [...] a monumental decision like a name change, is imperative. (The sadness of post-name change regret, as I wrote in January, is magnified because it’s so easily [...]

]]> Comment on The “Mrs.” question by Mat-ri-lin-e-al Matters » Blog Archive » Maybe not quite so much in a name, after all http://www.matrilinealmatters.com/?p=353&cpage=1#comment-1024 Mat-ri-lin-e-al Matters » Blog Archive » Maybe not quite so much in a name, after all Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:49:18 +0000 http://www.matrilinealmatters.com/?p=353#comment-1024 [...] As my two kids entered daycare, I even accepted being greeted, “Hi, Owen’s mom.” Given my ambivalence over the “Mrs.” title and having a different last name than my first, it was just an easier way to deal with two- and [...] [...] As my two kids entered daycare, I even accepted being greeted, “Hi, Owen’s mom.” Given my ambivalence over the “Mrs.” title and having a different last name than my first, it was just an easier way to deal with two- and [...]

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