Good topic. I'll add my two cents if I may, Sister Sorors of SGRho. On names: my sweetie has a horrible name, and I can't figure for the life of me what his mother was thinking when she named him. It's either really pretentious, or really ghetto. My name is rather unusual, although most people really like it. I have no children, but I would like my girls to have the same initial as I. I haven't given much thought to the boys--maybe their father's first initial? (Never, ever his name, esp. not my sweetie's.
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On last names of married folk: I've thought about hyphenating my last name, because I fear I may be the only one to carry on my father's name, which is VERY important to me. I've thought about discussing whether my hubbie to be would be interested in hyphenating both our names. What I'm now leaning toward, I think, is to change my middle name to my maiden name (i.e. Hillary Rodham Clinton or my mother), and giving my children my maiden name as one of their middle names (maybe even one having it as a first name). I know this is has been commonly done for generations in situations where the woman's family name needs to stay as visible as her husband's name.
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