A Rose By Any Other Name …
Mrs: The Married Name Game
Where do you have your best girlfriend-to-girlfriend talks? Over a latte at your favorite coffee shop? Or perhaps your friends don’t live in the same city and you Skype? Or do you might even do something totally unique and phone. How about on Facebook?
Barbara Hannah Gruffman’s Huffington Post article, Can We Live In A World Without Mrs?, caught Gf author Sunny‘s attention. She started an interesting conversation on our Gf Facebook page about the married name change game. Here’s what a few of the Gf authors, Serena, Bonnie, Yvonne, Mary and Debra had to say ..
So Girlfriends, would you take your husband’s name? Do you like to be called Miss, Ms, Mrs? Join the conversation and add your comment below.
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Great conversation. I kept my last name and hyphenated with his for my first marriage over 30 years ago. But that was because I thought we would have children and I didn’t want them confused. We didn’t, and didn’t stay married either. With the second husband (19 years later) I knew we wouldn’t have children and didn’t bother to change my name. I didn’t want to, he didn’t care, so…I’ve been Irene Turner my whole life, and I like it!