From: utzoo!decvax!ittvax!tpdcvax!bobvan
Newsgroups: net.singles
Title: What's in a name -- that depends . . .
Article-I.D.: tpdcvax.211
Posted: Mon Nov 15 21:09:46 1982
Received: Wed Nov 17 00:59:57 1982

I think that the married name of a woman and the last name of the
children is something that has to be decided on a case-by-case basis.

I happen to have a rather unusual last name and rather liberal views
in general, so a woman that didn't want my last name wouldn't bother
me a bit.  I value independence in friends of both sexes.

However, if I were to marry a woman with a more common last name (say
"Smith", or "Jones"), I would have a good argument for giving the
children my name.  If her name was also unusual, I could see the kids
with either name, but would still favor mine.  I would be most
concerned about the names for male children, as they still tend to
"go further."

Please no flames about the way I've used "common" and "unusual" to
describe last names.  I wonder how I'd feel if my name were "Smith"
or "Jones".

		Bob Van Valzah
		(one of at least 8 now living in this country)
		(...!decvax!ittvax!tpdcvax!bobvan)