Why is this so important?
in reply to a message by Siri
I have kept my ln, my daughter has mn ln as a mn and it is no problem at all. The "whole family having the same ln" is really not such an old custom and it is not done all over the world.I am still the same individual when I am married, so why should I change my name? To me, this seems like the 50's when it was the ultimate goal for a girl to get married. And then of course being Mrs Smith was so much better than being miss Brown. So Mary Brown became Mrs John Smith, proud to be an anonymous wife.Nobody can force you to give up your ln, but then you can't expect someone giving up his either. Especially as American (English, Canadian, Australian, NZ?) men seem so unwilling even to let the wife keep her ln."But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
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Vincent for a girl  ·  Siri  ·  2/11/2006, 3:37 PM
Re: Vincent for a girl  ·  Elinor  ·  2/12/2006, 1:57 AM
NO! nt  ·  Soul  ·  2/12/2006, 1:03 AM
Re: Vincent for a girl  ·  Sophia  ·  2/11/2006, 8:46 PM
Excuse me.  ·  Siri  ·  2/11/2006, 8:50 PM
Choose=chose. nt  ·  Siri  ·  2/11/2006, 9:10 PM
Re: Vincent for a girl  ·  Redvalkyrie  ·  2/11/2006, 8:40 PM
Re: Vincent for a girl  ·  Sabrina Fair  ·  2/11/2006, 7:30 PM
Only as a mn  ·  Ylva  ·  2/11/2006, 6:52 PM
No, not for a girl  ·  Miranda  ·  2/11/2006, 6:17 PM
Erm... No thank you. nt  ·  lulu  ·  2/11/2006, 5:45 PM
Re: Vincent for a girl  ·  Chrisell  ·  2/11/2006, 5:40 PM
Absoulutely not! (m)  ·  Julia  ·  2/11/2006, 4:34 PM
Vincenza wouldn't work on my child.  ·  Siri  ·  2/11/2006, 5:26 PM
Vincent for a girl would sound very un-Swedish  ·  Ylva  ·  2/11/2006, 8:00 PM
I hope so. :-)  ·  Siri  ·  2/11/2006, 8:05 PM
Re: Vincenza wouldn't work on my child.  ·  Lorenz0  ·  2/11/2006, 7:07 PM
It's my last name.  ·  Siri  ·  2/11/2006, 8:06 PM
Re: Vincenza wouldn't work on my child.  ·  Briallen  ·  2/11/2006, 5:43 PM
Why is this so important?  ·  Ylva  ·  2/12/2006, 11:00 AM
Re: Why is this so important?  ·  Briallen  ·  2/12/2006, 4:11 PM
Re: Why is this so important?  ·  Bex  ·  2/12/2006, 2:07 PM
I took my husband's last name for several reasons.  ·  Eden  ·  2/12/2006, 11:54 AM
My first instinct is that you definitely will have to fight.  ·  caelex  ·  2/12/2006, 6:38 AM
Re: My first instinct is that you definitely will have to fight.  ·  Briallen  ·  2/12/2006, 8:39 AM
Vincenza is quite nice. nt.  ·  Briallen  ·  2/11/2006, 5:18 PM
Re: Vincent for a girl  ·  Array  ·  2/11/2006, 3:57 PM
Re: Vincent for a girl  ·  Adelle  ·  2/11/2006, 7:45 PM
Millay might be cool.  ·  Siri  ·  2/11/2006, 4:04 PM
Re: Vincent for a girl  ·  MariaNikolaievnaRomanova  ·  2/11/2006, 3:49 PM
Milay is too obvious for me. :-)  ·  Siri  ·  2/11/2006, 3:57 PM
Re: Vincent for a girl  ·  Kristen  ·  2/11/2006, 3:43 PM
Re: Vincent for a girl  ·  Briallen  ·  2/11/2006, 3:42 PM
Re: Vincent for a girl  ·  Arieanne  ·  2/11/2006, 3:42 PM