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December 19, 2002
Side Effects of Women's Lib
This isn't going to be particularly profound. It's really just an observation I made while doing Christmas cards this year.
There's been a recent trend -- not a very strong one, mind you -- for a married woman not to take her husband's surname. I've got nothing against this. In fact, I wouldn't mind at all if my future wife -- whoever that might be -- didn't want to change hers. It'd certainly be easier on logistics all around.
Except...
What do I put on the Christmas cards? Some people I know, mostly the ones that I speak to often, but sometimes, I wonder.
- Do I lump them together and slap his surname at the end? Would she be offended that I didn't separate them?
- Do I write out their surnames separately? Would she be offended that I didn't lump them together?
- Do I hyphenate?
- What do I do if I don't know her maiden name since I generally deal with the "him" in the pairing?
- Forget it. I'm just going to address all my cards to "Hey, you!" and put nameless addresses on the envelopes... except for that one person where I only know their work address.
Posted by KinCross at December 19, 2002 03:00 PM