Re: OT: last names (was: Re: debian and women? from DWN #10)
On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 11:34:56PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> On 2004-03-26, s. keeling penned:
> > Incoming from Monique Y. Herman:
> >>
<snip>
> > Marriage shouldn't have to mean becoming someone else's property!
>
> Indeed, and it doesn't. There's a huge difference between choosing to
> do something because you know it would mean a lot to your s.o., and
> being forced/railroaded into doing something. If someone tells me I
> have to do something, I tend to do the exact opposite, even if I would
> originally have done it the way I've been told to.
>
> But just because I've chosen a particular route doesn't mean I'm yet
> fully comfortable with it. That will take a while.
Maybe a compromise would be to take on your s.o.'s last name, as you say
you probably will, and in recognition of that your s.o. recognizes you
as the c.s.o. =P
--
Chris Harris <charris@rtcmarketing.com>
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