Comments on: And you are…? http://insanityworks.org/mixednuts/2007/08/14/and-you-are/ A bit of this, some of that, and a whole lot of something else entirely. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:44:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Pakipoptart http://insanityworks.org/mixednuts/2007/08/14/and-you-are/#comment-62 Pakipoptart Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:49:02 +0000 http://insanityworks.org/mixednuts/2007/08/14/and-you-are/#comment-62 Great post! How did you evolve this way of thinking? What influenced you to be so progressive in your thinking? Great post! How did you evolve this way of thinking? What influenced you to be so progressive in your thinking?

]]> By: Penni http://insanityworks.org/mixednuts/2007/08/14/and-you-are/#comment-61 Penni Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:48:11 +0000 http://insanityworks.org/mixednuts/2007/08/14/and-you-are/#comment-61 http://bluemilk.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/your-babys-surname/ I love this post. She says: "In case you’re wondering, we went the double-barrelled name for our kid. There are lots of problems with the double-barrelled I’ve been told. What will happen when all these double-barrelled kids get together with other double barrelled kids and have kids themselves? Gosh, I don’t know, the world will go crazy and fall apart without the steadying influence of the patriarchy." Ha. I kept my last name and my children are double-barrelled too. I couldn't conceive of doing it any other way. I'm me. And part of me, part of the character that is me in the novel of my life is my name. I feel very attached to my surname and the idea of changing it feels as arbitrary and wrong as changing my first name would be. It wasn't a popular choice. But like you, I feel it was MY choice to make (and with the kids a joint no-brainer between Martin and I) and I find it very disrespectful when people choose (and yes, on some level it is a choice) to ignore it. http://bluemilk.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/your-babys-surname/

I love this post. She says: “In case you’re wondering, we went the double-barrelled name for our kid. There are lots of problems with the double-barrelled I’ve been told. What will happen when all these double-barrelled kids get together with other double barrelled kids and have kids themselves? Gosh, I don’t know, the world will go crazy and fall apart without the steadying influence of the patriarchy.”

Ha.

I kept my last name and my children are double-barrelled too. I couldn’t conceive of doing it any other way. I’m me. And part of me, part of the character that is me in the novel of my life is my name. I feel very attached to my surname and the idea of changing it feels as arbitrary and wrong as changing my first name would be.

It wasn’t a popular choice. But like you, I feel it was MY choice to make (and with the kids a joint no-brainer between Martin and I) and I find it very disrespectful when people choose (and yes, on some level it is a choice) to ignore it.

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