Metta World Movement
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Or marry someone who doesn't need his woman to change her name to feel like a man...
It's not about "feeling like a man"; personally I think it's a way of showing that you're actually planning on being with him for the rest of his life, and that you're both trying to create one family under one surname
And before you ask "well, why can't the man do that and change his name "........ please consider all of the OTHER shyt that the man has to do before the wedding and during the marriage (having to propose, buying the ring, being the breadwinner, etc.).....the very LEAST a woman can do is take his name
When you decide to keep your name, it's almost like you're saying " Well if shyt don't work out then that's one hassle I don't have to worry about"; it's like saying you're not really trying to make a real fam and a legacy with the man.....in which case you shouldn't be marrying him
It's crazy.....some women will complain if a man brings up a prenup or asks for DNA tests for a kid, and will say that shows he doesn't trust her.......yet it's most likely those same women who don't want to change their name as a gesture to show the man that he can trust her to stay with him for life.....which is what a real marriage is supposed to be like in the first place
Like I said before, I think I'd settle on the hyphen shyt if it was my own situation.....but I can't lie, that shyt would be a red flag to me