I think it's really interesting. A name is an identity and to simply discard when one gets married has never sat well with since I was a child. I recently saw this tweet where the person was talking his newly married friends that decided to shed their surnames and create a new one for themselves and it made me realize the importance of choice. Just because something is tradition doesn't mean it should be held at the expense of people. People make tradition not the other way round.
Hey, Nigerian here too! I kept mine when I got married. The main reason was that I married a white guy and I knew that if we had a child I'd want them to know where they were from. I also wanted to hold on to my heritage even more. I'm even more happy with my decision because the current administration is trying to push a bill that would disenfranchised you if you name doesn't match your birth certificate. That's a large number of married women. So yeah! I'm keeping my maiden name.
I think it's really interesting. A name is an identity and to simply discard when one gets married has never sat well with since I was a child. I recently saw this tweet where the person was talking his newly married friends that decided to shed their surnames and create a new one for themselves and it made me realize the importance of choice. Just because something is tradition doesn't mean it should be held at the expense of people. People make tradition not the other way round.
Never even considered it.
Hey, Nigerian here too! I kept mine when I got married. The main reason was that I married a white guy and I knew that if we had a child I'd want them to know where they were from. I also wanted to hold on to my heritage even more. I'm even more happy with my decision because the current administration is trying to push a bill that would disenfranchised you if you name doesn't match your birth certificate. That's a large number of married women. So yeah! I'm keeping my maiden name.