It honestly freaks me out to see how many people I know from High School are married, having kids or both. I know we are nearing our mid 20s but I for one do not feel much distance between my self of now and my self from high school...or even middle school, really. I know I am one of the few who had a strong awareness of self early on so I may just be talking from an unrelatable point, but I don't understand this urge to shed ones own identity. And I can't really see it for anything other than that.
Taking on another last name is something I would never want to do. Luckily, I don't want to get married either, so I don't foresee any arguments about that matter. I can't help but inwardly cringe as I see unfamiliar last names tacked on to familiar faces. I suppose I resent the perpetuation of the male name versus the woman, though the woman has the last name of her own father. Thing is, I really love my father and love what my last name and how it goes with my first and middle and how it would go with the few names for potential children I have had in my head for quite a few years.
With these potential kids names, each name references a relative with equal representation from both my father and my mother's sides of the family. I love the idea of uniting two sides with names and showing respect for those who came before us with who comes after. I just want it equal. My children will have my father's last name, and if it isn't too tragic, we can hyphenate their father's name at the end as well.
Taking on another last name is something I would never want to do. Luckily, I don't want to get married either, so I don't foresee any arguments about that matter. I can't help but inwardly cringe as I see unfamiliar last names tacked on to familiar faces. I suppose I resent the perpetuation of the male name versus the woman, though the woman has the last name of her own father. Thing is, I really love my father and love what my last name and how it goes with my first and middle and how it would go with the few names for potential children I have had in my head for quite a few years.
With these potential kids names, each name references a relative with equal representation from both my father and my mother's sides of the family. I love the idea of uniting two sides with names and showing respect for those who came before us with who comes after. I just want it equal. My children will have my father's last name, and if it isn't too tragic, we can hyphenate their father's name at the end as well.
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