tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post8601746027160388181..comments2024-03-25T09:03:39.020-07:00Comments on The Uncrushable Jersey Dress: Cobweb Morning - Discussion ThreadBetty Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-35757609382940112262010-05-04T12:40:09.486-07:002010-05-04T12:40:09.486-07:00When BritHub 1.0 proposed, I suddenly had a change...When BritHub 1.0 proposed, I suddenly had a change of heart on the "Mrs." thing. I'd always treated marriage as not <i>necessarily</i> a name-changing event. Which is to say, people have the choice.<br /><br />(This seems to be a little bit generational; I knew people 10 years older than me who were shocked I wouldn't assume the bride's name changes upon marriage, and people 10 years younger same thing. But among people my age, I found the same <i>laissez faire</i> attitude as me.)<br /><br />But when faced with an actual fiancé, I thought maybe he would care. So I offered to take his last name. Enh, he's the same age as me, so he didn't care.<br /><br />What decided it for us both was the thought of all the places we'd have to send the marriage certificate!<br /><br />Just as well, because it would all have had to be changed around again with BritHub 2.0. <br /><br />Still, it's useful that we all have surnames beginning with the letter B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-5944610566740008912010-04-26T10:56:14.229-07:002010-04-26T10:56:14.229-07:00It's ironic that I spent all that time as a gi...It's ironic that I spent all that time as a girl practicing writing, "Mrs. ____" only to almost never use it.<br /><br />Speaking of pretentious, one never signs, "Professor van der Hertenzoon," or "Dr. van der Hertenzoon," or "Professor Mrs. van der Hertenzoon," or "Professor Dr. Mrs. van der Hertenzoon."<br /><br />For school emails, I just sign Betty JoDee van der Hertenzoon (except once when I needed to assert myself with a school administrator, then I signed, "Betty Jodella K. van der Hertenzoon, Ph.D."--It worked).Betty JoDeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552570070311742671noreply@blogger.com