One question that has plagued me for a while is women that don’t take their husbands last name when they get married.  Why?  I just don’t get it.  Why bother getting married and going through *that* tradition if you’re not going to go all the way with it and take his last name?  If you’re so afraid of losing your independence or whatever reason you have, why get married?  And if you’re getting married so you can have kids, wouldn’t you want to have the same last name as your husband and kids?  It just doesn’t make sense to me.  I guess I just don’t see a good reason for it.  If you want to keep your last name, why bother getting married?  Tax break? Hardly, getting married screws you in taxes (unless you have kid) Wedding Presents? Unless you’re getting your wedding paid for 100% by someone other than you, or you do the courthouse gig like we did, the ROI on presents is null.  I can kind of understand not doing it for professional reasons, say if you’re a doctor or teacher.  But really? Can’t you just slowly do it instead of just flat out not?

I guess with the divorce rate being at 50% it’ll save you time and effort of having to change it back, ‘eh?

So ladies, what gives?