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Re:U-M finds students with alphabetically lower-ranked names... by lelanthran on Saturday April 20, 2024 @01:21PM (#40098919)
> Bucking tradition, she didn't change her name when we got married,

Unless you were married earlier than the 90s, I wouldn't really call that "bucking tradition" any time from, say, the mid-90s onwards.

If you really want to buck tradition, then don't get married - just live together, and have kids :-)

(After all, there's nothing more traditional than marriage, is there?)

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Re:U-M finds students with alphabetically lower-ranked names... by jedberg on Saturday April 20, 2024 @02:40PM (#40099743)
In the US, 80% of women still take their husband’s last name.

But you hit on an important point — a lot of couples are just skipping marriage now.

We went halfway there — we bought the house together years before we got married.

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Re:U-M finds students with alphabetically lower-ranked names... by zeroonetwothree on Saturday April 20, 2024 @03:34PM (#40100300)
Owning a house together is probably a more serious commitment anyway
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