Re: OT-now Ms. Mrs./married names

Well, welcome to the group Christine.  It's always nice to get new folks.
Wanna see some pics?  Heh heh!  : p

DF

Chris wrote:

> I always thought that using a gender-free kind of name protected me in
> some way from all the "bad guys" out in cyber-space!!  I guess that 's
> kind of corny!  I can't image what I was thinking!!
>
> Christine
> Long Island, NY
> Zone 7
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of David Franzman
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 12:45 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT-now Ms. Mrs./married names
>
> OH MY GOD CHRIS ARE YOU A WOMAN???  I had no idea!  All this time I
> thought
> you were a guy.  Well, not that it's a problem...I mean...I just
> thought...sheesh!  Boy it's a good thing I didn't send you any of the
> pics I
> send to Singer!
>
> DF
>
> Chris wrote:
>
> > I kept my maiden name.  My son uses my maiden name for his middle name
> > and uses my husband's last name.
> >
> > Chris
> > Long Island, NY
> > Zone 7
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf Of Melody
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:36 AM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] OT-now Ms. Mrs./married names
> >
> > Kitty: I hyphenated my last name...Hobert-Mellecker. I was 25 when I
> got
> > married and didn't feel comfortable giving up my name but also wanted
> to
> > honor my husband's family name. My children have just their dad's last
> > name but are always asking me why that is...I don't really have a good
> > answer for them. One couple I know did something I didn't even know
> was
> > possible, but which is apparently legal as well...Her last name was
> > Johnson, his was O'Mara...now they are both Johnson-O'Mara...Just as
> it
> > is legal for a woman to change her name at the time of marriage, it is
> > for a man as well. Their son carries both last names too. If I had
> known
> > before I got married that this was possible, this is probably what my
> > husband and I would have done...seems more fitting for a true union,
> > don't you think?
> >
> > Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
> >
> > "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
> > --Albert Einstein
> >
> >  --- On Wed 01/29, Libby Valentine < LVALENTINE@WORKINGCONCEPTS.COM >
> > wrote:
> > From: Libby Valentine [mailto: LVALENTINE@WORKINGCONCEPTS.COM]
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 07:42:10 -0500
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] OT-Reverse sexism< Ms. Mrs.
> >
> > I kept my name (it is after all, my name), much to the chagrin of the
> > clerk
> > who did the license.
> >
> > Libby
> > Maryland zone 6
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kitty Morrissy
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Sent: 1/29/2003 7:44 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT-Reverse sexism&lt; Ms. Mrs.
> >
> > So another qstn for the ladies:  If you are or were married, how did
> you
> > (if you did) change your name?
> > I went from Kathleen Marie Glasch to Kathleen Glasch Strope.
> > (At the time my birth name Kitty had early on been changed to Kathleen
> > and
> > then later changed back to Kitty)
> > I know many women who would have gone to Kathleen Marie Strope,
> > retaining
> > less of their former self.
> >
> > Kitty
> >
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