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Dear Poll: Will you Change your Name?
Before women had such a strong presence in the work place, they almost always changed their names after getting married. Throughout the years, times have changed and women have worked incredibly hard to gain notoriety, both personally and professionally, leaving some reluctant to give up their recognizable last name.
So all you women out there who are engaged and or newly married, are you planning on taking on your husband's last name?
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Where Do You Stand? Changing Your Name When You Get Married
I have a close friend who's getting married and she has an amazing last name. It's so awesome, in fact, that everyone refers to her by it. Her dilemma then is, should she change her last name and take on her husband's after saying I do?
Love It or Leave It? Disney-Inspired Engagement Rings
Some girls never let go of their wish to be princesses, and thanks to designer Kristie Kelly, they don't have to. The Kirstie Kelly for Disney by Mouwad collection, shown at Bridal Week in New York, features six engagement rings and wedding bands that pay homage to Disney's leading princesses.
The engagement rings, named after Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Cinderella, Jasmine, Ariel, and Belle are supposed to be "subtle references to the personalities of each princess."
Say What? Director Mira Nair on Amelia Earhart
"[S]o much about Amelia is so undeniably modern. If she were to walk into a room today in her jodhpurs and her aviation jackets, [with] her ideas about marriage or men and women, she would still be considered an iconoclast."
— Director Mira Nair on the subject of her upcoming biopic Amelia starring Hilary Swank, about the pioneering aviator's life.
Do, Dump, or Marry? Nacho Figueras
If Nacho Figueras were not a real person, Harlequin romance writers would have to invent him. Tall, dark, and handsome? Check.
Mother-in-Law Can't Take a Joke, Sues Comedian
Well, a comedian who just happens to be her daughter-in-law!
It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but comedian Sunda Croonquist’s mother-in-law Ruth Zafrin was not kidding when she filed a lawsuit against Sunda for telling so many jokes about her. Croonquist capitalizes on their ethnic differences in her envelope-pushing jokes — she is half-black and half-Swedish, was raised Catholic, and married into a Jewish family.
70% of Americans Think a Bride Should Take Husband's Name
Worrying that "the mailman would get confused" or that "society wouldn’t function as well if women did not change their names," 70 percent of Americans say that new brides should take their husband's last name. Even more shocking, the study presented yesterday at the American Sociological Association’s annual meeting found that 50 percent of respondents thought it should be made a legal requirement for women to change their names to their husbands'!
The reasons given ranged from religious beliefs to social convenience — some people actually suggested that the post office might be confused if there were people living at the same address with two different names.
Cam Gigandet vs. Twilight-Obsessed Tweens
Most of you found Twilight's bad vampire James (Cam Gigandet) hot enough to do and marry. For the Edward Cullen-loving tween fan-pire set, however, he can suck it. Watch what happens when Cam has the misfortune of stumbling upon a Twilight reading group full of reverential worshipers.
Awkward! Wedding Planning With Fiancé Causing Tension
I know a very modern bride who is beginning to wonder if she really knows the guy she's marrying. It's not that she's having second thoughts — it's just that planning their wedding is highlighting differences of opinion about tradition and convention she didn't know were there.
For example, this bride is hip to the fact that weddings are not unique events.
Grab Bag! Marriage Means the End of Single-Girl Friendships?
- As you or your pals get married, do you mourn the death of single-girl friendships? — The Frisky
- A former Craigslist call girl shares her story. — Lemondrop
- Valentine's Day, an upcoming film similar to He's Just Not That Into You, has many big names attached.
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