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Looking for Submissions: How Marriage Changes You
In our "Your Comeback" blog today, Emma Gilbey Keller writes about Allison Yarrow's decision to change her name when she got married—something Keller never thought she'd do. She's looking for more submissions from women whose relationships have inspired life changes: Did you convert as part of a commitment? Did you move across the country or to another continent? Emma wants to hear from you at emma@thecomebackbook.com.
By: Jessica Grose
Posted: July 31, 2009 at 1:55 PM
In our "Your Comeback" blog [1] today, Emma Gilbey Keller writes about Allison Yarrow's decision to change her name when she got married [2]—something Keller never thought she'd do. She's looking for more submissions from women whose relationships have inspired life changes: Did you convert as part of a commitment? Did you move across the country or to another continent? Emma wants to hear from you at emma@thecomebackbook.com [3].
In our "Your Comeback" blog [1] today, Emma Gilbey Keller writes about Allison Yarrow's decision to change her name when she got married [2]—something Keller never thought she'd do. She's looking for more submissions from women whose relationships have inspired life changes: Did you convert as part of a commitment? Did you move across the country or to another continent? Emma wants to hear from you at emma@thecomebackbook.com [3].
Personally, my only strong feelings about my maiden name are that it should not be hyphenated. I would never force my future offspring to have Grose tacked in front of my future husband's name. That's just cruel.
Photograph of a "Just Married" sign by Getty Images.
Links:
[1] http://www.doublex.com/blog/yourcomeback
[2] http://www.doublex.com/blog/yourcomeback/taking-my-husbands-name-no-threat-my-sense-self
[3] mailto:emma@thecomebackbook.com