Rules for Women: by Michael Bates: Rule #1

[Chicken Little]

Names:

quote: It's customary for a woman to take her husband's last name when she gets married. It's also fairly common now for a woman to keep her maiden name when she gets married. I've known a few cases where a woman kept her maiden name at first, then took her husband's name when the first child comes along. But generally, whatever choice she makes, the usual thing is to stick with that choice, not to oscillate back and forth.