i didn't think it as all that important to change my surname and be known as Mrs.of so-and-so just to show my allegiance to my husband.and just a curious question....why doesn't it work the other way round then?like the husbands changing their name to the wife's surname?okay,i can understand that in the days of yore,women were dependent on men for EVERYTHING.but today they are equal breadwinners and many a time we see that the wife earns the larger chunk of the family income.so they are more or less equals in the relationship.so why this disparity?it's not right.if they can't change their name ("heavens!that's sacrilege" they'd cry!),then i find no reason why women should change theirs.period.

Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor