Our dilemma is from Jo - who's getting married and wants to know whether or not to change her name.
She wants to be the one unit with her husband, but at the same time she’s built a career in the legal profession based on her current surname.
She doesn’t want the hassle of having one name for work and another name for everything else - it’s got to be all or nothing. She just doesn’t know which way to go.
Have you ever been through this yourself? What did you decide to do?
Have you been in a position where your existing last name was important to you in your field of work, but at the same time you wanted to take on your husband’s last name?
What did you decide to do and why?
Comments (2)
Hi
I think it depends on what her husband thinks. what is important to him. She needs to discuss with him. I in fact wanted to change my last name but my husband only told me not to do that.
Posted by swarna | March 17, 2008 11:52 AM
Posted on March 17, 2008 11:52
I think the 'one flesh' concept in Christianity overrides anything else. Till death us do part and so on also apply here. If she married her career, that would be a different case. The position here is the biblical concept and to do otherwise really undermines the biblical position and that of her husband. This really is that simple.
Posted by Hona Wikeepa | March 10, 2008 10:39 AM
Posted on March 10, 2008 10:39