You were "raised by intelligent people in an intelligent environment that encouraged critical thinking and intellectual independence" and yet you still turned out like this. I guess that counters both the nature and nurture argument.

You seem nice.

When I got married four years ago I got some surprising flack for taking my husband's name. It wasn't good for my business, I was told. My personal brand would suffer, said some. My husband wasn't too keen on it either because he felt I was such an individual and that was one of the things he loved about me and he…

I'm an American child of an Icelander and it definitely influenced my feelings about "taking his name" when I got married. I tacked my husband's name on the end of all my other names, so now I have four names. People are occasionally baffled as to why I don't shorten/simplify my name to just my husband's for business…

When my then-fiance and I discussed names, I made it clear that I had no intention of giving up my last name. I argued that I love my name as-is, and I'm an established professional.

he "always thought they would have HIS name because they were HIS kids."

I was talking to my boyfriend's mother one time about this, just sort of musing that it seems unfair that if a woman marries she's expected to give up her name and take on the man's, and how awkward it would be to have a child if you didn't all have the same last name. Boyfriend's mom got pretty offended by this and…

Recently my immediate supervisor went off on a rant (I forget what sparked it) about women 'disrespecting' their husbands by hyphenating their last names when they got married. I told him flat out that I never changed my name and he said that he used to like my husband (he's never met him, but he's asked me questions…

any future offspring may well get my last name to prove I can.

I recently changed my last name, legally. I had been married and took my husband's name. After the divorce, I didn't want to keep it, but I didn't want to return to my somewhat appalling maiden name that reminded me of my somewhat appalling relationship with my family. So I took on a new last name, one I chose…

I remember reading a book set in a matriarchal society where one character commented to a foreigner, "We trace lineage through the mother's side. One can never be certain who the father is." It was a throw-away line, but it's stuck with me for decades.

That being said, I kept my name when I got married because I'm…

Just based on my last name, I would probably encourage my future wife to keep her last name and my future children to take their mother's last name just so they can avoid all the trouble it's been for me since 9/11. It is what it is.

Ultimately, the act of naming a child after yourself as a woman is an act of preserving your own name. But that name is probably your father's name.

"Ultimately, the act of naming a child after yourself as a woman is an act of preserving your own name. But that name is probably your father's name."

Uh, yeah. You gotta start somewhere, though.

I don't want kids, I don't think. I definitely am going to keep my name.

I realize we're all third wavey up in here, but I…

what gets me is that people say her husband "allowed" her to do it. Fuck that noise. It is a decision you should make together, and decide what is best for both of you. But to insinuate that the husband has to have the final say, that he "allows" it? Fuck. If my boyfriend said he "forbid it" for our kid to have my…

She should have kept a spreadsheet showing the decrease in ejaculate over several months.

Not quite the same, but my brother used to work at this burrito place with a bunch of highschoolers, none of which needed the job, they were all from well off families that knew the owners. You know, the kids who only have jobs because mommy an daddy think it'll build character to see how the "less fortunate" people…

This one involves revenge (albeit accidental) on a boss. In High School I worked as a busboy and dishwasher at this "Bonanza/Ponderosa" ripoff—basically a stand-in-line steakhouse (classy, right?) with a salad bar and a free soft serve machine. The guy who owned it was OK, but his wife took her role as the restaurant…

"If you had just gone to college ..."

Oh, FUCK YOU, lady. Fuck you so hard. Meanwhile Ellie Moore, you and I are BFF's now. It is decided.

The only time anyone ever dared to make a remark like this to me, I was working at Eddie Bauer on a morning shift. Some lady took umbrage to my (corporate mandated), "Wool socks are…