tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3713030349047688542.post3298260852630044035..comments2023-11-07T07:22:48.414-06:00Comments on Being BetteJo: Why we do a lot of things.BetteJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11650981249204116251noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3713030349047688542.post-17911188283874306712008-12-31T19:34:00.000-06:002008-12-31T19:34:00.000-06:00I'm not attached to my maiden name either. A n...I'm not attached to my maiden name either. A name is just that, a name. It doesn't encompass all of a person. What's important is WHO you are not what you're called.The Beading Gemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10373750828368944711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3713030349047688542.post-23088656286871832102008-12-30T18:58:00.000-06:002008-12-30T18:58:00.000-06:00I wasn't that attached to my maiden name. But...I wasn't that attached to my maiden name. But my married name isn't great and I would have rather had something else. But - I wanted to have the same name as my kids. Now I've had my married (and divorced name) longer than I had my maiden name.BetteJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11650981249204116251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3713030349047688542.post-65558187561288730582008-12-30T15:05:00.000-06:002008-12-30T15:05:00.000-06:00I always mourned my maiden name even to this day 3...I always mourned my maiden name even to this day 38 years of marriage later I wish I would of hyphened it... its like losing a part of your identity.<br>DianeDiane of Crafty Passionshttp://dianobe.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3713030349047688542.post-23646051305117653882008-12-30T13:00:00.000-06:002008-12-30T13:00:00.000-06:00About 6 years after I divorced I went back to my m...About 6 years after I divorced I went back to my maiden name and it was the most wonderfully liberating feeling, like "he" no longer had any hold over me. <br><br>The kids kept his name but it's been fine..LadyBananahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02950585926431895778noreply@blogger.com