name change
When somebody announces "I am..." it is a bold statement. It's not a question and it's not a request. We may not get to declare it while looking stunning on a cover of a magazine, but still it deserves a listen. So open your ears and your heart, and when you open your mouth, do so with an open mind.
You are asking me a question that you would never ask my husband. That's practically the textbook-definition of sexism.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Giving up my name felt akin to giving up a room of my own, something Virginia Woolf had taught me not to do. But my sense of tradition and my need to please turned on Virginia Woolf that day. I walked out as Nell Kathleen Gibbon.
Do you love Christmas so much that you wish you could BE Santa? Well, these three guys do! They legally changed their names to Santa Claus. These real-life St. Nicks tell us their stories.
Getting married didn't only result in a name change, it resulted in a change of my entire identity. I was now a wife. I was part of a couple. I became a 'Mrs.' -- a spouse. And then when I got divorced, I became a statistic.