Seow-Leow, lah
To hyphenate or not to hyphenate, that is the question
"ARE you double-barrelling your surname? Please tell me you're not double-barrelling your surname," a friend recently pleaded over lunch.
Ah, the ol' who-takes-whose-name discussion - an issue I had given some (but not much) thought, up until that point. Because let's be honest: a couple prepping for a lifetime together has way more critical stuff to settle.
See, I get married today to my partner of over 10 years. But even as I write this, I'm still unsure of where I stand on the surname issue.
Take his name and drop mine? Keep mine and ignore his? Or some kind of in-between, like hyphenating both of our last names - ie, the option that elicited an artful eye-roll from my friend?
When I asked why she was against double-barrelling surnames, I could see her struggling to find a non-offensive wa…
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