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And you wonder why people end up divorced. Maybe those independent ausies should be a bit more careful about who they let knock them up, if they don't even want to claim the guy on the birth cert.
OP, please, please, please do not do this. no one with a single ounce of respect for their spouse would do this.
I believe these people are married. Isn't there an assumption that the husband is the father if they are legally married?
Geesum pete's - thank God she's the minority on this thread.
Anybody advocating purposely doing something so huge as going behind a spouse's back to name their child has no clue what it takes to be successfully married. No clue at all!
I do hope our OP is smarter than to take that advice seriously.
Eh it's comparable to saying she should take one for the team because he has some archaic notion of naming his progeny after himself.
Sometimes you do "take one for the team" when you love your spouse and want to see them happy.
Personally, I also see nothing wrong with archaic notions. Naming your progeny after yourself being one of them. Just because something is old doesn't mean it's inherently bad. (Marriage is a pretty archaic notion yet millions of people get married every year.) Since you've mentioned feminism, I don't see this as a feminist issue especially since the wife no longer HAS to take her husband's last name.
The OP says she just doesn't like the name. I don't think she's mentioned having a problem with the fact that it's a family tradition, has she?
Sometimes you do "take one for the team" when you love your spouse and want to see them happy.
Personally, I also see nothing wrong with archaic notions. Naming your progeny after yourself being one of them. Just because something is old doesn't mean it's inherently bad. (Marriage is a pretty archaic notion yet millions of people get married every year.) Since you've mentioned feminism, I don't see this as a feminist issue especially since the wife no longer HAS to take her husband's last name.
The OP says she just doesn't like the name. I don't think she's mentioned having a problem with the fact that it's a family tradition, has she?
Not in a case like this you don't because he is being a obstinate fool over the situation. Archaic notions are fine but i don't find they should be set in stone is all.
Henry is enjoying a resurgence of popularity these days (as a name).
Since when? It's not even a top 20 name for boys .
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