Times have changed. Women no longer have to be stay-at-home moms if they don’t want to. They can vote, open bank accounts, own property—and they definitely don’t have to take their husband’s last name when they get married.
All major wins. But when this woman found out her son planned to hyphenate his last name with his fiancée’s, she wasn’t exactly celebrating. The names were long, the spelling would be a pain, and she worried it would be an unfair burden for their future kids. Oh, and the grandparents? Absolutely horrified.
So she turned to the internet for backup: is she wrong to be upset?
