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This shouldn't be a test of your feminism
I kept mine as a matter of principle. Also, at the age of 38, I didn't want to have to change all those financial and legal records, including a professional license. My husband had a slight preference for me keeping mine. Our son has my husband's name. It is closer to the beginning of the alphabet than mine, and much as I like my last name, being at the end of the alphabet is a curse for little kids. In Sweden, the most feminist country on earth, women routinely take their husbands' last names or hyphenate. I would have gladly done that if I were able to partake of Swedish feminism.