Great thread right now on Alara’s Livejournal - it began as a list of ways not to write bad hetfic, but there’s a good sub disscussion going on about why women do and do not change their names before/after marrage. The stat that gets tossed around is that 90% of american women change their names.

Me? I’m in the 10%. The idea of changing something so basic to my identity is…. not something I can really wrap my brain around. Just one more way I’m a Very Strange Person. :)