Belkira wrote:
And the whole "I am giving MY child MY last name because it's MY child and MY family name is the one that I care about carrying on and it's MY decision whether or not the penis I slept with tells people about MY child" schtick really puts me off on almost anything she has to say. So it's possible I'm being a little too dismissive of other points.
The name thing didn't bother me at all. I actually thought it was kind of cool. How often do you hear about a woman who is married, giving her family name to her child? Pretty much never. Even if she chooses to keep her last name, the kids are almost always given the father's name, or a hyphenated last name.