SUNDAY 4 AUGUST 2019
Should I take my husband’s
name? Either way I lose
Judicial choice: US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg went for the combined option (AFP/Getty)
CLÉMENCE MICHALLON
Earlier this week, my husband decided we should get a stationery stamp. We had a
few thank-you letters to send, which seemed as good an occasion as any. He got to
work, trying to find a cute design combining both of our names.
This wasn’t the kind of endeavour that should send you into a tailspin, much less a crisis of conscience
about marriage, relationships and your place in them. And yet, after three tentative designs it became clear