Most men have a problem with that. Think about
the three ways I told you a man shows his love. He pro-
tects, provides, and professes. And if we can’t say “This
is Mrs. Harvey,” then you’re taking away the very core
of how we show our love. We also need to know that
we have your loyalty, and you show that by taking our
name. We really don’t care how important your dad’s
name or your family name is to you; we’re about to start
a family. A man needs to know you’re as committed to
this family as you are to your old one. You can hyphen-
ate it if you want to, but that last name really needs to be
the same as your man’s. And if you’re not committed to
that, then why don’t you just go marry your daddy?
There’s no need to do that; we’ve got that covered.
We’re pretty clear that our woman can walk out at any
time. But if you push it and try to make us jealous, you’re
going to be playing a dangerous game. Doing that almost