As humanity has grown older, there has been a slow upward curve in terms of how we treat each other. While there are plenty of setbacks along the way, there are still long-held beliefs from years ago that seem completely ridiculous now. And while many still believe in the traditional rules and principles of marriage, there have been changes to the way most of us see the institution.
One aspect of this that sparked a debate online recently, is the tradition of the bride taking the groom's surname after they wed. I've always felt sorry for women who have lost great family names and switched it for a terrible or boring one from their new husband. But people don't always choose to do this anymore, with lots of women deciding to keep the names they were born with.
Twitter user @_MercyFul started up a conversation about this on the social media platform when she said: "I'd really like to hear the reasoning behind women who won't take their husband's last name".
Somehow she seemed completely incapable of guessing how a lot of people feel, which is that they shouldn't have to give up their name just because they got married, while the man in the relationship got to keep his. But there were a lot of people out there willing to explain their reasons for not taking their husband's last name.
In one interaction, user @oyin_za asked her own question: "What's wrong with my name?" The original poster replied, "Absolutely nothing. But what's wrong with his that you don't want to take it when you get married, yano?" The simple reply was "My name is my name, his name is his name".
Simple, right? But the argument still raged on, with some giving lengthier reasons for not doing so, like @BlackCoffee_74 who said "it would feel like losing a part of myself," adding "Also why should I take his and he not take mine. Who created this tradition? Men did".
However, the answer that completely blew all others out of the water came from the queen of Twitter herself, Chrissy Teigen. The model pops up all the time online with witty comebacks or hilarious travel stories, but is also known for her own marriage to acclaimed musician John Legend.
You may notice that Teigen didn't take her husband's surname, and she's got a good enough reason of her own. Teigen masterfully responded to the original tweet with her reason, saying "my husband didn't even take his last name?"
Then she hit back at someone questioning why anyone would care about her reasons:
Like a lot of celebrities out there, John Legend wasn't born with that name. His given name is actually John Roger Stephens. Not a bad name by any stretch, but it's definitely not as memorable as 'John Legend', let's be honest.
This isn't the first time Teigen has brought up her husband on Twitter, as this hilarious rant about him goes to show.