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I recently married but am graduating college soon. My degree will read maiden & married name. My husband is upset about it. I dont get why. I associate all of my efforts and my sacrifices to my own name given to me at birth. His family and his last name didnt contribute to my academic success and sacrifices. My family did. They instilled that in me. So why cant i honor that and why cant he respect it? It just sounds so egotistical of him. Im irritated.
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I would be irritated by that to. I have a friend that graduated law school and put her maiden name on her law degree because her success has nothing to do with her husband or his family, her main support came from her own family.

As she should. I feel like damn i cant have nothing bro!!!

Your hard work, your achievements, your name. Simple. Honestly why is he upset?? 🧐 I say honor your name cus you go girl! You did it! Congratulations on graduating soon also!!

Thank you kindly. 😭

You’re welcome!! 🎊🥂🎉

I’d be irritated too! You are just honoring your hard work in all stages of your life, and you deserve to be able to do that however you want! Sorry you’re dealing with this.

You have every right to feel irritated. You earned that degree, not him. You were the one putting in all the hard work and dedication it took to get that degree. You deserve to be proud of what you accomplished!

I wish i could at least say that he was supported. He wasnt. We would get into arguements and he would storm off and not help with the kids. Which left no time and no energy to complete my assignments etc.

Supportive* Sorry. Prego brain lol

Oh wow! Thats boyish behaviour. I'm sorry to hear that. Girl you were nice enough to even include his last name, especually simce he was unsupportive of you. He should appreciate that, if he can't, and you're able to, maybe see if you can just leave it in your maiden name only. He can get over it.

Idk I think your husband is right personally, it would make me feel like you’re not truly committed to becoming one with your husband, but you’re dividing him and you between two families

@Adrianna how? I am still including his last name too. I would like to just credit myself for once since I did it on my own and he did try to lowkey sabotage me many times. He even took his laptop back when mine broke after we argued knowing i had assignments to turn in.

You are completely right for wanting to do both names. It’s your degree, your hard work, you have every right to put both your names. In reality no one else’s opinions matter besides your own, and I’m sorry your husband wasn’t and isn’t being supportive. Don’t back down, you deserve to have your full name if that’s what you want. Good luck with it, hopefully he gets over his insecurities about having your maiden name on there as well.

@Eve thank you. I really appreciate that.

Your husband can suck it. Did he put in that work? Did he do everything you did? No, tell him to get over himself. This is all about you and YOUR achievements , he didn't do jack shit

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@Adrianna me when I'm stupid

@Angela lmaoooo. She’s just another pick me at this point. To be honest he makes everything revolve around himself and his feelings every time. Its exhausting

Eh idk, maybe I’m the traditional woman who is proud to have my husbands last name only. Also he’s always been there for all my success supporting me so idk what the problem is..

@Angela it’s okay to have opinions, you’re a pretty challenged person for calling someone stupid for having one lol silly you

also you asked I answered. If you only want validation and for people to agree with you just say that, don’t ask a question 😂

@Adrianna I think everyone has their right to their own opinions, but like you stated, your situation is different compared to hers. I don’t think she was asking for validation at all. Again, your situation is completely different so commenting on this to just be negative towards others just sounds like you’re projecting your own insecurities.

@Adrianna i’m all for being traditional, but not to the detriment of myself. I am still a human being with feelings. You’re not gonna sit here and tell me that I’m wrong about wanting to include my name, when he tried to sabotage me in the process of achieving said degree. Again, you just sound like a pick me. You’re not looking at the full picture and you are not considering anything on my behalf because you are basing your response on your own experience. But kudos to you for having good man that supports you— just remember we don’t all have that luxury. So stop giving people advice based off of your life, you have no idea what this is like. So kindly see yourself out of my post.

@Adrianna thanks for the unsolicited autobiography. It's funny how people who boast about being "traditional" and "supportive" often have the most backward and irrelevant opinions. Maybe work on actually contributing something next time instead of showcasing your outdated mindset, pendeja

Oof incognito you ate 💅♥️

@Angela exactly I agree with you. She’s the same type of “friend “that will say to you that you need to stay in your marriage even if you’re getting your ass beat every night or getting cheated on lol I’m sorry but that’s just not right.

Why did you marry the dude in the first place, geez 😂

Sounds like it won’t last from how you sound 🤷‍♀️

@Adrianna because narcissist people are good at hiding shit in the beginning. Once you are married and living with them, that’s when you really start to see stuff. i’m glad you find it so funny though. I pray you’re never in my situation, Mrs. Perfect. And I pray that if you have a daughter, that she’s never in that situation either. Because your lack of empathy and compassion for others situation is insane.

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