sj and WindSparrow ~ thank you! We did indeed pick a unique name. We kept trying to make double-barrelled fit, and it wouldn't. Neither would either of our mothers' maiden names. But many years ago, my grandfather changed his name (he was a Jewish EastEnd-er) to my current family name. So I've always been aware that my current surname isn't right. We started considering the original family name, and it worked. We both feel completely right about it. It's so exciting.
And if I can just get my book review written for this journal, I'll even be published under that name in June!
sj, very good news about your friend's biopsy. How fantastic that she won't even need surgery.
We kept trying to make double-barrelled fit, and it wouldn't.
"Don't tell me she's going to be 'Noble-Temple'?!"
"No...Temple-Noble."
We started considering the original family name, and it worked. We both feel completely right about it. It's so exciting.
That's a wonderful story.
Why is it when a repair man is around the thing that was broken stops acting broken?
"Don't tell me she's going to be 'Noble-Temple'?!"
Heh. Yes. That. (We both have surnames with two syllables. Four-syllable double-barrelled names sound odd.)
Plus, as my friend said on Facebook today: "I'm sick of the double-barrelling. It's turning into the hippie gay Christian marrieds' badge of honour." And then he went on to suggest all manner of English names that are pronounced oddly. Like Leveson-Gower, pronounced loosen-gor. And Featherstonehaugh - go on, guess how that's pronounced in upper class circles.
I got a raise! And a promotion! I knew the former was coming (though not the amount), but not the latter.
I'm also starting to get survivor's guilt, what with all the very good people we lost in the last round of layoffs. Or more of it. I was already feeling survivor's guilt the last month.
Feeeeeaaaaaaooooooaaaaaaahhhhhh
