Some women themselves see the tag of a ‘ as a status thing and will be very angry if you address them without adding the label.
What Is Wrong If A Married Woman Decides To Keep Using Her Father’s Name?
In Nigeria, there is a lot attached to a name and in some cultures, it is next to sacrilege for a woman not to use her husband’s name after marriage.
But Nigerian award winning writer, ChimamandaAdichie, last week ruffled some feathers last week when she insisted on being addressed as a ‘Miss’ even though she is married to a American based, Dr. IvaraEsega.
This is what she said to a journalist:
I just want to say that my name is Chimamanda Adichie. That’s how I want it; that’s how I’m addressed, and it is not Mrs. but Miss.
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Ms: that’s how I want it. I am saying this, because I just got a mail from my manager this morning.
It seems that there are people who attended the church service, and they wrote about it, addressing me as Mrs. Chimamanda (Esega).
I didn’t like that at all. So my name is Chimamanda Adichie, full stop!”
So on Morning Teaser today, we ask: is there anything wrong if a woman decides to use her maiden name when she is married?
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