Okay, my apologies. Thank you for showing your perspective. My apologies if I somehow insulted the situation. I wanted advice, guess I got it. Wow, I didn't realize TLS was this bad.Kurt Cobain wrote:You maturity is clearly lacking if you let a little "Ms. vs. Mrs." confusion get you all up in arms.powderpuff wrote:On the flipside does it show a sense of maturity? I'm a non-traditional student, etc.
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The entire issue is that you're equating the label "Mrs." with someone who's dependent. Gross, gross, gross logic fallacy. How did you even survive the LSAT?powderpuff wrote:I don't understand - I'm not degrading the situation or feminists. My fear is that I will seen as a "Mrs." and not an independent woman.
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This is over a LOR? AYFKM.Desert Fox wrote:
Do you think Admissions is going to do literary analysis on your letter of recommendation? I doubt they even read most of them.
Also, the fact that you think that those two things are mutually exclusive is perplexing.powderpuff wrote:I don't understand - I'm not degrading the situation or feminists. My fear is that I will seen as a "Mrs." and not an independent woman.manbearwig wrote:...Are you retroactively applying to law schools in the pre-1960s South?powderpuff wrote:My insult is aimed toward the old traditional men who seem to think this is the case. Or that a women's place is in the kitchen. Of which, I become a fire hazard.manbearwig wrote:
I hope you realize how insulting this is to the millions of married women who choose both to be a "Mrs." and to be a professional.
(People like you give feminists a bad name.)
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manbearwig wrote:The entire issue is that you're equating the label "Mrs." with someone who's dependent. Gross, gross, gross logic fallacy. How did you even survive the LSAT?powderpuff wrote:I don't understand - I'm not degrading the situation or feminists. My fear is that I will seen as a "Mrs." and not an independent woman.
Oh, I see. I'm sorry. And yes, I survived the LSAT quite well, thank you.
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Seriously, why did you get married in the first place?stratocophic wrote:Also, the fact that you think that those two things are mutually exclusive is perplexing.
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powderpuff wrote:He refers to me as "Mrs. X." I am married . . . but I go by "Ms." because I am an independent person who happens to be in a marriage.
Have you been punched in the face lately? If not, you ought to be.
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I'd like to know the answer to this as well...byunbee wrote:Seriously, why did you get married in the first place?stratocophic wrote:Also, the fact that you think that those two things are mutually exclusive is perplexing.
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As opposed to legal discrimination.Kurt Cobain wrote:Just sue schools that don't let you in for illegal discrimination.
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Which, as we all know, is called affirmative action.MissLucky wrote:As opposed to legal discrimination.Kurt Cobain wrote:Just sue schools that don't let you in for illegal discrimination.
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I discriminate against certain foods. Perfectly legal.MissLucky wrote:As opposed to legal discrimination.Kurt Cobain wrote:Just sue schools that don't let you in for illegal discrimination.
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did you take his last name or he yours?
or neither?
or neither?
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OP probably has the classic hyphenated last name.scruffs mcguff wrote:did you take his last name or he yours?
or neither?
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scruffs mcguff wrote:did you take his last name or he yours?
or neither?
I'm betting that God-awful and annoying hyphenated last name bullshit.
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You're right! It is the collective "TLS" that is "this bad." It couldn't be you.powderpuff wrote: Okay, my apologies. Thank you for showing your perspective. My apologies if I somehow insulted the situation. I wanted advice, guess I got it. Wow, I didn't realize TLS was this bad.
Thinking marriage will be equated to a lack of independence is just... well... dumb. And since that is the essence of what you posted, you shouldn't be surprised that you're getting flack about it.
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What would happen if two hyphenated last name people married each other and they were both the Mrs. X type?kalvano wrote:scruffs mcguff wrote:did you take his last name or he yours?
or neither?
I'm betting that God-awful and annoying hyphenated last name bullshit.
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i thought you were going to say that you weren't married, and it would show that the recommender doesn't know you that well. that might have been an issue, if admissions even reads them.
as long as the recommender didn't say negative things (not fit for law school, generally stupid, etc), didn't show that the recommender himself is stupid (misspelled words, incorrect grammar, etc) and didn't say he didn't know you at all (miss x is the swingiest bachelorette i know, etc), you are fine.
as long as the recommender didn't say negative things (not fit for law school, generally stupid, etc), didn't show that the recommender himself is stupid (misspelled words, incorrect grammar, etc) and didn't say he didn't know you at all (miss x is the swingiest bachelorette i know, etc), you are fine.
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Kurt Cobain wrote:What would happen if two hyphenated last name people married each other and they were both the Mrs. X type?kalvano wrote:scruffs mcguff wrote:did you take his last name or he yours?
or neither?
I'm betting that God-awful and annoying hyphenated last name bullshit.
Are you suggesting they are lesbians? Are they hot? Could they fight it out, perhaps in a big tub of Jello?
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Well obviously that would be the ideal scenario, but I was just trying to decide what their last name would end up being.kalvano wrote:Kurt Cobain wrote:What would happen if two hyphenated last name people married each other and they were both the Mrs. X type?kalvano wrote:scruffs mcguff wrote:did you take his last name or he yours?
or neither?
I'm betting that God-awful and annoying hyphenated last name bullshit.
Are you suggesting they are lesbians? Are they hot? Could they fight it out, perhaps in a big tub of Jello?
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You'd have twice as many God-awful hyphenated last names, and people would have a fun time arguing over which of the A-B B-A name combos was more annoying.Kurt Cobain wrote:What would happen if two hyphenated last name people married each other and they were both the Mrs. X type?kalvano wrote:scruffs mcguff wrote:did you take his last name or he yours?
or neither?
I'm betting that God-awful and annoying hyphenated last name bullshit.
E.g. Jones-Smith vs. Smith-Jones
I vote for the first, in this particular case
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Stratocophic brings up an excellent point. Who is more annoying, the OP or ABBA?
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So you don't think we will ever have a Steve Johnson-Smith-Jones-Jackson?stratocophic wrote:You'd have twice as many God-awful hyphenated last names, and people would have a fun time arguing over which of the A-B B-A name combos was more annoying.Kurt Cobain wrote:What would happen if two hyphenated last name people married each other and they were both the Mrs. X type?kalvano wrote:scruffs mcguff wrote:did you take his last name or he yours?
or neither?
I'm betting that God-awful and annoying hyphenated last name bullshit.
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Other people have alluded to this, but...
THEY WON'T EVEN READ THE LETTER.
THEY WON'T EVEN READ THE LETTER.
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Depends on whether gay marriage stays constitutional, but give it 100 years and Cali will have pointless last name combos that would make Spaniards envious.Kurt Cobain wrote:So you don't think we will ever have a Steve Johnson-Smith-Jones-Jackson?stratocophic wrote:You'd have twice as many God-awful hyphenated last names, and people would have a fun time arguing over which of the A-B B-A name combos was more annoying.Kurt Cobain wrote:What would happen if two hyphenated last name people married each other and they were both the Mrs. X type?kalvano wrote:
I'm betting that God-awful and annoying hyphenated last name bullshit.
Gotta be ABBA, if only for "Dancing Queen" and that movie that destroyed all respect I had for the James Bond of Goldeneye, Pierce Brosnan. I didn't even see it, it's the principle of the thing.kalvano wrote:Stratocophic brings up an excellent point. Who is more annoying, the OP or ABBA?
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I'm still laughing at the notion that adcomms are even going to read the LOR, let alone notice something such as "Ms." v. "Mrs."
Seriously? What are you waiting for?
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