[trailhkr1]

In my observation, people who don’t care one way or the other about their wedding bands, are also the type where the wife keeps her maiden name, or hyphenates her last name. Maybe she even goes by ‘Ms’ instead of Mrs. In other words, they’ve got a ‘progressive’ marriage.

I know numerous women in very loving, faithful and strong marriages who have kept their maiden name for various reasons. It's not that big of a deal.

[Windflier]

I know numerous women in very loving, faithful and strong marriages who have kept their maiden name for various reasons. It's not that big of a deal.

Sorry, but is a very big deal. Taking the husband's surname as her own, cements the familial bond, and announces to the community that 'these people are now a unified family unit'.

If the woman has "various reasons" for keeping her maiden name that are more important than her marriage, then that just shows you where her priorities lie. I mean, what's the point of getting married, if you're going to retain your singular identity? May as well just shack up. You haven't really committed, in my view.