Even though we are not legally married, my partner and I often refer to each other as husband or wife. We never correct new friends or co-workers when they assume that a couple with a child and a mortgage payment would be a legally married couple. For all intentions and purposes, we are married. We just chose to not get legally married.
As a career woman, those who assume that we are married don't think twice about me having my "maiden name." And that's okay. I don't mind when people assume we are married. I don't mind being called a wife. I love Neville as a wife loves her husband.
But there is one part of this whole "married, but unmarried" lifestyle that I never considered. What will I choose to be called as a mother?
