Would you take your Asian husband's surname?

I know that in most Asian culture, it is not required for the wife to take her husband's surname after marriage (some Asian cultures even consider it a taboo if the wife and husband shares the same surname) but since most of us lived in western countries, where this tradition is exclusively practice, would you or wouldn't you? and why?

I've known and seen various non-Asian women change their lastnames to their Asian husband's surname after marriage regarding the following reasons:

- To show off that they're married to an Asian guy and to defy social stigma towards Asian men.
(I once went to this Asian-American conference where 3 of the keynote speakers were white women, who goes by their Asian husband's surname and were also Asian-American activists).

-To represent her husband's family (even though it's not required)

- Just following western tradition of taking the husband's name (Western feminists aren't such big fans of this tradition).

- It's unique! (It's better than having Johnson or Smith as a lastname...as a gal friend once told me lol)

I think this is overthinking things. Any woman who is going to be -married- to an Asian man is not going to be afraid of taking his surname. Sometimes, women retain their maiden names for professional reasons, if their fame is tied to a particular name. But that's the only valid excuse imho.

yeah if I were married to one I would. lol Wouldn't any woman want to have her husband's last name?

I would too, that's how we do it in the US =P Just because my (supposed) husband is Asian doesn't change how I was raised. For me, it'd be weird if I didn't take his name =)

If I ever get married at all, I'll take my husbands last name. Just cause it's how I was raised, and if kids follow, you don't want the kids asking "mommy why is your name different than ours" kind of makes the family complete in a way *shrugs*

I would take my husband's surname because it is tradition (I was raised in a traditional French family, so it's very important to uphold tradition), and also because, like MissTrancey said, then your children won't ask you why your last name is different, and it also makes the family seem more complete.

I would talk to him, see how he felt. I would like to take his name.

IF I ever get married, I'ld like to get the surname of my husband.
It's tradition and.. dunno.. I really would feel strange/weird if I wouldn't.. haha.

I would take his name because 1. I don't like my last name (it's so common in my country) and 2. Tradition

The only way I wouldn't is if it didn't flow well with my first name.