My co-worker Diana is getting married in May. I’m very excited for her wedding (it’ll be the first Chinese wedding I’ve attended), and we have had quite a few discussions about differences between [tag]marriage[/tag] in [tag]China[/tag] and the US. Recently we had the following gem of a conversation:

Diana: In America women usually take the man’s name when they get married, right?
Me: Yeah, usually they do. Do you do the same here in China?
Diana: No, this is a modern country.

Ouch.