The best defense is attack!

Volodya works in my department. His wife Katya works in the neighborhood. Their names are different, the marriage is not affixed, but it is not very hidden.

Once a lady from the third department, a person not very smart but very curious, saw them at lunch in the dining room and made some conclusions about the relationship. The next day, she shared with everyone who had not had time to escape, the outrage: he is married, and she is married, and how they are not ashamed at all?! Finally someone said - you, say, Mari Ivanna, so don't get nervous, first, it's not your dog affair, second, they are married to each other!

Mari Ivanna was confused for a second and immediately in a tough tone, not tolerating objections, printed:

Why didn’t she take her husband’s name? Shame must be!