If you kept your surname upon marriage, what is your title?

[LudoBear]

Just that really!

Are you still Miss Maiden, Mrs Maiden, Ms Maiden or something else??

If I have to list a title then Ms MyName. Keeping my name still flummoxes relatives though.

Are you still Miss Maiden

I haven’t used Miss since I was 13 and the whole stupid business of women’s titles being linked to their relationship to men (same sex marriage wasn’t a thing then) hit me.

So I am ‘still’ Ms.

Ms Myname. To the poster who has never known anyone who is a Ms - I work in a school in London and it's very, very common amongst the parents (and of my married friends, there is only one person who changed their name, the others go by Ms original name).

I suspect it is much less common in other places - hence why my extended and DH family always refer to me as Mrs DH despite having been told otherwise.

Ms Maiden

Ms Myname (same as before I got married).

Ms MyName - same as I've always been. I'm in Yorkshire and know quite a few women who didn't change their names on marriage, it is very normal!

It is also very normal in other cultures not to take your husband's name on marriage. Don't know why some people get so het up about it.

@Wobblybobblyboo

Ms Myname. To the poster who has never known anyone who is a Ms - I work in a school in London and it's very, very common amongst the parents (and of my married friends, there is only one person who changed their name, the others go by Ms original name).

I suspect it is much less common in other places - hence why my extended and DH family always refer to me as Mrs DH despite having been told otherwise.

Yes, I think maybe a "cosmopolitan" thing. Girls here still practice their married signature...

But yeah this is also non thing to me really, the majority of women I know didn’t change their names.

Ms Maiden

Ms Surname (object to term 'maiden name' - it's really offensive when you think about what it actually means)

Ms

Didn’t see any reason to change my name

Ms MyName

Mrs Maiden name.

husband decided to take my name

Ms My name
A friend recently said to me that she didn't realise that I didn't change my name when I got married, despite having known me since we were 13, despite attending my wedding and having seen all my social media, having had cards from me etc.

I work as Dr Maiden and use that name for most things. I am Dr or Mrs Married for things relating to my kids, or if I want not to be identifiable. I only use Mrs when, for whatever reason, I think using Dr isn't a good idea.

Miss. I'm in my 60s and married, everyone assumes it's Mrs and I found Ms got changed to Mrs more often than Miss does.

I still see anything addressed to Mrs HisSurname as being for his mum.

@Ihaveoflate

Ms Surname (object to term 'maiden name' - it's really offensive when you think about what it actually means)

This.

Maiden implies virgin. First time. Not yet sailed. Not yet achieved anything of note. Unmarried. Awaiting a heroic knight and rescue.

No true male alternative. What a surprise. Terms like Master of bachelor possibly, but they are not equivalent.

And yes. I don't ever use the word 'maiden name' (although I realiseI did in my answer here) . It's my name. I was given it at birth and it remains my name.

I have 4 children with 2 different fathers. Both sets of children have their father's name. It has never bothered me or been an issue that I don't have the same name as my children.

My husband has been Mr his whole adult life and that wasn't affected by him getting married. Same for me but with Ms.

Ms/ Dr. Schools want to call me Mrs.

Another ms maiden with family who address things to Mrs DH.
I only use ms when forced to on forms and usually just say Christian name surname.
Have several friends who knew me first and refer to DH as Mr maiden which feels strange and if Christmas cards etc I have to open as they are not addressed to him.

Ms Maiden name. I was Ms before marriage, would seem to defeat the object of Ms, as I understand it to change to Mrs when married.

As above family, particularly on my husbands side seem unable to remember that I haven't taken his name and post always to Mr and Mrs DH surname. Whatever. Kids starting to lay it on thick that they want me to have same name as them and DH , they are 6 and 7, I'm wavering

Dr or Ms.

I've been Ms since I was 13 and getting married meant literally nothing had to change - no documents of any kind - was awesome

@HotSteppa

Ms Maiden name. I was Ms before marriage, would seem to defeat the object of Ms, as I understand it to change to Mrs when married.

As above family, particularly on my husbands side seem unable to remember that I haven't taken his name and post always to Mr and Mrs DH surname. Whatever. Kids starting to lay it on thick that they want me to have same name as them and DH , they are 6 and 7, I'm wavering

Ms doesn't change to Mrs on marriage, that's the whole point. My DD and I, and a lot of other women, are very happy to have a title (if we have to use one) that doesn't reflect marital status.

Ms birth name. As it has been since I was about 16.