to be get annoyed at being called Mrs..?

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I have always kept my own name and so use Ms, although I am married.

This means I am Ms X, DH is Mr Y and my boys surname is Y too.

It always causes confusion and I am for ever being called Mrs X. This makes me sound like I am desperate to cling to a previous married name!

What do other ms's do when you get called Mrs? Do you ignore or correct? It sounds pedantic yet it feels really annoying. If I wanted to be a Mrs I would have become a Mrs Y.

AIBU to pick people up on it?

lol pieces, it's catholic rural ireland.... they still haven't quite accepted the possibility of unmarried parents

I see the problem! Where I live they are just as likely to be unmarried, have a variety of surnames and a variety of titles so 'parent of...' covers it all, without offence.

Edam - I am not thick. Not sure why you feel the need for personal insults. In my experience, the only people I know who choose Ms are divorced women. All my unmarried friends are Miss and all my married friends are Mrs - therefore, I am not misinformed, simply expressing what I know from personal experience.

Most of us don't care what people call us - it's only those who want to be Ms that seem to stress. Wish I had so little worries in my life for that to be so high up!

Bunbaker unfortunately then you still have the same problem, and people think you're a bit full of yourself if you correct them!!

The obvious solution to the issue is for all women to be Ms.

The title has as long a history as Mrs or Miss, but fell into disuse before being revived in the 20th century.

Andfor those who say "Oh, it's so hard to pronounce" - are you saying Mrs is easy to pronounce?

I think you'd find Ms easy enough once you remove the unspoken inverted commas and lower your raised eyebrows.

I am Dr. I dislike Mrs although I am married, but I generally don't make an issue of it. It does irritate me though when people phone for 'Dr X' and are then surprised when it is me rather than my husband; I do quite enjoy their embarrassment when they realise the crass assumption they have made.

DH's family don't seem to be able to manage 'Dr and Mr' on cards etc; it used to bother me when we were newly married, but I have more important things to worry about these days.

Lovely post seeker, so true about the eyebrows!

Lovely post seeker, so true about the eyebrows!

I think raised eyebrows must stretch the mouth somehow, so that "Ms" becomes difficult to say.

I'm going to market that as a facial exercise dvd.

"it's only those who want to be Ms that seem to stress."

Maybe that's because the only those who wish to be called Ms have a problem with getting other people to actually address them with that title.

""it's only those who want to be Ms that seem to stress."

Well, no shit, Sherlock!

Just thinking,I ordered something in a M&S store this week and I was asked "what's your title?" - much better than the usual "is it miss or mrs?" Which makes the asker's expectations pretty clear!