... to start ranting when I see someone posts "title Ms = can't get or keep a man" on here?

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Hmm.

Come on, tell me it's trivial and I should get over it.

I know, I know.

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YANBU

(but this is a thread about a thread.. terribly bad form..)

it's true but i didn't want to derail that thread too much by keep posting

I have no feeling either way about Ms, except it's hard to say.

I got married last year, I changed my name (I never really liked my old surname...) but I remain a Ms. I've always been a Ms. I don't get many people questioning it though.

I'm a single Ms, never married and wearing the title with pride.

Im (very happily!) married and I use the title Ms. As you say it really is no one elses business as to whether you are married or not.

I'm a Ms dont want to be anyones Mr's

I was MS from about 20, just chose to be.

I did go to Mrs once I got married and mums-ified though. I think I lost my feminist principles down the back of the sofa

I have managed to "keep" dh for 24 years now and am still Ms.
Of course, if all that is important in life is whether you keep a man or not, regardless of the quality of that man, that will carry it's own problems.

YASOOOOOOOONBU.

Its worth doing a PhD just to avoid the issue

Funnily enough I remain a feminist even though I was able to entrap a man into matrimony, (seventeen years and counting). Nobody told me I should turn in the badge when I signed the register.

Grimma, not even a PhD would prevent my MIL from calling me Mrs dhsurname. Grrr!

Surely everyone knows Ms is only for lesbians?

Whaaaat! I'm a lesbian? Someone coulda told me before now!

Chipmonkey - I agree. It's completely irresponsible. If more people would pop in to bedrooms and scream "you're doing it wrong!" titles would be clearer ergo the world would be a better place

GrimmaTheNome

I'm a Ms and have been all my life despite having managed to 'keep' DP for 25 years this month.

Can't wait to tell him i'm really a lesbian

It's our 'not' silver wedding this month.

I once stayed in a B&B for work and when he asked what title for the receipt I said 'Ms'. He said 'Ah, so you were married and are now divorced then?' (which, as it turned out was exactly the case, but I was rather ashamed of it all at the time). I went and told him it was none of his business. Later I phoned up to complain about his cheekiness, but ended up speaking to the same guy (without him admitting it was him!) and he was unsurprisingly not very helpful and would not admit it was an overly-personal question to ask of a total stranger.

So yeah, people will either assume you can't keep a man, or you're a lesbian, or both.

And no, it's not trivial.

I am a MRS and a single mum - i got me a manz but he walked - i am a big fat fraud!

Never ever seen that before.

I agree with Grimma!!!

Why do we have to have titles anyway?

Why can't I be just be Alistair Sim? (name used for illustrative purposes only)

Titles do often seem to be omitted now though, don't they?

ChipMonkey, for a short while my own mother would address things to my identically qualified DH and I as 'Dr and Mrs' but desisted when I pulled her up on it.

And of course you do occasionally get 'Dr' being reinterpreted as 'Mr' though that can be quite amusing if, for instance, its on a prescription for the Pill