Are you a Ms, a Mrs or a Miss?

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I'm a Ms, cos I'm not married and am far too old to be a Miss.

I remember the day I made the decision to be a Ms. Was in the late 80s, I was a teenager and my dad, who worked for a bank, told me that they were recruiting, and that any CVs that had 'Ms' on them were automatically binned. I was and decided then I was a) going to be a Ms and b) was never going to work in a bank. Oh and I didn't speak to him for the rest of the day

Ms
am married, not previously, over 30, professional (if only in my head these days) so tick lots of boxes
I always quite like the way conversations with salespeople go 'Miss or Mrs?', me in stony voice, 'Ms', 'silence'

Ms
married but didn't change surname

but i do answer quite happily to mrs or even mrs dh surname

does it really matter?

hard hat firmly on...

Ms

but Mrs to builders and tradesmen

am even more resolutely ms to tradespeople [snooty emoticon]

Ms, and keep my maiden name.

Reason: got married at 35 so didn't want to change surname as i would have had an identity crisis (having had my maiden name for so long). This decision was confirmed as def the right thing to do when I was pregnant/in labour with DS. Would have felt SO weird and out of control if medics had called me by my husbands surname!

If I used "Mrs" and my maiden name I would automatically think people were talking to my mother (who is no longer alive - so it would give me a horrible turn every time!).

Miss sounds the equivalent of Master...no way jose!

I am ms because I am married but I kept my "maiden" name. It is really confusing on offical forms where they ask if you are married and then assume that they must call you mrs and your maiden name. If I have to be mrs for the sake of convenience it would be mrs plus my husband's name. I think in Germany someone told me you automatically get called the equivalent of mrs when you pass a certain age.

Ms. And I insist.

Once filled in a form (for an energy company I think) that didn't have Ms as an option. Called myself Reverend on the grounds that I am no more a Miss or a Mrs than I am an ordained vicar.

"Lady" works a treat on credit cards etc. Amazing how you do get viewed differently.

Mrs

Was Ms before being married, am Ms since being married.

When we got married my dw took my surname and became Mrs. I felt quite uncomfy about it because I didn't want her to feel subsumed.

I thought it would be better if we both changed our names to something that symbolised our new family (something based on both our surnames) but she wasn't having any!

I am a Mrs. Except for when people don't know what I am and so call me Ms.

Do you find it insulting when people call you Ms? I always do call people Ms if I don't know what they prefer to be called - I think it's the default position, but reading this thread, maybe not.

I started going by Mrs long before I got married; it seemed to me the Ms thing wasn't working out too well and I got the idea in Germany where all women are Frau regardless of marital status. Now married and still Mrs and maiden name. Which annoys my mother no end.

Ms although I let it go sometimes when people call me Mrs - amuses me as I've kept my own name so Mrs Edam sounds like my grandmother, God rest her. (My parents divorced so my mother hasn't been Mrs Edam for donkey's years.)

As choosyfloosy said, a post on a previous thread people assumed that anyone using the title Ms was
a) a bitter divorce
b) a frustrated lesbian
c) a frustrated divorcee
d) a slapper
e) a bitter feminist, etc etc.

I'm a Ms on at least 2 counts.

I am a Ms. I deciede to be one when i was a child and i am .

Am also Divorced and a single parent and i dont want to be called MRS Sons fathers name. I get quite insulted about that.

I am a Ms for professional purposes and a Mrs otherwise. i was always a Ms pre-marriage. Miss always reminded me of Piggy.

Ms, as I am married but kept my original surname. Although sometimes it is assumed that I'm Mrs Dhsurname, and I am not so fussed that I correct them in an uppity way.

I got asked once, "if you're not changing your surname, why are you getting married at all?" er, okay, so the only reason to get married is to change your surname.

I am a Ms, I am a divorcee but far from a bitter one. I personally do not like to be referred to Mrs * as the man who I was married to was violent.

I'm a Mrs.

I'm a Mrs because (as I say to the kids at the school I teach in) 'I didn't spend that many thousands of pounds to not be a Mrs'! Really though, I just prefer the sound of it nothing to do with not wanting to be a Ms. otherwise!

Mrs Lulumama

have been for 9 years

Mrs

Dh's mum is still called Mrs 'dh's dad's surname' after 25 years of divorce and I think that's very odd. It's not as if the children are little (in their 30s now!) and she wants the same name as them.