Posted on 08/10/2004 6:00:00 AM PDT by presidio9
"buy" should have been "but"--d'oh
Does he have a "kick me" sign on his back too? Just for good measure.
That's what I did -- and you couldn't find anyone more thrilled with being a Mrs. than me.
My other pet peeve is when adults ask that our children call them "Miss Patty" or "Mr. Pete." I tell them that we are a "Mr and Mrs" family and that we are teaching our children to show respect to adults by using their surnames. I do not bow to the inevitable petty protest that: "Mrs. So-and-so is my mother-in-law."
We've converted our immediate section of the street and are on to the rest of the neighborhood!
That would be your mind Alex.
I don't quite understand why you think I feel threatened. I will say this, you have used two classic liberal responses.
1. Perhaps you feel threatened in your masculinity.
2. Gosh you really are threatened
Come on woman you can do better than that.
Oh, I hate that--that is me too!
Oh...didn't know. Thanks for the info! Maybe I'll try her...You seem to enjoy her?
I used these liberal responses as a tongue-in-cheek response to you, who assumed I didn't change my name for feminist reasons (which is not the case). You started the theme, I just ran with it.
Take a joke.
Although as I've gotten older and necessarily more jaded and less idealistic, I've come to realize that a good quantity of what she said was unworkable fantasy and some parts are simply BS.
Yet at its worst, it's still a good deal better than Marx at his best.
men of all ages are referred to as a "Mister".....rarely see or hear of "master" which is supposedly used for young boys....
Hey, I'm of proud Polish heritage as well, however I'd have to go back to my grandmother's maiden name to touch on the ethnic Polish name.
I didn't mean that taking your husband's last name was goose-stepping. All my friends did, as did my mother, and her mother, ad nauseum. I referred to "goose-stepping" as a metaphor for those conservatives who need a checklist for what they believe in. Just because I happen to stray on this one point does not make me any less of a conservative. I believe we use the terms "kool-aid drinkers" or "knee-jerk liberals" to refer to the same type of idea I'm referring to on the other side of the political spectrum. And, no, I'm not implying that you are either of those things. We're all kindreds here, whether we all completely agree on every issue or not. Because we all don't agree, that's what makes FR so interesting and, farnkly, addictive.
I haven't heard anyone use "master" in years, probably it's un-PC? But I read in an etiquette column recently that you use "master" up to about age 7 or something, and "mister" after age 12, and from ages 7 to 12, no title at all for a boy. I may be misstating the ages, but it was a weird complicated rule that I'd never heard of....
wow....
I guess Faith Hill is a real creep then, huh...of course she did take her FIRST husband's name....
In Quebec a woman cannot take her husband's name for formal documents. On medical records, income tax forms, etc., a woman MUST use her maiden name.
Yes, except a woman cannot be Mrs. "her first name" "her husband's last name". You are only Mrs. "your husband's names". Despite much that you see to the contrary, Mrs. Barbara Smith is incorrect. She would be Mrs. John Smith and Ms. Barbara Smith. Mrs. technically means "wife of...". The only time that you might be Mrs. Barbara Smith would be if you were a widow.
For all you men who think it's a WOMEN's LIBBER thing: I married at 37. By that time, I had become quite attached to my last name. I love my family and I love my Father. I had been in the professional world, and was known by that name. It's always weird when you call a colleague up and they tell you now that they're going by a different name. So I kept my name. Two years later, I legally changed it to my husband's name as an anniversary gift. When I did it, he appreciated it more, because he knew how strongly I felt about it. But to this day, I still use my maiden name SOMETIMES and my married name SOMETIMES. It's very confusing, but I just can't help it.
Actually, it's master up until 13. I got married recently and did a little etiquette research on this names thing. The kids loved getting their own invitations with master printed on them They thought they were royalty or something. I think miss is used a little longer for girls though. I can't imagine calling a 13-year-old girl "Ms."!
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