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Old 01-21-2004, 10:16 PM
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Someone once told me:

Miss Firstname or just Firstname for a girl under 18
Miss Lastname for an unmarried woman
Mrs. Hislastname for a married woman who had taken her husband's name (even if subsequently widowed or divorced)
Ms. Herlastname for a married woman who had kept her name, or a divorced woman who'd gone back to her maiden name

I disagree. To me, Ms. is a perfectly valid honorific for a woman, married or unmarried... it's "marriage-neutral." I did change my name when I got married, and I go by Ms. Hislastname. I don't mind too much if introduced as Mrs. Hislastname, but I prefer Ms.

When addressing other women, I usually go with Ms. unless she asks otherwise.

It did annoy me when someone introduced me to his 5yo son by my first name.
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