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Originally posted by KillarneyRose
Mrs - I have no problem with this and, since I am married, that is how I refer to myself. The children of the other transplanted northerners I am friends with call me "Mrs. ------- "
Miss - Is how I liked to be addressed when I was single. The children of my southern friends call me "Miss Tracy" and I think that's cute 
Ms. - I really don't like this. I believe this term was coined
when I was a pretty young child in the early seventies (correct me if I'm wrong), and I always associate it with the hardcore women's libbers like Gloria Steinem (sp?) and also Bonnie Franklin's annoying character on "One Day at a Time" who insisted on being called "Ms. Romano" Like spandex pants, rainbow sequened tubetops and roller boogie, Ms should have stayed back in the seventies.
Exactly how I feel about Ms.
Ma'am - Didn't used to like it because it made me feel old. Now I AM old, however, so it doesn't bother me. Plus, being around military installations fairly frequently, you can't really avoid being called ma'am. [/B]
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So depressing the first time I heard it at the grocery store!
MysticCat81-where I'm from it's just plain good manners for a child to call any adult (including parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles) "ma'am" or "sir."
EXACTLY-Part of the Southern "charm".
My daughter's and son's friends call me Miss________, others that I don't know as well call me Mrs_________. I don't care WHAT they use because if they feel comfortable talking with me, THAT'S the JOY!