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Originally posted by Taualumna
When should a woman become a "Ms"? I have Charlotte Ford's 21st Century Etiquette, and she says that "older" unmarried women are never to be "Miss". What is "older"?
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I think a woman should become a "Ms." whenever she decides that's how she'd prefer to be addressed. I'm still a "Ms." and I'm married... my marital status is none of my professional contacts' business.
My feeling on this matter is that, if you know how someone prefers to be addressed, you respect that (within reason - if someone says "Call me Dr." and they're not a doctor, that's just silly). Otherwise you have a default... I'm sure there are some etiquette rules about this, but my default is that a man is "Mr." and a woman is "Ms." unless they request otherwise.
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