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What's your default to address a woman over the age of 30? (1 Viewer)

Which title do you use as a default?

  • Miss

    Votes: 23 34.8%

  • Ms.

    Votes: 42 63.6%

  • Mrs.

    Votes: 1 1.5%
  • Total voters
    66
gianmarco

gianmarco

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When speaking to a woman you don't know for the first time, which title do you default to when you don't know her marital status?

ETA -- In conjunction with their last name.

 
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Really, I always use Miss.   But in the south that is common place especially with the first name.   Hi Miss Megan, Hi Miss Brenda, etc.

 
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Shawty

Or Miss. If it's written, I use Ms.

Sweet cheeks is a good one too.

 
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In a very professional setting, or if she's clearly older than me (I'm early 30s myself), I will use ma'am. 

 
Zow said:
In a very professional setting, or if she's clearly older than me (I'm early 30s myself), I will use ma'am. 
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Pro tip, they will most likely prefer to be called miss (can't speak for the southerners where it appears to be standard).  From those who I have talked to, ma'am makes them feel old.  I always use miss.

 
Ms. if I'm also stating their last name.  Ma'am if not.

For a man, Mr. if I'm also stating their last name.  Sir if not.  

 
I can't believe 43% of you say Miss.  That sounds terrible.  But, then again, many of you also refer to your friends as "buddies" so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

 
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Ms. if I'm also stating their last name.  Ma'am if not.

For a man, Mr. if I'm also stating their last name.  Sir if not.  
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If GM had used 50 instead of 30 I'd be on board.  But I'm usually not calling a 30yo dude "Sir".  Might call a 30yo woman ma'am, just depends. 

 
msommer said:
I don't use a title to address her.If I know her name, I use that. If not, then I don't.
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It's fairly situation specific. 

At work we use titles all the time or sir / ma'am, when addressing senior people. I'll use a mr. Or ms with someone I don't know at work even if younger the first time or two we meet.  But I suspect our office environments are very different. 

My kids teachers, mostly because that's how our kids know them. 

Otherwise agreed.

I don't like being called sir by older women, happens down here more than you'd think. Most uncomfortable I've been in a while was being called "sir" by a 70yo black woman.  I had to insist she stop. 

 
-OZ- said:
If GM had used 50 instead of 30 I'd be on board.  But I'm usually not calling a 30yo dude "Sir".  Might call a 30yo woman ma'am, just depends. 
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I call teenage males "sir" all the time.  I remember men sometimes calling me "sir" when I worked teenage retail jobs and always thought that was classy.

 
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Juxtatarot said:
I call teenage males "sir" all the time.  I remember men sometimes calling me "sir" when I worked teenage retail jobs and always thought that was classy.
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Ok. Might just be my military habit. Simply put, you don't call a junior officer "sir". 

Older senior man = sir.  Older senior woman = ma'am.  Junior* = usually first name.

 
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I've learned that you shouldn't give women nicknames like “jumbo” or “boxcar” or “chesty”

 
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