Hey Salty ... Hey John -
You are certainly free to your opinion. Since I was the one who brought it up, I just wished you had addressed me when you gave it.
Let me tell you why I go by that title and I won't belabor the subject. I assure you that I am playing no game.
I don't go by "Miss" because I am 47 years old. I have not lived under my father's roof since I was 19. In my circle of friends, relatives, and acquaintances, "Miss" is a title for an unmarried woman, aged 20-ish and younger who is still under her father's roof and authority. I respect my father's opinions, beliefs, and strength of character. I often ask his advice and he asks mine. I will honor him long after he dies. I will honor him until the day that I die. But I am not his "Miss". And he, hard-core conservative that he is, respects that. If he's the only man who does .... that's fine with me.
I don't go by "Mrs." obviously because I am not married.
I have used title, "Ms." for about 20+ years. I use it to mean that I am an unmarried woman who is no longer a young girl and who does not live under her father's house. Many of my students and parents of my students will accidentally write or speak "Mrs" because the average woman my age is married and the average school teacher is married.
As I said earlier, I do not correct them after my initial introduction to my name. I simply sign all of my correspondence with my preferred title and leave it at that.
And that's what I will do here ... I will leave it at that. Have a great day.
