Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!lizard From: lizard@nbires.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: re:Mr., Ms and all that jazz Message-ID: <190@nbires.UUCP> Date: Tue, 28-Jun-83 14:33:24 EDT Article-I.D.: nbires.190 Posted: Tue Jun 28 14:33:24 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Jun-83 06:31:03 EDT Lines: 25 As for me, I always hated titles. They offered no respect. My first nephew was born when I was 5 1/2. When he was of talking and learning age, I asked never to be called Aunt Lisa. After all, his father, my brother, was 17 years older than me. The tradition has stuck and none of 5 nephews calls me aunt. When I was a bit older, and the "normal" thing for children of my age and socio-economic class to do was to get married, it seemed to me that people addressed me as Miss Turboff as a way of pointing out to me that at 23 I was still a spinster. I realized I was a bit sensitive, but I never did much care for the folks in my socio-economic class. I vowed that one day, I would have a child and name her/him Miss so that people could not give titles of respect easily. (Mr. Miss Turboff, Miss Miss Turboff, Ms. Miss Turboff???) So, after finally adjusting (learning to tolerate) to being called Miss Lisa Turboff and I got married; and kept my name. What am I to be called now to get respect? Does Ms. command the same respect as Miss or Mrs. Who'll know I'm married and don me that respect? Well, all this is to say that you can call me whatever you want. I'd prefer it if you used one of my names (I have three) or my nickname. Please don't call me Mrs. Geiger (I feel like I have no identity). If you want to show me your respect, don't smoke. <* Sorry, I couldn't resist. *> LisaLynn Turboff ( !Mrs. Conrad Geiger )