I am attached to the Mr. and Mrs. I call my Mother, Mom and father, Dad, and my Aunts and Uncles Aunt and Uncle and I am Aunt Donatella to grown up nieces and nephews. But I like Fedoras and went to 12 years of Catholic school, so these conventions were beaten into me. I know how upset my Mother gets when people automatically call her by her first name, so I stick with that, unless someone obviously wants to be addressed that way. It’s a respect thing.
“I was always taught that you have to stick a Ms / Mrs / Miss / Mr in front of whatever you were told to call the adult.”
As a kid, I had some friends whose parents wanted to be referred to by their first name, but I found it difficult to do that and not use Mr. and Mrs. To this day, I still use Mr. and Mrs. for some of my friends’ parents and a few of my friends still refer to my mom as Mrs. Champion (versus Mrs. C, my wife). My favourite though were the Indian and Pakistani parents whom were all referred to as Auntie and Uncle. I used to love that. I found it such a nice, warm way to greet them.
Since I moved to Park Slope, one of the things that blows me away is kids’ calling their parents by their first name.
I was raised in the same manner as Snappy. I still practice it in my sales work. When I meet a new potential customer for the first time, I make a point of calling them Mr.____ or Ms._____. I think it is impolite to approach them as if they were your lifelong chum. I find that most folks appreciate that I gave them that first courtesy, and then they say “Call me_____”
“You’re ready for your close up?”
– Not according to the mirror in my desk 🙁
“As adults, when other of my parents’ friends told us to call them by their first names, we couldn’t (can’t) do it because of a lifetimme calling them “Mr.” and “Mrs.””
– Sounds like the difficulties we have in referring to each other by our real names in person. The login names seem so much more fitting.
Call me irresponsible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfkcUqZMZ94
“You’re no fun at all today, tramp.
Honey, I’m always fun….and always a tramp.
“Far too agreeable.”
Best to give in, my rent is past due.
I am attached to the Mr. and Mrs. I call my Mother, Mom and father, Dad, and my Aunts and Uncles Aunt and Uncle and I am Aunt Donatella to grown up nieces and nephews. But I like Fedoras and went to 12 years of Catholic school, so these conventions were beaten into me. I know how upset my Mother gets when people automatically call her by her first name, so I stick with that, unless someone obviously wants to be addressed that way. It’s a respect thing.
You’re no fun at all today, tramp. Far too agreeable. At this rate, I think m4l’s going to lose his wager. Or, are you an imposter???
“I was always taught that you have to stick a Ms / Mrs / Miss / Mr in front of whatever you were told to call the adult.”
As a kid, I had some friends whose parents wanted to be referred to by their first name, but I found it difficult to do that and not use Mr. and Mrs. To this day, I still use Mr. and Mrs. for some of my friends’ parents and a few of my friends still refer to my mom as Mrs. Champion (versus Mrs. C, my wife). My favourite though were the Indian and Pakistani parents whom were all referred to as Auntie and Uncle. I used to love that. I found it such a nice, warm way to greet them.
“Actually we thought you were an idiot when it came to cooking. And spelling.”
CGar, and don’t forget Grammar.
I guess I’m a well rounded Idiot
lifetimme = lifetime
(unlike you, that’s a typo, not a spelling error, ET)
Since I moved to Park Slope, one of the things that blows me away is kids’ calling their parents by their first name.
I was raised in the same manner as Snappy. I still practice it in my sales work. When I meet a new potential customer for the first time, I make a point of calling them Mr.____ or Ms._____. I think it is impolite to approach them as if they were your lifelong chum. I find that most folks appreciate that I gave them that first courtesy, and then they say “Call me_____”
“You’re ready for your close up?”
– Not according to the mirror in my desk 🙁
“As adults, when other of my parents’ friends told us to call them by their first names, we couldn’t (can’t) do it because of a lifetimme calling them “Mr.” and “Mrs.””
– Sounds like the difficulties we have in referring to each other by our real names in person. The login names seem so much more fitting.