Poll: Will/Do dc's friends call you Mrs. Lastname?

Jen2124 · March 2009

So far, my friend's kids just call me by my first name and I am fine with it. I just don't feel like a Mrs. Lastname. I also get Miss Jenny/Jen/Jennifer sometimes, which is also fine. I really don't mind being called just my first name though and am wondering if I'll ever want to be called Mrs. Lastname.

marrymemylove · March 2009

I really don't care. Their parents will be teaching them different ways to address other adults (some will go with Mrs L and some with first names and some with D's Mum). I'm happy to go with whatever they teach their kids.

I really don't think names signify much.

brightning · March 2009

I don't think I'll care if they call me by my first name, but I don't want DD calling other parents by their first names - how weird is that?

oparcm · March 2009

I'm a teacher so I'm pretty accustomed to being called Mrs. hyphenated name. My dd calls ppl by their last name and I have a few friends that she calls Ms. firstname or Auntie

juniper19 · March 2009

As far as I can control it, I would like to be called by my first name.

CleoKitty · March 2009

juniper19:
As far as I can control it, I would like to be called by my first name.

Ditto this.

AnnapolisLari · March 2009

I will be Mrs. B__, and my kids will call adults Mr or Mrs.

I still call my friends' parents Mr. & Mrs.

eclaires · March 2009

I prefer my first name and will always tell people (including kids) to use it. If they call me Mrs. mylastname, I'll say call me myfirstname, but I'm not going to get annoyed or freak out if they don't.

Our neighbor's daughter calls me Miss myfirstname, and I don't mind that, either.

Jen2004 · March 2009

I teach and most likely my kids will go tot the school I teach in so it will probably be Mrs. Lastname. As not to confuse, I will also expect me kids to say Mrs. Lastname. We do have some very close friends with kids who call me Jen, but they live in other cities so most likely they won't go to school with Stan or McKenna.

breezee_bean · March 2009

in my close circle of friends we all refer to each other as first names. If one of my friends preferred to teach/have their children to call me MrsLastname that't fine. I don't really care either way.

I have DS call any people Mr. and Mrs. until it's insisted on otherwise.

I still call my BFF's parents by Mr. and Mrs. though.

LizLovesJason · March 2009

I grew up calling adults Mr. or Mrs. Lastname. Where we live now, though, it seems like all the kids call adults Mr. or Miss Firstname. So I'm Miss Liz, my neighbor is Miss Jenni, and so on. That's what we've taught DD and DS to do. Somehow I don't like the idea of them calling adults only by their first names and dropping the title....Maybe I'm old-fashioned but it's just that whole "respect for your elders" thing!

kancell724 · March 2009

I would prefer being called my first name but wouldn't mind being called Mrs. Lastname. When I was a preschool teacher I got to choose if I wanted to be called Miss Karissa or Mrs. Lastname and I chose to go by Miss Karissa. I think I'm just more comfortable being called my firstname.

breezee_bean · March 2009

I forgot to add. In my family's circle of friends, it's acceptable to refer to people as Miss or Mr. First Name. However, I guess that's kind of a southern type of thing.

mommynow · March 2009

No, I can barely pronounce my last name so I don't expect little kids to. Just my first name or Ms. first name is fine with me.

triplea1819 · March 2009

I still call my parents friends, mr and mrs.

Currently i am introducing friends as Ms. first name. Mr. Firstname. so there is at least some respect there.

penguingrrl · March 2009

I doubt I'll have them call me Mrs. because I still feel like that's my MIL lol! I was never comfortable being called Ms/Miss either so I think I'm just not a formal title person. I plan to absolutely have my children call adults Mr/Mrs/Ms until/unless they say otherwise because I think it's disrespectful not to. Right now DD knows adults by first names because that's what we call them, although for very close friends we add Aunt/Uncle as a mark of respect.

AngelaSue · March 2009

I'd prefer to just be called my first name. My friends always called my parents by their first names, some even called them mom and dad.

Zenya · March 2009

All except one of my friend's kids call me Deirdre. One calls me Miss Deirdre and I think it's weird. But I guess that is my friend's preference.

I refer to all my friend's by their first name in front of DS. If any friend has an issue with that they can take it up with me and I'm happy to honor it. But I'm not big on the whole respect/age thing. I think everyone should respect each other. No special allowances based on age.

sweetie1528 · March 2009

no way. I hate that. I want to be called by my first name!

Goose51504 · March 2009

eclaires:

I prefer my first name and will always tell people (including kids) to use it. If they call me Mrs. mylastname, I'll say call me myfirstname, but I'm not going to get annoyed or freak out if they don't.

Our neighbor's daughter calls me Miss myfirstname, and I don't mind that, either.

Ditto, Beth. I'd prefer to be called by my first name. And, it makes it all the more confusing, since I have a different last name from MH (and P).

Coincidentally, I would prefer P address others as Mr. or Mrs. Last name, until instructed otherwise. Weird, huh?

summerbrideDC · March 2009

I do no want to be called Mrs. Lastname, and my child calls people Mr or Miss Firstname.?

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I haven't read all the responses, so I don't know who I'm offending right now, but I probably wouldn't be friends with someone who insisted that my kid called them Mr./Mrs. Lastname. ?It seems very stuffy and old-school to me and I don't really get the point of it. ?I am from the school of thought that calling someone by their last name does not = respect. ??

Dimplz · March 2009

Yes either Mrs. Lastname or Mrs. First Name.

I grew up calling my friend's parents Mr./Mrs. Last Name and I STILL do that and I'm 37 years old! I was just brought up that way. The only friend's parent I call by their first name is my best friend of 27 years mother (and she calls my parents by their first name as well). She is my only friend that does this.

summerbrideDC · March 2009

Let me clarify that I wouldn't actually end a friendship over something like this, I just don't see myself being drawn into a friendship w/ someone who was a stickler for being called their last name in the first place. ? I just don't think our overall personalities would mesh to form a friendship, kwim??

Halo79RN · March 2009

breezee_bean:
I forgot to add. In my family's circle of friends, it's acceptable to refer to people as Miss or Mr. First Name. However, I guess that's kind of a southern type of thing.

I grew up in the south and this is very common (Mr/Mrs/Ms firstname for older generations).... so are mam and sir to anyone of an older generation. Just the culture, I guess.

I would prefer my dc's friends call me Ms firstname... wouldn't be offended by Mrs lastname. Would rather them not just call me by my first name alone. It's a respect thing. When they are older, fine. Not as children though.

dpdw · March 2009

AnnapolisLari:

I will be Mrs. B__, and my kids will call adults Mr or Mrs.

I still call my friends' parents Mr. & Mrs.

Ditto.

if.u.seek.amy · March 2009

I usually have them call my friends by their first names, but my "older" friends (like family friends that are my parents age) I'll have him call them Ms.Firstname....

samanthony · March 2009

CleoKitty:
juniper19:
As far as I can control it, I would like to be called by my first name.
Ditto this.

Me too.

ilovemygirls · March 2009

I don't care what my friends kids call me- whatever their parents want them to call me. But our children address adults as "miss firstname" and "mister firstname".

annak23 · March 2009

I will teach DD to say "Mrs. Lastname" & if the lady says "you can call me Jen", then that's ok. But I will always encourage her to say "Mrs.", it's respectful & I don't think that many kids today have respect for authority or even manners. I don't mind if another child calls me "Mrs. Lastname."

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