Ok your going to think me mad here but...

veryangryman

Does anyone else think that the way women have to give their titles as Miss, Ms or Mrs was invented so that men could figure out who is single quicker, and perhaps make a move/hire/get to know/hang out with them as a result.

Its just a strange oddity in society that it appears that nobody has seen.

I know that women can simply put their name down as "Ms" to conceal their dark secret(;)), but surely this just makes the conspiracy theorist inside me think "She gets around"

How did i come up with this idea i hear you ask?

Well.... A few years back, i accidentally wrote my teachers name on my copy as "Mrs". She corrected this and gave out to me, saying "Im Miss X". I recall whispering to myself "Who'd marry you". The recent phenomenon of ratemyteacher.ie confirmed my suspicions

craiginireland

veryangryman wrote: »

Does anyone else think that the way women have to give their titles as Miss, Ms or Mrs was invented so that men could figure out who is single quicker, and perhaps make a move/hire/get to know/hang out with them as a result.

If you're gonna hire them call them whatever you want!

Latchy

Not all women have deep dark secrets under their initials OP .

asdasd

The op is the first to discover what most people know.

ebmma

eh?

Miss = not married

Mrs = married

Ms = none of your business if I'm married or not

I think it's pretty simple.

I use Mrs. because it slightly freaks people out and amuses me
I'm 22 and look a bit younger coz of still being a student, so people get funny expressions on their faces when they find out that I'm married.

Also I'm proud of it, because my husband is great and I really enjoy being married.

I can also see how a woman separated from her husband that she hates but still strictly speaking married might not be comfortable with Mrs.

Lobelia Overhill

I don't like being called Ms, I'm a single woman - not a dying fly :mad:

veryangryman

ebmma wrote: »

eh?


I can also see how a woman separated from her husband that she hates but still strictly speaking married might not be comfortable with Mrs.

I do think it borders on the line of sexual inequality though. How is a woman to know if a guy she fancies is married (without doing the ring search)

veryangryman

ebmma wrote: »

eh?

Ms = none of your business if I'm married or not

Translated to many as "I get around" :pac:

Puddleduck

I prefer to be called by my name..after all, Im not a Doctor or in the army.

My name is URL

Mrs. is from the word Mistress afaik, it had nothing to do with marital status until more recently

Kintarō Hattori

OP there are many other things to be very angry about, this doesn't rate on the scale!

ebmma

Upward Spiral wrote: »

Mrs. is from the word Mistress afaik, it doesn't have anything to do with marriage status

Yes it does.

If Miss Jenny Smith marries Johnny Murphy she becomes Mistress Murphy.

It didn't have the same meaning it has now.

ebmma

veryangryman wrote: »

I do think it borders on the line of sexual inequality though. How is a woman to know if a guy she fancies is married (without doing the ring search)

That's (i think) why Ms. was introduced. So women do not get discriminated on the grounds of marital status.

Doesn't really happen here, but where I come from some employers won't employ young married girls out of fear that they'll go on maternity leave within the 1st year of employment.

asdasd

If Miss Jenny Smith marries Johnny Murphy she becomes Mistress Murphy.

no.

Latchy

And here's me thinking that when Mr Brown who is married to Mrs Brown was having an affair it was with with his mistress

ebmma

asdasd wrote: »

no.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mrs

Wurly

I would call myself Ms.. 'Miss' sounds a bit aggressive and self important or something.. I dunno..

And i'm not a Mrs as i'm not married, so...

Personally i'd prefer no title at all but you always have to pick one on the form.

I'm always tempted to put Dr or Brigadier..:)

asdasd

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mrs

who'da thunk it? Of course I sorta know that mistress, as in mistress of the house, can be used for a housewife. It seems quite old, though. Ann Boylean was called Henry's mistress back then. Anyway thinks for the clarification.

ejmaztec

There's always Lady, or Countess for the more deluded..:P