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Miss, Ms or Mrs

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yggdrasil Thu 10-Dec-20 08:25:33

I go by the European standard.
Miss (Mlle, Fraulein, Senorita) is for a young woman.
Mrs (Mme, Frau, Senora) is for an adult woman of whatever marital status.
Ms is only if you don't know the name and want to hedge you bets.
I am a gran, divorced, gone back to my original surname, and I use Mrs

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MrsThreadgoode Thu 10-Dec-20 08:24:40

I hadn’t really thought about this one, but I use Miss for unmarried , Mrs for married or Widowed and Ms for Divorced, not thinking what the receiver would think, so far no complaints.
Maybe you are right just writing the initial and surname out on the envelopes might be a better idea.

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Lucca Thu 10-Dec-20 08:23:49

I would only ever put initial and surname or first name and surname on envelope to friend anyway !
I’m divorced but still refer to self as Mrs.
Or Ms if I remember. Never Miss.

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Lucyloo12 Thu 10-Dec-20 08:16:53

I sent a Xmas card to a newly separated lady the other day and received a very curt text telling me off as I had put the incorrect title. She said I should have written Miss and not Ms.... I on the other hand have been widowed for 12 years and hesitate when asked what my title is. I am not married so object to Mrs but feel that Miss is also wrong as it denotes never married. Ms just sounds too hard feminist to me so I hesitate over what I am. Can we just forget titles and call people by their name, it feels such an outdated thing to do and really it means nothing apart from putting us in outdated boxes. What to you do or think?

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