Okay. I'm 33 and Southern. Teachers and people of authority are ALWAYS referred to by Mr./Mrs./Ms./Dr. Last Name, unless they give you permission otherwise. Even now if I have contact with former teachers, I still call them Mr./Mrs./Dr. Whatever. Sure, I could call my college piano teacher Bob, I'm sure he wouldn't think anything of it, but I ain't gonna do that, it's just the way I am.

In college I worked in an ice cream store for people who preferred to be called Mr. & Mrs. Whatley. Her name was Luci, and we never called her Luci, but we nicknamed her Lucky, and ended up calling her Mrs. Lucky! They moved away several years ago, and when I get Christmas cards from them, she signs "Jim & Luci."

Ever since I have worked full time, though, it's first names with coworkers, sometimes other forms of address with visitors, board members or clients. Our elderly clients are ALWAYS Mr./Mrs.

Most folks, when they go to say Mrs., it comes out Mzz anyhow.

I am a Mrs. I am proud to be a Mrs. There is nothing wrong with me being proud to be a Mrs. I have a swell husband of whom I am also very proud. I also do not mind being called ma'am, and I regularly say sir and ma'am to people even of my own age. It is just how I was taught. And of course, I always address my friend the Army Sergeant as Sir.

Cheers---

Mrs. C