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Fleecings of Comfort and Joy Dec 2015 8:42am, 18 Dec 2015 25,457 posts	Quote Pin Fleecings of Comfort and Joy And call me Mrs when I'm not that either
Wine Legs Dec 2015 9:04am, 18 Dec 2015 4,018 posts	Quote Pin Wine Legs Ooooh, being called Mrs really grinds my gears. Mrs Binks, even moreso... instagram.com FFS.
Fleecings of Comfort and Joy Dec 2015 9:08am, 18 Dec 2015 25,460 posts	Quote Pin Fleecings of Comfort and Joy Know your place, chattel woman!
Fleecings of Comfort and Joy Dec 2015 9:09am, 18 Dec 2015 25,461 posts	Quote Pin Fleecings of Comfort and Joy And just wait till they start school, you've got no fucking chance of being called your real name unless you call the twins after you. Teachers apparently have no fucking clue that not all people are in nuclear families with everyone sharing a name
JollyDingDong (merrily on high)(JD) Dec 2015 9:19am, 18 Dec 2015 2,207 posts	Quote Pin JollyDingDong (merrily on high)(JD) Was discussing this with a friend yesterday - she has two children who have different surnames to each other, and to her. All sorts of letters to assumed names and the kids called by each others etc. Next year, I will get married, and I will be Mrs F. This is my choice. Other people choose differently. Until that point I am Miss, or Ms. The gear grinding comes when I have filled in a form at some point with my details and they don't use it! [The amusing part of course is when Mr F gets called Mr D. And when a certain parkrunner got confused because 'isn't she already married?' No. Mr D at parkrun is my brother!]
Chritmas Carol Dec 2015 12:43pm, 18 Dec 2015 5,208 posts	Quote Pin Chritmas Carol Luckily I can never remember any of your real names anyway so just use your Fetch names thereby staying out of trouble!
Surrey Phil Dec 2015 11:00pm, 18 Dec 2015 1,169 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil Interesting theory, Fleecy. I'm the Clerk to the Governors at my son's old school so we're all on first name terms. All the teachers, TA's and parents are called by the first names at my daughter's special needs school. Then, four of the teachers I've known for many years at my son's new senior school. There are not many school staff who know me as Mr L, although we have to address each other that way when in front of other school children.
Surrey Phil Dec 2015 11:10pm, 18 Dec 2015 1,171 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil Change of subject. I'm finding it annoying when out and about that there so many people coughing, sniffing and sneezing. No, I'm not moaning about getting colds as everyone does - it's the lack of consideration by those with them. If you cough, put your hand in front of your mouth. If you sneeze, do the same or use an hankie. Oddly enough, the bit of fabric which sniffers and snorters never seem able to use.
decorum Dec 2015 12:09am, 19 Dec 2015 195 posts	Quote Pin decorum [Mrs. is the abbreviation of Mistress. If they insist on applying the abbreviation just insist on the full form "I am not a _Mrs._ anything. But you may call me Mistress!" ]
Duchess Dec 2015 10:07pm, 20 Dec 2015 6,469 posts	Quote Pin Duchess I've just been to the pictures to watch Star Wars. Several gears are ground... The size of the food offerings: I e packed overnight bags smaller than the popcorn bags. And I just want a drink, not enough liquid to bathe in. The price of the food: having found a normal sized bottle of pop, it was £2.55. I can buy the same thing in Tesco for half the price. A bit of mark-up is fine, but over 100% is taking the piss. The rubbish. When the lights went up, there was food waste and empty cartons everywhere. I think I must have been the only person to actually take my empty pop bootle out of the screen and put it into the bin in the foyer. Poor bloody cleaners, when did we get so fucking lazy that we expect to just drop our rubbish on the floor and leave it for someone else to do?