Your appearance
Your size
Your skin color
Your age
Your wealth
Your car
Your cloth
Your gender
Your statuse
Which or the following have a big a factor to be called Mr. Mrs. or Ms.?
If woman is young people will assume that she is a Ms. because women her age are not usually married.
Reply:Believe it or not, you clothing - and stature, but try it sometime.
Reply:What level of respect for someone do you wish to show? None of those things are really reasons....
If ya are a guy, then it's Mr. If you are a gal, then it's a MS..(unmarried or unknown marital status) and if you know if they are married then the gal is a MRS.
Reply:I've always called men, Mr. and women Ms.
Doesn't matter to me if they're married or not, it's always Ms.
Ms. just seem to roll off the tongue easier than Mrs. and I don't think anyone has ever been bothered by it. At least they've never said anything.
I'm 23 and married and I get called Ms. and I fully expect to be called that for the rest of my life.
Reply:All of the above, in many different situations, it's a sign of respect.
Reply:The only 3 relevant factors from your list are age, gender and wealth (sort of). The other factors are irrelevant. Gender: well, obviously no one would call a woman "Mr" or a man "Ms". Age: At a certain age some people stopped calling me Ms and assumed I was a Mrs, even although they had no way of knowing whether I'm married or not. (This was about the same time that shop assistants started calling me "Madam" or "Ma'am"). Very irritating. So, age is, I think a factor. Wealth: I read once that the higher a woman's socio-economic status, the more likely it is that she prefers Ms even if she is married. You have also missed out "Miss" from your list, meaning an unmarried woman (Ms can be married or unmarried). "Miss" always sounds patronising to me, especially if it is only the first name that is used ("Miss Kathy"). Ugh!
Reply:To call someone, I just use "Mr." for men and "Ms." for women, when needed. To be called, I'd guess your clothing and attitude. For example, I'm in High School, and always dress semi-formally, 'cause I like to. Plus, I'm a serious kind of guy. Once a girl thought I was a teacher.
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