"dragonlady" wrote:

: "Melania" wrote:

snips

: I'm a first name person, generally, but if someone
insists on being
: called by an honorific, I expect the same in return.

: I, on the other hand, am a first name person (partly
because people tend
: to not pronounce my last name correctly, but mostly it's
just my nature)
: and will call people what they wish to be called and still
invite them
: to call me by my first name.

That is pretty much how I feel. I will call them whatever
it is that they wish to be called, but still prefer to be
called by my fist name.

: Somehow, it never makes me feel that I am in a "lesser"
position, though
: I understand that for many people, it does.

Nah, me either. It does steam me a bit when I ask to be
called Ruth by a child, and their parent insists that I be
called Mrs. Baltopoulos. I mean, I understand that is their
wishes, but it is *my* name and I cannot stand Mrs.
Baltopoulos (not to mention most kids can't come close to
saying it).

Also, for whatever reason, I have always had a knee-jerk
aversion to calling or being called Miss Myfirstname. Not
sure why, but it makes me grimace...
--
Ruth