I hear you, sistah!
I kept Miss. I like being Miss. I am unmarried, and I'm not afraid to say it. If I were Married, I'd hope I would not be afraid to say that also. I also hope that everyone knows that this is a personal decision, of which I and I alone have control over.
From the number of comments, queries and just plain refusals to listen, however, I get the distinct impression that calling oneself Miss is *not Allowed*.

Miss Damworthson

AS as sidenote: I've sent no less than 11 forms in to social security, and I'm still recorded as Ms. On one form, I actually had to tick "Other" to be allowed to use Miss.


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> I took my husband's last name when I got married. I wanted to, and what exactly is the point of feminism if you don't get to make the choices you wish? His last name is interesting, and as a teacher, I knew that it would be easier when we (hopefully) had children for people to track me down.
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> You'd be AMAZED at the flack I caught. Apparently, I'm a throw-back to the '50's, and I've sold out the sisterhood. I fail to see how this affects anyone but me and my husband (who, incidentally, didn't care), but everyone and her sister felt compelled to give me their opinion. It was weird.
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> Hyphenating works, but, as above, at some point, the wheels are going to fall off.
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> te (I go by "Ms" just to really confuse the issue) ach