Interesting reading all the opinions on being called Mrs., Ms. or Miss. I guess it's just a sign of my age and upbringing but I've always thought that the titles Mrs. and Miss were just signs of respect - no underlying implications or insults intended. We used those titles when I was growing up and if we didn't know whether or not a woman was married, we quietly asked someone else so we could address the woman properly.

On the other hand, nowadays I have no problem being called Ms., either. I guess that's because women today have so many different preferences in how they want to be addressed. Some women prefer to keep their maiden name if they get married, some take her husband's surname, others prefer not to get married but are in a long-term/permanent relationship, etc. -- Ms. just sounds respectful to me.

I'm easy on this one. Mrs. or Ms. is fine. I don't get called Miss very often anymore.--

But being called "hon" -- THAT, to me, is like fingernails on a chalkboard. Don't like it at all!