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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. I don't think it's inappropriate to say "yes ma'am or no sir". Just for a one year old and three year old? A little different if we are talking teenagers. But I am also not super formal with my family but am formal at work and in business situations. For example, on the phone with clients or in meetings I will say "yes sir or ma'am" as that is how I was raised but probably not with a coworker who I am familiar with or with my parents or siblings. My husband doesn't talk formal to my parents or my grandmother and grandfather. He calls them by their first names! I said to my MIL over the summer, "I was raised to call elders by their last names but most of my friends' parents asked me to call them by their first names by high school or college. Would it be okay to call you Sue and Bob (made up names)? FIL didn't say a word. MIL said "you can call me Miss Sue". I explained where I grew up that is how you addressed adults as a very young child and I would not be calling her Miss Sue so guess I'd call her Mrs. Last Name. My dad is hilarious. He told me, you should tell her "you can call me Mrs. Last name". I had a coworker in my 20s (I'm in my late 30s) who insisted I call her Ms. Last Name. I said to her, "Well X, if you insist, then please call me Ms. Last Name too". [/quote]

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