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Personally, I think that's a misconception. No adult has ever told my kids to just call them Mary when they use Miss Mary. That's a bizarro scenario I have only ever seen on DCUM. In any case you're purposely misconstruing what I said to suggest I do this to irritate adults which you know is not true. [/quote]

Here is an actual real-life scenario I have encountered many times in real actual life:

Me to kid: This is Mr/Mrs/Ms Lastname. (Or: This is Mr/Misss Firstname.)
Person to kid: You can call me Firstname. (Or: Please call me Firstname.) (Or: Hi, I'm Firstname.)

So then your kids are supposed to...?[/quote]

I'd laugh and say, well, if you don't mind, we really prefer they use Mr. when addressing adults. [/quote]
And then the adult laughs and says, well, actually, I really hate Mrs. Lastname.  I strongly prefer Firstname or Ms. Firstname.

And then you....(see how weird it is to insist on something different than what people want?)  I understand your default being Mr./Mrs. but it is just plain rude to ignore an actual request.  I am NP, btw.[/quote]

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