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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because if you introduce yourself as Dr, 99 percent of people will assume you are a medical doctor. And when they learn you are throwing around the dr suffix when all you have is a little extra studying of "education" or "social work" it comes across as pathetic and pretentious.  [/quote]

This.

I got an earful from my MIL when she heard that I failed to address a Christmas card using DR for a relative. After many, many years of being a professional student (read: slacker) on their parents’ payroll, they finally earned the PhD in their 30s. They aren’t a professor or teaching. They don’t even have a job related to their degree. They largely continue to sponge off their parents and spouse.

There’s no way I’m ever calling them Dr.

I have a subordinate at work who recently earned their PhD (I swear they did it online) for something unrelated to their work. They introduce themselves as Dr. Smith when everyone else introduces themselves as Judy or Paul. It’s weird. [/quote]

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