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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Outside of professional or academic settings it’s over the top to expect to be called “Dr” no matter the degree you have.  If everyone around you is going by their first name, you shouldn’t expect to be addressed with Dr.

In academic and professional settings MDs and PhDs are both doctors.

There’s not a lot of ambivalence here.  I have a PhD in title science.  [/quote]

This. Zero reason for any “Dr” to use the title in a social setting.[/quote]

Well, maybe one. I'm a physician, and I almost never go by "Dr" outside the office. I certainly don't introduce myself as "Dr Larla" unless it is in the clinic or hospital.

But I am a pediatrician, and [b]when I run into a 5 year old at the store, I'm "Dr Larla" to them. [/b]It is adorable. [/quote]

Are you talking about your patients, I hope? You don't insist on random children calling you Dr.?[/quote]

My disgusting misogynistic physician step father insisted that his son’s girlfriends call him “doc.” Next level insecurity is what gave rise to that nonsense.[/quote]

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