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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven't read the whole thread, just some.  I have been out of the military for 22 years, and I still sometimes slip into Sir/Ma'am.  That respect is beaten in to you from before the moment you get off the bus at basic.  I don't think he means anything by it, any more than opening a door for a woman would be meant as anything more than being polite.  If it really bothers you, ask him about it.  Ask him why he does it.  Then maybe you can find a beef with his motive, but not on generalizations.   [/quote]

The difference is, you use both sir and ma'am. You don't call every man by their first name and every woman ma'am. All the time. [/quote]

Quoted PP here. actually, I don't count what I do.  I may actually say ma'am more just based on the type of interaction I am having.  For me, it is reflexive for me to say either when I am speaking to someone to whom I am trying to show deference or respect.  Just saying, without knowing the context in which this veteran is saying it, you just don't know.  I likened it to opening a door for a woman.  It may just him being polite and showing respect/deference.  I can't stand that he is being thrown under the bus for being respectful.  Maybe it is just taking him longer to get to calling a woman by her first name.  I have the same problem with people older than me.  It just doesn't feel right the way I was raised.  [/quote]

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