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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You should have introduced yourself to him however you wanted to be called, and then he should call you that. If you never introduced yourself, then he’s not being rude. [/quote]

And if you never introduced yourself, it’s actually you who was rude.

Whenever I meet my kids’ friends, the fist thing I say is “please call me (my first name)”. There will always be kids who call me Miss (my first name) because that’s what their parents taught them and I respect that. I also get some calling me Mrs. (My last name). I correct that because I don’t have the last name as my spouse so they often get it wrong. [/quote]

This is generally my approach, though I have the same last name as my spouse, so I don't worry about that. General rules:

- You can ask to be called what you want (I prefer first name)
- If you don't tell people, including kids, what you want to be called, you have no business complaining or being annoyed about what they default to (ahem, OP)  
- Despite what some people think, there is no "right" or "wrong" default in 2025.  So if someone calls you something you don't prefer, and you haven't told them otherwise, you don't "correct" them.  You inform them if your preference.
- If they continue to call you something other than your expressed preference, then you are correcting them.

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