(June 27, 2017 at 1:33 pm)drfuzzy Wrote: It's probably a southern thing, a military thing, a generational thing.
I was raised to say "Sir" and "Ma'am". It was ingrained as a sign of respect. I miss parts of the old formality.
And - mhmooney - I fell in to the old habit with a transgender cashier. She loved being called "Ma'am".
But I see the problem with some who are genderqueer and asexual and androgynous . . .
we need new terms of respect!
I agree! My cousin is gender fluid and I honestly didn't know what this meant and (see I want to say she right here but I was told those pronouns aren't ok so I'm trying really hard to abide by that but when something is taught one way for decades and it is how you communicate it's hard) said it means some days Morgan feels like a girl some days like a guy so one label doesn't work. Well okay so what do I put on your wedding invitation? I was going to do Mr. and Mrs. Husband's name like everyone else. I was told to use Mr. and Mx. well okay but if I'm trying use southern manners how do I pronounce that? WHAT DO I CALL YOU?!?! The answer was just "Morgan" as you can see Morgan is not from the south and doesn't care lol. I do know an ex of mine is dating someone like that and he just says "They" instead of he/she but that makes it sound like the person is crazy and has multiple personalities.
“What screws us up the most in life is the picture in our head of what it's supposed to be.”
Also if your signature makes my scrolling mess up "you're tacky and I hate you."
Also if your signature makes my scrolling mess up "you're tacky and I hate you."
