miss or ms?

I am finalizing my wedding guest list and need to know who is a Miss and who is a MS.

I thought MIss was for 18 and under, and Ms was for anything above.

Anyone know of any sites to reference?

That sounds about right.

And while we're almost on the subject .......

I always have a problem after the wedding because I don't like assuming that anyone changes their name or wants a particular salutation until they tell me. I wind up addressing their correspondence to both of them with their own names.

And then there are people like my wife who has her doctorate and so would be addressed as Dr. rather then Ms. (she wouldn't be a Mrs. since she didn't change her name in either of her marriages.)

There doesn't seem to be any easy equitable solution. I don't particularly like the idea of only one person in a marriage changing their name or hyphenating. Why not both of them? If one is willing to hyphenate or change their name then why not both?

I think the best solution is to simply come up with a totally new name for every member of the new family.

(Just my random thoughts late at night. Please don't take offense.)

I always thought that Miss was for anyone who is single and Ms. was for a divorced woman??
I can't be sure, but, that is how I did my own invites.

Good Luck,

Stacy
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Depends on age. It's inappropriate to call a 40 year old woman 'miss.' That's akin to calling an adult 'girl.'

Ms. is meant to be used instead of Miss or Mrs., since Mr. can be used for any adult man whether married or not. It's not right that you know from the title that a woman is married but don't know if a man is married.

It is said that Ms. is a unmarried or married woman and that the title Ms. should be reserved exclusively for business correspondence and should not be used on a wedding invitations.

Christina

Although it didn't become as popular as was intended since conception back in the 70's, the intent was to be used for all adult women whether married or unmarried. Since my wife's last name is different then mine, she couldn't really be a Mrs. even if she wanted to be since the 'Mrs.' moniker implies that she's married to me using my name. Mrs. could only be used with Kauffman, but that's not her name. Sooooo............... for women who have changed their name but don't want to be referred to as their husband's ......... um ............ ....... 'property' , the alternative would be to use Ms. which is not dependant on marriage, just as Mr. isn't.

Thanks for the responses but I am just as confused now as I was earlier!

I will have to dig up my peggy post book somewhere.