If you call me...

[cjsmith]

If you call me CJ, you know me.
If you call me Carol, you don't know me yet, or you're my sister.
If you call me Kaya, you're the toddler half-brother of a guy I dated in college. If you call me Puff, you're that guy.
If you call me She-Jay, you're my Japanese teacher.
If you call me Tiger Kitten, you're on eBay, or you're Joe.
If you call me Ms. Smith, you're a store clerk or bank teller.
If you call me Mrs. French, you're a telemarketer, and I tell you truthfully that she's in Kentucky and then I hang up.
If you call me Ma'am, you're in the Army, or I'm in Georgia.
If you call me Mistress... mmmmm.

Comments

[dawnd.livejournal.com]

*laugh*

I've given up correcting well-meaning folks who call me "Mrs. Davidson." It's just too hard to explain that that's Mrs. Davidson is my mom, and that if I were "Mrs. Anything" I'd be "Mrs. Hemsley," except that my husband changed his name and I didn't, so would that now make me "Mrs. MacIain," even though I never changed my name?? And let's just not get into the fact that Akien's daughter's last name is Collins, shall we?


I didn't know anyone could call you Mistress. Hmmm. Maybe we should talk. ;^)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

That's pretty confusing! Wow!

I don't correct the well-meaning ones either, but telemarketers ... let's just say I'll be polite to them by not wasting their time. Yeah, that's what I'll call it.

Calling me Mistress has... other ramifications... ;)