Haifagirl: I absolutely see your point about the name thing. My mom (who was an older single and whose close friends were older singles as I was growing up) always referred to all of her friends by first name, whether they were married or single, in order to prevent any disparity. She felt that Miss Plonit was stuffy and that we had our own aunts and uncles, so for her this was the best solution. And it worked- the only reason why I referred to my mom’s friend ever as Mrs Plonit was because she was also my classmate’s mom. And now that all of my mother’s friends are married we’re still on a first name basis.
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