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By *aggoner OP   Man
over a year ago

for a penny

How do you handle it?

I hate being called Sir. I would rather be called by my name, using Mister if they have to but definitely not Sir.

I have an aversion to titles and avoid them wherever possible. Unless they are meaningful, like Doctor.

But anything that implies status, such as My Lord, Reverend, Your Majesty -NEVER.

I cringe when I think what the words really mean.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hate it. Really gives me the ick.

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By *offiaCoolWoman
over a year ago

Kidsgrove

Doesn't bother me in the slightest, it's part of our culture.

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By *eroLondonMan
over a year ago

Mayfair

Only fools and kings have titles. I love them.

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By *os_GoddessofdawnWoman
over a year ago

In the clouds

Never understood why women have Miss, Mrs or Ms, but Men... Mr

Sorry going off topic a bit there...

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By *irexMan
over a year ago

Hertford

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wouldn't bother me in the slightest to be honest.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

I tend to agree. If you stop and think about the words 'highness' or 'majesty' and what it means to ask one human to use them as forms of address to another...

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By *aggoner OP   Man
over a year ago

for a penny


"Doesn't bother me in the slightest, it's part of our culture."

I’m guessing you have a title then.

Otherwise I can’t imagine a self- respecting person telling someone that they acknowledge that that person is somehow their superior.

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By *irexMan
over a year ago

Hertford

I used to be called sir at work and it was just part of the role, people on here calling me sir gives me the creeps tbh

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By *offiaCoolWoman
over a year ago

Kidsgrove


"Doesn't bother me in the slightest, it's part of our culture.

I’m guessing you have a title then.

Otherwise I can’t imagine a self- respecting person telling someone that they acknowledge that that person is somehow their superior. "

I don't have a title, I don't have a inferiority complex either. I don't read into the notion that having a title equals superiority.

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By *reyToTheFairiesWoman
over a year ago

Carlisle usually

I occasionally call my friend who has a Lordship My Lord, but otherwise, fuck that noise.

The amount of supposed subs who start off with Goddess or Mistress as if I've agreed to any kind of dynamic with them or earned an honorific. Ugh.

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity


"Wouldn't bother me in the slightest to be honest.

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Thought not Princess

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

I'm not Catholic, but it's second nature to me to call a priest Father. I'm not sure what else I'd call them!

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By *affeine DuskMan
over a year ago

Caerphilly

This is really going to put the dick right up my adult-themed Cluedo social.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'm not Catholic, but it's second nature to me to call a priest Father. I'm not sure what else I'd call them!"

Is Daddy appropriate?

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By *offiaCoolWoman
over a year ago

Kidsgrove


"I'm not Catholic, but it's second nature to me to call a priest Father. I'm not sure what else I'd call them!"

It represents his position in the church, if he didn't have the title father, people wouldn't understand his role. It's a bit like being a manager without being able to use the title manager. You go into the shop and ask to speak to the manager.....

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral


"I'm not Catholic, but it's second nature to me to call a priest Father. I'm not sure what else I'd call them!

It represents his position in the church, if he didn't have the title father, people wouldn't understand his role. It's a bit like being a manager without being able to use the title manager. You go into the shop and ask to speak to the manager....."

I just find it odd that it's so ingrained in me for a religion that's not my own.

I have two Anglican churches and a Catholic church in walking distance. I know the vicar of one of the Anglican churches is Gordon, and I refer to him as Gordon. No title, no reverend, just Gordon because that's how he introduced himself to me when we first met.

The Catholic church is currently under Father John. I wouldn't dream of calling him John. If I pass him on the street he always says hello and I always say "hello father", no thought goes into it at all, it's an automatic thing. I wasn't raised Catholic but somehow that reaction is there!

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By *offiaCoolWoman
over a year ago

Kidsgrove


"I'm not Catholic, but it's second nature to me to call a priest Father. I'm not sure what else I'd call them!

It represents his position in the church, if he didn't have the title father, people wouldn't understand his role. It's a bit like being a manager without being able to use the title manager. You go into the shop and ask to speak to the manager.....

I just find it odd that it's so ingrained in me for a religion that's not my own.

I have two Anglican churches and a Catholic church in walking distance. I know the vicar of one of the Anglican churches is Gordon, and I refer to him as Gordon. No title, no reverend, just Gordon because that's how he introduced himself to me when we first met.

The Catholic church is currently under Father John. I wouldn't dream of calling him John. If I pass him on the street he always says hello and I always say "hello father", no thought goes into it at all, it's an automatic thing. I wasn't raised Catholic but somehow that reaction is there!"

But Gordon holds the title of vicar, that's denotes his place within the church. I haven't got a problem with someone having the 'title' vicar.

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By *acob SpenserMan
over a year ago

Leeds

Depends on the context behind the situation but I've usually a relaxed approach with everything like that

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral


"I'm not Catholic, but it's second nature to me to call a priest Father. I'm not sure what else I'd call them!

It represents his position in the church, if he didn't have the title father, people wouldn't understand his role. It's a bit like being a manager without being able to use the title manager. You go into the shop and ask to speak to the manager.....

I just find it odd that it's so ingrained in me for a religion that's not my own.

I have two Anglican churches and a Catholic church in walking distance. I know the vicar of one of the Anglican churches is Gordon, and I refer to him as Gordon. No title, no reverend, just Gordon because that's how he introduced himself to me when we first met.

The Catholic church is currently under Father John. I wouldn't dream of calling him John. If I pass him on the street he always says hello and I always say "hello father", no thought goes into it at all, it's an automatic thing. I wasn't raised Catholic but somehow that reaction is there!

But Gordon holds the title of vicar, that's denotes his place within the church. I haven't got a problem with someone having the 'title' vicar."

I haven't got a problem with either, I am just saying I find it weird that the one I find instinctive is a priest when I'm not Catholic. Neither bother me at all in any way.

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

Not a problem for me,except when a man calls me a Goddess or Mistress.

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