To old to be a ‘Miss’?

People should introduce themselves with the title they want people to use. Miss, Mrs, Ms, Doctor, Queen etc. I can't remember the last time I was addressed that way though. It seems like people generally just use first names.

I take it back, I do remember the last time I was given a title. I sent the Queen a Christmas card last year, and I just signed it first name last name. The response was addressed to Miss first name last name. I'm actually a Mrs, but I didn't mind because it was a response from the Queen!

Well I am an old “Miss” and my preference would be to not have it used.  But truthfully it really doesn’t matter and it would never offend me.  

I use (and prefer) a persons first name and last name only.  I am sure that is annoying or offensive to some also.  I don’t think you can please everyone.  If I personally know that someone prefers one way over the other I will try to accommodate that.

I hate Miss and Mrs. If someone uses either (which is rare these days), I correct it to 'Ms.'

To me Miss and Ms tend to sound the same. I go with the assumption they said Ms. I hear ma'am a lot which I don't mind. It is polite, formal and doesn't indicate a presumed marital status or age.

I agree that marital status is irrelevant, so I'd much rather Ms. for all females above 18 or so. However, what REALLY chaps my hide is the outdated form Mrs. Husbandfirst Husbandsecond (e.g. Mrs. Bob Smith). I have my own name, thank you very much, and my existance isn't tied up in my spouse. The university I (and NOT DH) attended does this in its fundraising mailings, and it ticks me off so much I don't donate when I otherwise would.

i agree with your sister.

i *hate* being called mrs (getting divorced so i guess that will likely dry up for the most part).

But i find it super-annoying when filling out something online, i have to select how i was to be addressed and the only options are:
-Mr
-Mrs
-Miss
-Dr

And you have to enter something in there/can't skip past it.

When I was young I think I got a lot of miss but now only older people use miss on me. I always used Ms. when needed to check a box on a form if available. I will get a miss if it's like kelly8875 was using, as a form of getting ones attention while out. I prefer you just use my name, but don't get offended by other forms of address. It's not my personal hill, but I could see it being frustrating for someone and annoying to always correct, but I do think she should correct people to use the Ms.

I think many people don't make much of a verbal distinction between Ms and Miss so perhaps it would help to assume people are saying Ms (even if perhaps they're not). I don't see anything wrong with her correcting people - it's not any different, imo, than correcting a mistaken name.

I generally assume Ms. for those women whose preference I don't know and who are roughly college-age to retirement age-ish. Younger, I feel Miss is most appropriate and those I know in their 70s and 80s who have never married, use Miss not Ms (and are sometimes quite blunt about it). If someone has made their preference known, then I use whatever title they prefer (be it Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms, Mx, Dr, Professor etc...)

In reality - I've found that titles tend to be used in writing more often than in speech - around here everyone is Mr. Firstname or Mrs/Miss/Ms (and it all SOUNDS the same and closest to how I would say Miss) firstname except for teachers (who are both called Mr/Miss/Mrs surname and use that also with parents), doctors (who go by Dr surname but often use firstnames) and priests/ministers (who are Father Firstname or Rev Firstname or Rev Lastname)

I work in a school office. I address all the female teachers as Ms. I don't have the time or interest in learning all of their marital statuses or preferences.

I'm married and like being Mrs. Though, I normally ask people to call me by my first name. If I were single I would use Ms. Miss seems very young to me.

I find that Ma'am gets used quite a lot now.
I didn't used to like it as I thought it sounded strange, but I've got used to it and don't mind it any more.
Plus it makes no inference about your relationships or your age...although it isn't gender neutral.

I've used Ms my whole adult life (since the late 70s), whether married or single. The majority of professional women I've worked with use Ms if a title/prefix is required.

I didn't start using DH's last name until after we'd been married a few years. My marital status and/or lastname had no impact on my title/prefix.

I've only seen Miss used by friends who don't like their kids using a female adult's first name, so their kids will call me "Miss bc2ca". Miss used this way is definitely not indicating my marital status. 

When you fill out a form do you have boxes to check for Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss?

I am hoping this goes away soon because it is completely unnecessary. I’m sure it will be replaced with your pronoun choice, but that doesn’t bother me because they’re attempting to be inclusive.