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Miss Manners: Please address the envelope to Ms. and Mr.
"Ms." is an abbreviation of the honorific “Mistress,” which was the respectable equivalent of “Mister,” to be used regardless ...
Miss Manners: There’s a reason this important honorific exists, and there’s a good chance you forgot
Miss Manners chooses to believe that you only made an unfortunate word choice, not that you believe that it is an honor for a lady to be married, and that the title “Mrs.” reflects that.
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Miss Manners: Don’t forget the ‘Ms.’ title exists and is always appropriate
She decides, for whatever reason, to retain her maiden name. She is still deserving of the married honorific, is she not?
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Another Reminder that 'Ms.' Exists, Is Useful
Suppose Miss Jones marries Mr. Smith and decides, for whatever reason, to retain her maiden name. Is " Mr. Smith and Mrs. Jones," therefore, the proper form to put on an envelope, to be followed by ...
Dear Miss Manners: She kept maiden name, so what honorific does she get?
Miss Manners chooses to believe that you only made an unfortunate word choice, not that you believe that it is an honor for a ...