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Originally Posted by Crush
However, I will respect a woman's wishes if she doesn't like ma'am and will call her miss. It just doesn't sound right though. Who the hell dictated that ma'am actually meant old?
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Look at it this way... If we were in the 1800's and a gentleman tipped his hat and called me, "ma'am", I wouldn't take offense. That was the way of the cowboys and the ladies.
However, here we are quickly approaching 2013 and times have changed. For instance, I was at the grocery store earlier and this 20-something clerk called me ma'am. I don't know what it is, but whenever I hear it, I get very annoyed. It always seems to be the younger guys, too. The older guys call me, "young lady", "miss", "missy". I even had one call me, "darlin'" recently when I was at the convenient store.