Firstly, it never occurred to me to give my own details as Mrs William
Nathan to anyone, or to be known as that. The only time it's use is if
something is address to us both, and even then on our local tax bill, the
account is Mr William E Nathan and Mrs Jean E Nathan. Since marriage I've
always been Mrs Jean Nathan or just Jean Nathan.
Also on what Alice wrote:
<On another subject...As I got older, I was sometimes
annoyed in a medical office when a young twerp of a
girl would call me Alice. I have since noticed that's
it's commonly done in various medical offices. Once
in a while they will use the full name but usually
it's just the first name. >
Last time I was in hospital, on admission I was asked how I wanted to be
addressed by staff.
Last week I went for my usual monthly blood test, and while everyone else
booking in was asked to confirm the details on the test form and who their
General Practitioner was, when I handed my form in the receptionist look up
and said I assume it's the same as always." before she'd even read the name
on he form. When you consider that about 3,000 tests are done a week, I'm
still amazed that she and most of the phlebotomists know who I am by sight.
They all call me Mrs Nathan.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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