Etiquette question

Oct08b2bee · September 2010

How soon is too soon to stop addressing a widow as Mrs. and instead as a Ms.? Or do you stop at all? There are definitely no intentions of remarriage ever in this case.

SSM&JLM · September 2010

I would probably say a year before I would switch.

awesome-sauce · September 2010

IMHO...In that case, I would address it to Mrs.

I'm assuming she is elderly? (Assumption made from the point made of no intentions for further marriages.) The woman has probably used that for a long time, and still considers herself to be a Mrs.

I would address it as such, unless she requests otherwise.

shelley1002 · September 2010

I don't think you every do unless they remarry.

Both of my grandmothers stayed Mrs. Lastname even though my grandfathers had died 25+ years before them - one on 1975 and one in 1984. My great aunt is still Mrs. lastname after 14 years.

Mouth*ofthe*South · September 2010

shelley1002:
I don't think you every do unless they remarry.

Both of my grandmothers stayed Mrs. Lastname even though my grandfathers had died 25+ years before them - one on 1975 and one in 1984. My great aunt is still Mrs. lastname after 14 years.

I think this.

aleesh19 · September 2010

I would probably call them Mrs until they remarried. So in your case I would just always refer as Mrs. This is what I do with my aunt whose DH died 8 years ago

FutureMrsNAH · September 2010

Ditto those who say they wouldn't stop (unless I saw her address herself otherwise).

Pookums · September 2010

FutureMrsNAH:
Ditto those who say they wouldn't stop (unless I saw her address herself otherwise).

This.

Oct08b2bee · September 2010

Thanks ladies.

GeorgiePorgie101208 · September 2010

I would always do Mrs, unless she doesn't like it, or get remarried or whatever.

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