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Erika Kirk: (Original Post) applegrove Sep 2025 OP
Irony Aviation Pro Sep 2025 #1
In America you can get shot and killed going to church. Diamond_Dog Sep 2025 #2
In America you can get shot and killed going to the grocery store. walkingman Sep 2025 #3
Or just at home and cops go to wrong house Tree Lady Sep 2025 #6
Mind your own business. StarryNite Sep 2025 #4
Doesn't Mrs used with a woman's 1st name indicate she's divorced? Iris Sep 2025 #5
Never heard that before BlueSpot Sep 2025 #7
I once wrote a christmas card to my grandmother. I put "Mrs. HerFirstName applegrove Sep 2025 #11
Actually... ahlnord Sep 2025 #16
So, like Offred? LearnedHand Sep 2025 #21
Yes. And since she is a fake tradwife, you'd think she'd follow convention in that regard Iris Sep 2025 #23
No obamanut2012 Sep 2025 #8
Yes. hamsterjill Sep 2025 #12
It also indicates a widow. niyad Sep 2025 #13
Yes. I'm sure there was a time when some women preferred or were conditioned to prefer Iris Sep 2025 #24
Who's Erika Kirk? Gimpyknee Sep 2025 #9
You win! summer_in_TX Sep 2025 #10
Why? Oeditpus Rex Sep 2025 #14
No, I don 't think so. hatrack Sep 2025 #15
So, a question about the widow: In his daily "Is he dead yet" thread, Orrex niyad Sep 2025 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author applegrove Sep 2025 #18
Not for real. Debunked. littlemissmartypants Sep 2025 #19
Thank you. niyad Sep 2025 #20
❤️ littlemissmartypants Sep 2025 #22
Go to hell and mind your own business. 617Blue Sep 2025 #25

Tree Lady

(13,384 posts)
6. Or just at home and cops go to wrong house
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 10:38 PM
Sep 2025

Oops....

No where is safe from guns unless you leave for a country with actual gun laws.

BlueSpot

(1,329 posts)
7. Never heard that before
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 11:37 PM
Sep 2025

It might possibly be old fashioned but that's at least the way it used to work. You were just Mrs. (your first name) (his last name).

applegrove

(133,103 posts)
11. I once wrote a christmas card to my grandmother. I put "Mrs. HerFirstName
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 12:06 AM
Sep 2025

Husband'sLastName" in the address field. She politely told me I was very wrong and I should always address a married woman as "Mrs. Husband'sFirstName Husband'sLastName". So I had not heard that the way I initially did it meant divorce but that is basically the only time she criticized me that I can remember (she was a gratious person).

ahlnord

(117 posts)
16. Actually...
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 12:22 AM
Sep 2025

Actually, it was always "Mrs." and then her HUSBAND's first name and last name. My grandmother would always shorten it to "Mrs. Pete" or "Mrs. Tom" when speaking of her neighbors. When I read the old church cookbooks the recipes were always attributed to "Mrs. (husband's first name) (last name)". No female names in the book! Furthermore, when my husband and I welcomed our first child and wanted to place a birth announcement in the paper, they insisted that we be listed as "Mr. and Mrs. HIS NAME" only. When I insisted that MY name be included, as I was the one who had actually given birth, the newspaper said that form was used only for single, unwed mothers, and proceeded to run the announcement with my name only! This was in 1975. Back when women needed their husband's permission to get birth control. And a credit card.

"Mrs." was a title, designating "wife of." Like Duke of York is a title. There could be a string of Mrs. Tom Jones, if Tom Jones married a string of women. It was not actually the woman's NAME, just her title, or status. Therefore, I believe it was incorrect to say "Mrs. Mary Jones," although that seems to be accepted practice today. Thank goodness..

Iris

(16,890 posts)
23. Yes. And since she is a fake tradwife, you'd think she'd follow convention in that regard
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 07:54 AM
Sep 2025

niyad

(134,035 posts)
13. It also indicates a widow.
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 12:17 AM
Sep 2025

When I was married, if anyone made the mistake of adressing me as Mrs. (husband's furst name) (husband's last name ), I inforned them there was no such person. This included mail (this was back in the last millenium), which was promptly "returned to sender, addressee unknown".

Iris

(16,890 posts)
24. Yes. I'm sure there was a time when some women preferred or were conditioned to prefer
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 07:57 AM
Sep 2025

to keep the husband's name so remaining Mrs-Mr- would have been the norm.

niyad

(134,035 posts)
17. So, a question about the widow: In his daily "Is he dead yet" thread, Orrex
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 12:23 AM
Sep 2025

made reference to her new dating app. Is that for real? Seems a strange thing for the martyr's brand new widow to be doing, but of course people grieve in different ways, and she has an empire to run.

Response to niyad (Reply #17)

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