I absolutely HATE when people call me Mrs. SJSinNYC. I have a name people, please use it. I’m not a big title person.”
I have to agree with you. I was (my name) before I was ever Mrs. (last name). In the Midbar, Jews were not known as Mr. or Mrs. I feel much closer and friendlier to people who call me by my name (with my permission, of course). There are SOME people whom I will not allow to call me by my first name, but that is because I generally sense a chutzpahdigkeit in them and feel the need to keep some distance. Otherwise, I find it disrespectful when someone calls me Mrs. when I specifically requested they call me by name. I am not referring to certain types of frum men who feel uncomfortable calling any woman by name. I respect that they feel it is more proper to say Mrs.
Look at road rage – that stems from lack of respect also. In fact, I believe, and always have, that ALL the ills of society stem from a lack of respect in some manner.