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Miss is unmarried, Mrs. is married, and Ms. is generally used for unknown (or if someone doesn't want their marital status known/used).

Ms. is used in my organization as well unless you have a PhD.

@Adira is right. It's an inbetween/unknown prefix.

I'm Dr. but I prefer Ms.

Prefer Mrs. I always assume Ms. is used when someone is married but has kept their maiden name/hasn't taken on their husbands.

I use Mrs. because my husband likes it and it makes him smile when he sees it. (That sounds so lame, but he's the sweetest, kindest man who married a loud, highly opinionated woman.)

At work we use Ms. if we don't know the woman's personal preference and she doesn't have a doctorate.

I prefer Mrs.

My Mom always told me Ms. meant 'none of your business'. Which, it kind of does - doesn't matter if I'm married or not!

I like Mrs. socially and Ms. professionally. The only time I was annoyed though was when I got something to Mrs. DH'sfirst Ourlast, esq. Um, one of us is a member of the bar, and it isn't my darling husband!

Ms. is for married or unmarried. I prefer Ms. vs Mrs. or Miss because I rather not broadcast my marital status and Miss just sounds so young to me even when I was young I preferred Ms.

I got my PhD right before getting married so I was never a
Mrs...because of that I actually really hate when Mrs is used as it feels like it is highlighting my role as wife.

@blackbird: I also prefer Ms.

For similar reasons to blackbird- I don't think ot should matter if I am married, it isn't anyone's business and it doesn't have to do with anything aside from my personal life. (I sound so severe!)

I like Mrs!

Technically you're Mrs. Hisnames and Ms. Yourname Hislastname.

I always use Mrs. though.

I don't really care either way, but I like to hear Mrs. I guess because no one ever calls me anything other than my first name LOL Actually, the kids across the street call every adult either Miss first name or Mr first name, but other than that I just get Jenny.

@HabesBabe: I'm thinking of hyphenating my name when we're married next month, and I can see the opposite situation happening to me if people leave off my maiden name: people might reasonably expect to see an Asian lady due to the very Vietnamese surname, and then they will get a white lady. Could be interesting!

I preferred Ms. while I was unmarried and I still prefer it. I also wouldn't refer to another woman as "Mrs." unless that was how she introduced herself.

@heartonastring: I didn't change mine either, and I've been surprised that some people still seem to have a problem with that these days!

Is it awful that I feel like it depends on which sounds better with the name? I personally don't have a preference but I am also a nanny so "professionally" I go by whatever version of my name the toddler can say . Socially it tends to be Mrs. but I can't say I have a strong preference.

I go by Mrs and my wife Ms. But I use both interchangeably (for myself) and in theory I prefer Ms. to be peoples default. I always use Ms with others unless it's explicitly expressed otherwise.

I prefer Mrs. for myself, but I understand why some people prefer Ms.