<p>Almost all of my kids’ friends call me by my first name now but some used to address me as Mrs. Cbreeze before they graduated from high school. They somehow changed without my encouragement. It’s fine by me.
Most of my DD’s BFs had addressed me as Mrs.C, as does the current one.</p>
<p>My D’s friends in high school (the girls) used to call me MommieFirstName. It was really cute, and I liked it a lot. They didn’t call the other moms that, just me. Her high school boyfriends called me and my H by our first names. </p>
<p>We have never gotten to know any of my D’s college boyfriends, as she went to college out of state, and none of them ever visited with her. I am hoping to meet the current one if I visit her in grad school this summer. First name basis will be fine with me.</p>
<p>Maybe this is an “in the South” thing, but in my neck of the woods, kids call adults other than their parents by “Miss Firstname” and “Mr. Firstname.” As in “Miss Susan” and “Mr. Bob.” This cuts across all social classes in my area (Mid-Atlantic) and most people find it to be friendlier than the more formal “Mrs. XXX” and “Mr. XXX” but not as informal as just “Susan” and “Bob.”</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, do any of you take issue with students/younger persons calling you “Mr./Mrs. Lastname” after you have told them that they may refer to you by your first names? The latter makes me very uncomfortable, but I obviously will defer to elders.</p>
<p>With my kid’s friends it’s always been somewhat of a mixture. Some call us by first names (especially if we know them from childhood and are friends with their parents), others use Mr. and Mrs. As the saying goes, anything is fine with me, just don’t call me “Mud.” On my end, though, I taught my kids to use titles unless first names were actively encouraged. </p>
<p>Looking forward (still a long way, I hope) it would be great to follow the tradition of our families where in-laws are called “Mom and Dad.” The only downside I can see to first names in a GF/BF situation is that they have a greater potential than Mr. and Mrs. to stick permanently.</p>
<p>I call people “Mr. and Mrs. Lastname” when I first meet them. If they tell me to use first names, I will. This is how all of my friends are and how we handle it with our roommates’ parents. Most of those relationships are close enough that we are on first-name bases. </p>
<p>My friends in high school called my mom “Momma mylastname”…she loved it. My parents have always been casual with my friends and most of my friends address them by first name…though some of them do still go by “Mr. and Mrs. Lastname”, because it’s how we were raised.</p>
<p>Mama Sunnie from all of them, friends, boyfriends, etc. When I send cards to the crew that I regularly correnspond with or on facebook, its M S (abbreviated Mama Sunnie). When I became old enough for ANYONE to call me Mama is beyond me…</p>
<p>Daughter’s best friend (originally from the south) calls me MS. Ellebud (first name). Other friends call me Ellebud. Older daughter’s best boy friend and girlfriend call me Ellebud. Youngest daughter’s boyfriend (of 5 years) come to think of it…doesn’t call me anything. (Well, maybe Attilla behind my back…just kidding, I’m very nice to him.)</p>
<p>I’m 17 years old and I have been raised to think it’s rude to call adults by their first names. Always Mr/Mrs/Dr. [last name] regardless on if they tell me to call them by their first names. THAT is not comfortable for me. I’d probably avoid addressing them then at that point… 
I was raised in the South (Arkansas) though so…maybe the 2 years (and I was only in 3rd grade at that point so I’d imagine I’d have them even further) of etiquette classes and the mandatory Cotillion I was put through in my new state (not anything like the South - kids didn’t know how to act appropriately…basically it was miserable) have just ingrained these things into me.</p>