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I want to replace the word 'spinster' , it sounds so horrible. Men are OK with 'bachelor', that sounds fine to me, but spinster - yeuch!. What can you suggest?

No suggestion but completely agree!! And why do we have to have Miss and then Mrs when we marry but a man stays a MR all his life?

Er cos a man never grows up??? lolol

Just wish I'd kept my real name when I married instead of changing it - I've thought of reverting back (though still happily married) but can't be bothered with all the hassle LOL

I was looking up Freecen 1841 Aberdeen-shire census and noticed several ladies listed as Spinster(s). I noted they weren't married and thought little about it. Then I realised this was their Occupation! They were actually Spinsters as in women who spin (thread/cloth) whatever!

LOL Christine :-)) I had thought of the word 'HAPPY' instead of spinster ;-))

i wish id gone double barreled, i objected to when i got married i became 'wife of' in the army you went to doctors and was called wife of, children called daughter/son of, got my back up so it did i was forever saying mrs thats MRS

I have used Ms for years. Don't like proclaiming to the world my marital or otherwise status but suppose Ms does suggest I am not married. Don't like the work Spinster but can't think of anything else.

How about Beautiful Individual That Ceeks Husband

I have to say i hate ms.........

Wasn't there a fairly recent announcement that ... Spinster.. would no longer be entered on marriage certificates? Vague memory, can't remember the details on this. Gwyn

How about maiden? Or bachelor girl ? Or bachelorette ?

I agree that spinster isn't a nice word, and I also dislike Ms, but don't you think that 'relict' is horrible. I hate seeing it on gravestones.

I was always under the impression that Ms had been devised to denote the status of a divorced woman? Nowadays though I have known people to use it when addressing a woman in a letter, if they did not know her marital status.............I find that quite odd! I quite like the title Bachelorette, but then again what's wrong with plain and simple Miss? After all, that has always been a recognised title for a single woman.......up until marriage. Jen

Bachelorette?? Hmmmm - woth considering. What does everyone else think? If enough of us use it it WILL get into the dictionary.

I hate 'bachelorette' far too American. Single woman or just single sounds OK to me. Gwynne

I don't care much for the word spinster either.! Bachelorette is a bit of a mouthful and maiden reminds me of an 'old maid ' I am not much help am I ? Lindy ;-))))))

Thanks Lindy - I think LOL Gwynne, yes, single sounds good to me too. Let's see what others think. Whatever happens nobody must use the word spinster ever again LOL

Why not go for the Italian (well it's Roman so NEARLY Latin LOL) - donna nubile sounds good to me!

Hi Mags, that's not rude is it? ;-)))