From: VECTRGSJ@VAX.CSUN.EDU (Gail Said Johnson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: Re: DOOL: Mrs. Bo Brady
Date: 16 Dec 1992 10:06:55 -0600
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More from the compulsive one  :)

>In article <921215163252.1ad0@VAX.CSUN.EDU> VECTRGSJ@VAX.CSUN.EDU (Gail Said Johnson) writes:
>>Tim Mizerak felt compelled to comment :)
>That's me, the compulsive one.  :)

Me, too.

>>>was the notion of calling someone "Mrs. John Doe", in this example, 
>>>"Mrs. Bo Brady".  And yes, she did say it once.   I have a problem with
>>                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>So what?  It's a pretty harmless thing to say and doesn't imply in the least 
>>that that is how she plans to be known from now on.  It was her wedding day.  
>
>Well, I have a problem with even the occasional use of it.  Sorry, but I
>do.  And you don't, and that is fine.   If it ain't good all the time it

I'd go so far as to say that if that's the way she wanted it, it would be 
absolutely okay all the time.  It's *her* call, not somebody else's.

>ain't good some of the time.    If she is allowed to say, even once,
>"Mrs. Bo Brady" then I want to hear "Mr. Carly Brady", or "Mr. Carly
>Manning" just once!

You don't always get what you want.  :)

>>She was happy to be marrying the man she loves.  She was going from "Miss" to 
>>"Mrs."  Sure, she can be Mrs. Carly Brady.  But by saying "Mrs. Bo Brady" in 
>>this particular instance she accentuates the fact that she is marrying Bo.
>
>Then why doesn't it ever work the other way?   I just don't like the

You mean, I suppose, that you wouldn't hear Bo say, "This time tomorrow I'll
be Mr. Carly Manning."  If he were the one who was going to change his name, 
maybe he would.  But you're right, a man would perhaps say "tomorrow so-and-so 
will be my wife."  Do you find that offensive, too?  Shouldn't he say, 
"Tomorrow so-and-so and I will be married."  After all, "my wife" might imply 
"possession," too.

>practice AT ALL and I think it makes no sense.   The only Mrs. Bo
>Brady should be Bo after a sex change.   

That's your opinion and you're welcome to fight to the death to uphold it.

>>If someone referred to Ivan and me together as Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Johnson it 
>>wouldn't exactly freak me out.  :) 
>
>How about just you as "Mrs. Ivan Johnson" ??     For the record, I don't

I would find that odd.

>go for the "Mr and Mrs. John Doe" crap either.   "Mr. and Mrs. Doe" works
>just fine.

My sister always addresses letters to Mr. and Ms. Johnson.  I find that to be 
ridiculous.  Why not just use our names?

>>But, again, I don't think Carly's one 
>>statement had any implications as to how she would be addressed in the future. 
>>Seeing as how she's a doctor, "Dr. Brady" seems likely to me.  :)
>
>That isn't the point.   I wasn't assuming this would be her name forever
>and ever, in all cases, on all occasions.  Like I said, just one time is
>inappropriate in my eyes.

We disagree.  What else is new?  :)

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