I think so.
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Indeed, except for a Superior Court Judge who should know better. Hon = little lady = house wife = dear = sweetie, etc. at least in the rural South. I guarantee women hearing him say that cringed. I know I did.
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Same.
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yup
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Isn’t she a Dr?
I have a couple Insulin Resistant horses so I only feed carb conscious treats that purina makes
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I think she has a PhD. In psychology.
Generally those of us with PhDs get called doctor at academic conferences and by nervous students. But we don’t expect it in civilian life. And we don’t buy plane tickets using the honorific because we don’t want anyone thinking we know CPR or can make a tracheotomy out of a ball point pen or even look at blood without fainting.
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True but I bet the judge would be highly offended if she called him “Dude”
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Lol. My friends do the same. They don’t want any association.
@Halfhalt1, I think the point they are making is that just because they have an advanced degree that gives them the title of doctor does not mean they are medical professionals of any type. Their doctorate might be in English Literature, which probably did not include how to do CPR or any of that stuff.
Edit - It appears you deleted your post.
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I think if you have a doctorate you deserve to be called Doctor. I would.
P S. I am nowhere near, nor will ever be one unless I get an honorary one which also will not happen.
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If I’m gonna be a cow, I might as well be a show cow. My hair is pretty shiny, I must say.
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I deleted because I didn’t think I explained it well enough. Thank you for explaining it better!
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I’m guessing vets might do the same, although they would probably be more helpful in a medical emergency than someone with a doctorate in English Literature. Lol.
I will say I had a very nice vet dig a giant splinter out of my finger for me at a show many years ago. He even insisted on cleaning it with disinfectant, which I totally thought was overkill.
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If someone chooses to call me Doctor I’m happy with that but I don’t put myself out in the world as Dr Scribbler. Neither do my colleagues.
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Oh I would so be Dr. Knights Mom, PhD.
Usually health docs have their line of medicine initialed behind their name. If it says PhD I would imagine non medical doctorate like Dr. Sheldon Cooper, PhD.
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Much like the rest of the suffixes, most people I know rarely use them.
I am an MS, JD, LLM but don’t use those nor do I ever use Esq. Only on a business card 
I didn’t know a fellow corporate counsel was an LLM until I knew him several years.
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I’m also a JD/LLM.
We were taught only ambulance chaser/very insecure types use Esq. My Contracts prof said, ‘Esq. is used by lawyers who are secretly upset they didn’t go to med school.’
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When I graduated my boyfriend got a cake and with the best of intentions put “Esq!” on it.
I had to gently explain to him that it would literally be the only time someone would call me that!
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