Master/Little Miss

twohollydays · April 2011

How do you list the children in the wedding party in the program. Are the ringbearers "master" and the flower girls "miss" or "little miss"

emilykathleen511 · April 2011

Master is generally considered obsolete. Are you using titles for everyone? I'm doing it like this:

Maid of Honor............Firstname Lastname, Friend of the Bride
Bridesmaid.................First Last, Sister of the Bride
Flower Girl.................First, Last, Niece of the Bride

(and so on)

Brandiewine11 · April 2011

Just put their names. Not titles needed.

twohollydays · April 2011

Yes we were doing Mr or Miss, Mrs for everyone. I wasnt going to put the relationship.

bridezillatobe2009 · April 2011

I think it's pretty staunchy, however that's JMHO. How the hell is an 8 yr old a "master" lol

twohollydays · April 2011

I think it is cute so we are going with titles for the kids.

emilykathleen511 · April 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_masterlittle-miss?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:f2d0b048-fafb-4dd2-84b4-ad026636d80fPost:af32b45e-f54d-4634-981b-3f90b733af0b">Re: Master/Little Miss</a>:
[QUOTE]Miss is for any unmarried female of any age. Master is for boys under the age of 12. "Mr." would be incorrect for them.
Posted by CMGr[/QUOTE]

Master is generall considered archaic at the present day. It would not be considered technically incorrect to use it with a boy under age 13 for an extremely formal invitation or program, but I still wouldn't use it. It would look kind of bizarre.

Edit to add: I see that you are decided on using titles. In that case, I recommend using "Mr." for the young boys. "Master" is an archaic title.

twohollydays · April 2011

I grew up hearing people use it for invitations so I had no idea that Master and Little Miss were so outdated. Thanks ladies.

GeauxTigers17 · April 2011

Just wanted to add that "little miss" was never a title, just use miss for the little girls, and I like master for the young boys. I tend to be a stickler for etiquette details like this, though.

twohollydays · April 2011

I just looked it up. I found the same information about the ages etc. I just remember as a child that a church bulletin listed a funeral for a "Little Miss..." my mother said she must have been a very young girl.

Thank you. The boards helps!

Rosie109 · April 2011

DANG IT TK said that squirrly made this thread and I was really excited

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · April 2011

I've heard various ages for Master - some say under 12/13, some say under 18. But I doubt you'll have many people in your wedding party who are boys between 14 and 17.

twohollydays · April 2011

These are people under 14 so we are fine. Im excited now that I know the etiquette.

BunnyChii · April 2011

A little off track, but I wanted to add that when I was younger, they addressed my plane ticket as "Master."

....I'm not a boy, though. My name IS used for boys more often. Still.

twohollydays · April 2011

Oh its ok. LOL People used it when I was younger.

twohollydays · April 2011

I had seen it used as a child so I thought it was more common than I am hearing.

SparrowSong · April 2011

I'd skip titles, I just find it unnecessary. If you have any doctors in your wedding party it gets really pretentious sounding.

I really dislike the term Master. It's so reminiscent of the privledged class and slaves. Just ick.

sarah0725 · April 2011

My sister dared me to address a few young fellas as "Master" when I sent out the Save the Dates, so I did. But then, I am kind of a Dickens freak, so maybe it's less weird coming from me.

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