Etiquette and calling a baby ‘Master’
Hello everyone!
I was recommended to a new family expecting their first baby, we had a first phone interview and then we decided to meet.
After we agreed on the day and time, the mom sends me a text asking to refer to her husband as Sir, herself as Madam and the baby yet to be born Master, followed by the name.
It weirded me out because they didn’t seem to care about etiquette and even from families of high status I never received such requests so it’s definitely new for me.
In that instance, I said of course to not disappoint them before first in person interview but is certainly a topic I want to talk about to maybe express I don feel 100% comfortable in calling a baby Master or them Sir/Madam for that matter. I was asked in previous positions to refer to clients as Mrs and Mr, and that makes more sense but I’m afraid if I tell them I rather refer to them as Mrs and Mr they won’t like it.
What should I do?