mr. brightside. mrs. brightside?

so today i booked my ticket from paris to london on the eurostar for nov 20th. and they got smart - to sign up for (and therefore start earning miles / points on) their mileage program, one must buy a ticket for a certain amount of money - impressive! i bet a lot of airlines would have many less people in their programs if that were the case. [my ticket was not enough money so i will not earn miles or points - this does not make me happy; although, i do think it may be business savvy.]

anyway, i had to chose a prefix. but these were the only choices: mr. mrs. miss. dr.

one time, i was on the phone with some customer service rep and she said, "well, you have 'miss' marked here, would you like me to change it to 'ms.'?" and i said, "well, i don't think i'm that old for ms." but she explained that miss was for a 15-year old. so apparently i have graduated to ms. however, it appears that in england i am not given the choice - i'm either married or a young girl. so i think this is telling me that i have missed the boat to the glorious land of growing up.