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Originally posted by EvolutionFist
Shawn, how do you treat your girlfriend? Do you open car door for her and treat her to movies because you love her, or because that is the socially accepted practice for a man taking out a woman?
I call my master "master" in the training hall, in the reception area, going down the stairs together, in the restuarant when we go to get dim sum. I know this kind of thing can be uncomfortable for some people but what do I call a man like this? "Hey David, can you pass the salt." It doesn't even sound right typing it in jest.
Build your relationship with you teacher and act naturally. Behave in a manner appropriate to your relationship. Can't believe I just typed that too, because I'm not a fan of Confucious, but ....
It is funny you say that. I currently have the opposite problem. For 18 years I have called my sifu by his first name, but recently the students made a collective decision to start addressing him as sifu. I am struggling with it not because I do not want to, but because old habits die hard :)