Very superficial, but driving me crazy! Young adult DD has been calling me...

[Anonymous]

Is she doing it in a condescending way to piss you off? I don't really get why it's so bad.

[Anonymous]

My son calls me "Mother" and he says it with disdain. Be grateful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People are so rigid.

Agreed! This is a silly thread.

My teens call me mom, mama, mommy, ma, mother and even mamushka (Russian term
For mom, though we are not Russian). It's all good and endearing.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm 35 and still call my parents mommy and daddy. I've gotten so much DCUM and UB hate for it but I don't care! Sue me.

Same with me. Except I call my mom "Mummy" and "Mama". I call my dad "daddy" or "Daddy Mr (Insert Last Name)"

I have several siblings, older and younger, and we call our parents different things at different times. And the names change. lol. Our parents have no problems with it. lol

Sometimes adult children get bored and want to shake things up a little bit. lol

What are you a Southern Belle? Or Eastern European? But, if from Europe, you would use a different language and not daddy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People are so rigid.

Agreed! This is a silly thread.

My teens call me mom, mama, mommy, ma, mother and even mamushka (Russian term
For mom, though we are not Russian). It's all good and endearing.

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What are you then? There is no way he is calling you mamushka without some Slavic background.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow op. My mom hated me calling her "mom" and wanted me to call her "mama." Sometimes you just can't please people.

If your daughter is doing this, maybe she need reassurance, maybe she's scared, maybe she's pissed off at you. Who knows? Talk to her.
Or, decide to hate her and threaten to disown her like my mom did eventually cause I didn't do everything exactly the way she wanted.

Stop projecting your own issues. The OP didn't say she hates her daughter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm 35 and still call my parents mommy and daddy. I've gotten so much DCUM and UB hate for it but I don't care! Sue me.

Same with me. Except I call my mom "Mummy" and "Mama". I call my dad "daddy" or "Daddy Mr (Insert Last Name)"

I have several siblings, older and younger, and we call our parents different things at different times. And the names change. lol. Our parents have no problems with it. lol

Sometimes adult children get bored and want to shake things up a little bit. lol

What are you a Southern Belle? Or Eastern European? But, if from Europe, you would use a different language and not daddy.

I am African.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm 35 and still call my parents mommy and daddy. I've gotten so much DCUM and UB hate for it but I don't care! Sue me.

Same with me. Except I call my mom "Mummy" and "Mama". I call my dad "daddy" or "Daddy Mr (Insert Last Name)"

I have several siblings, older and younger, and we call our parents different things at different times. And the names change. lol. Our parents have no problems with it. lol

Sometimes adult children get bored and want to shake things up a little bit. lol

What are you a Southern Belle? Or Eastern European? But, if from Europe, you would use a different language and not daddy.

I am African.

Well, that certainly puts more context to it. I notice you didn't say African American. It is not as if your white DAR daughter all of a sudden started calling you something else. I call my mom mama, and my dad the equivalent, but in my language, it is not the same. East Africa?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 35 and still call my parents mommy and daddy. I've gotten so much DCUM and UB hate for it but I don't care! Sue me.

Same with me. Except I call my mom "Mummy" and "Mama". I call my dad "daddy" or "Daddy Mr (Insert Last Name)"

I have several siblings, older and younger, and we call our parents different things at different times. And the names change. lol. Our parents have no problems with it. lol

Sometimes adult children get bored and want to shake things up a little bit. lol

What are you a Southern Belle? Or Eastern European? But, if from Europe, you would use a different language and not daddy.

I am African.

Well, that certainly puts more context to it. I notice you didn't say African American. It is not as if your white DAR daughter all of a sudden started calling you something else. I call my mom mama, and my dad the equivalent, but in my language, it is not the same. East Africa?

West African. lol

We(my many siblings included) grew up calling them mummy and daddy. "Mama" is one of the newer ones I use. We have come up with quite a few new names for them. We are just having a little fun with the names.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 35 and still call my parents mommy and daddy. I've gotten so much DCUM and UB hate for it but I don't care! Sue me.

Same with me. Except I call my mom "Mummy" and "Mama". I call my dad "daddy" or "Daddy Mr (Insert Last Name)"

I have several siblings, older and younger, and we call our parents different things at different times. And the names change. lol. Our parents have no problems with it. lol

Sometimes adult children get bored and want to shake things up a little bit. lol

What are you a Southern Belle? Or Eastern European? But, if from Europe, you would use a different language and not daddy.

I am African.

Well, that certainly puts more context to it. I notice you didn't say African American. It is not as if your white DAR daughter all of a sudden started calling you something else. I call my mom mama, and my dad the equivalent, but in my language, it is not the same. East Africa?

West African. lol

We(my many siblings included) grew up calling them mummy and daddy. "Mama" is one of the newer ones I use. We have come up with quite a few new names for them. We are just having a little fun with the names.

Just a quick question off thread topic if you don't mind? Is being a mom and called mama "insert child name" a custom in your country or not? I am just curious because it was a custom in East African country I lived in. I liked it but some people here thought it was degrading to women.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 35 and still call my parents mommy and daddy. I've gotten so much DCUM and UB hate for it but I don't care! Sue me.

Same with me. Except I call my mom "Mummy" and "Mama". I call my dad "daddy" or "Daddy Mr (Insert Last Name)"

I have several siblings, older and younger, and we call our parents different things at different times. And the names change. lol. Our parents have no problems with it. lol

Sometimes adult children get bored and want to shake things up a little bit. lol

What are you a Southern Belle? Or Eastern European? But, if from Europe, you would use a different language and not daddy.

I am African.

Well, that certainly puts more context to it. I notice you didn't say African American. It is not as if your white DAR daughter all of a sudden started calling you something else. I call my mom mama, and my dad the equivalent, but in my language, it is not the same. East Africa?

West African. lol

We(my many siblings included) grew up calling them mummy and daddy. "Mama" is one of the newer ones I use. We have come up with quite a few new names for them. We are just having a little fun with the names.

Just a quick question off thread topic if you don't mind? Is being a mom and called mama "insert child name" a custom in your country or not? I am just curious because it was a custom in East African country I lived in. I liked it but some people here thought it was degrading to women.

I wouldn't say it is custom, but it is common in the rural areas(not more common than not, but common enough). And so is being a dad and being called Papa "insert child's name". And then there are special names for parents with twins.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People are so rigid.

Agreed! This is a silly thread.

My teens call me mom, mama, mommy, ma, mother and even mamushka (Russian term
For mom, though we are not Russian). It's all good and endearing.

What are you then? There is no way he is calling you mamushka without some Slavic background.

I'm white - from the midwest for generations; Irish and English ancestry. They heard on a movie and thought it was cool. As long as they are being respectful I don't understand the issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People are so rigid.

Agreed! This is a silly thread.

My teens call me mom, mama, mommy, ma, mother and even mamushka (Russian term
For mom, though we are not Russian). It's all good and endearing.

What are you then? There is no way he is calling you mamushka without some Slavic background.

I'm white - from the midwest for generations; Irish and English ancestry. They heard on a movie and thought it was cool. As long as they are being respectful I don't understand the issue.

Actually, it's mamochka. (American DH says mamichka, but it sounds funny.)

I think this thread is nonsensical. Some of you must be really on edge if something like that annoys you. Reminds me of an acquaintance--she always had drama like this. Fell apart when she realized that Brits spell it mum!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm 35 and still call my parents mommy and daddy. I've gotten so much DCUM and UB hate for it but I don't care! Sue me.

Same with me. Except I call my mom "Mummy" and "Mama". I call my dad "daddy" or "Daddy Mr (Insert Last Name)"

I have several siblings, older and younger, and we call our parents different things at different times. And the names change. lol. Our parents have no problems with it. lol

Sometimes adult children get bored and want to shake things up a little bit. lol

What are you a Southern Belle? Or Eastern European? But, if from Europe, you would use a different language and not daddy.

I am African.

Well, that certainly puts more context to it. I notice you didn't say African American. It is not as if your white DAR daughter all of a sudden started calling you something else. I call my mom mama, and my dad the equivalent, but in my language, it is not the same. East Africa?

West African. lol

We(my many siblings included) grew up calling them mummy and daddy. "Mama" is one of the newer ones I use. We have come up with quite a few new names for them. We are just having a little fun with the names.

Just a quick question off thread topic if you don't mind? Is being a mom and called mama "insert child name" a custom in your country or not? I am just curious because it was a custom in East African country I lived in. I liked it but some people here thought it was degrading to women.

I wouldn't say it is custom, but it is common in the rural areas(not more common than not, but common enough). And so is being a dad and being called Papa "insert child's name". And then there are special names for parents with twins.

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm from the South and never heard anyone refer to their mother as Mama. All say Ma. My kids called me by my name. It's funny.

I'm from the south and almost everyone I know calls their mother "mama," although in a normal adult voice.

People also call their fathers "daddy" even if the kid is in their 50s and father is in 70s or 80s.