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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where is it coming from?  I'd talk to your daughter.  Maybe she's going through the transitition of growing into adulthood and is looking for some comfort.  [/quote]

NP here. Not sure about the idea of comfort but I do agree that OP could just calmly ask her daughter what's up with that, rather than saying "It's irritating, stop it!" I would wonder whether DD just thinks it's funny, or is basing it (as someone said above) on some movie or TV show she's into at the moment, or got it from friends, whatever.

Just ask, OP. Why wouldn't you? Does your DD occasionally needle you just a little to see if she can get a reaction? (I have a teen DD too, can you tell?)

I get where you're coming from. I am a Mama by choice (as was my own mother and her mother too) I'd react with as much irritation if my teen DD started calling me Mom or (shudder) Mommy as you're reacting to being called Mama....And yeah, we're from the South, so maybe it's cultural. But I do get your frustration, just would advise not turning this into a battle but just asking and saying clearly that you don't like Mama but want her to call you Mom; point out that if you started calling her by some other name she disliked, she'd want you to stop, right? [/quote]

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