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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again. I think it sounds self-centered and juvenile. Like they are not aware that THEIR mom isn’t “Mom” to everyone they are talking to. My children probably referred to me as “Mom” when talking to other people when she was 2 because to her it was my whole identity.   But by the time she was 3 she was aware that most people also have someone they call “Mom,” so she switched to “my mom” when referring to me. I think adults who have never made that switch have some peculiar perspective-taking flaw going on.[/quote]

People are giving you a hard time, OP, but I agree with you that this affectation is odd.

What if you had three or four unrelated people in a conversation all referring to “Mom” and “Dad” without any modifiers as to whose mom and dad are beg referred to? Couldn’t that get confusing?

And sure, it’s an observation of a small issue, but it’s perfectly okay to note it and comment on a board like this where people converse about all sorts of topics that other people consider “petty.”[/quote]
I’ve never witnessed anything like that, but if Person A said, “Mom asked me to come over last night,” surely you wouldn’t wonder if they were talking about your mom? And if Person B replied, “How is Mom doing?” it would be clear that B was asking about A’s mother.

Are you all confused when you take your child to the pediatrician’s office and the nurse says “Mom, you get baby undressed and we’ll check her weight”? Context usually makes it clear who “mom” is.[/quote]

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