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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom's family is southern. My mom calls an even where you put hamburgers on the grill a "barbeque". She also calls the cuisine that consists of pulled meat with sweet tomato-based sauce on it "barbeque".

And we call our mothers "mom". Except me, I am "mommy" to my kids. I don't think anyway has used "mama" past the age of two.

I think your husband is weird. But most husbands are weird in some way, and this is relatively benign.[/quote]

DP. Just addressing part of your post, not OP's husband's problem, but: Your family does "mom" but that's your family. Our family (NC) has used "Mama" for generations--like, back into the mid-19th century--and I am "Mama" to my young adult child and always will be. It's cool whatever any family chooses, just don't assume what one family does is what others choose to use. Most of my peers (I'm Southern) used mom for their mothers and are mom themselves to their kids, and that's fine. But Mamas do still exist.

[b]Now, if the OP's husband wants OP to call him her "Daddy," that's just....weird![[/b]/quote]

Hey, don't judge! As you said, "it's cool whatever any family chooses." [/quote]

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