OP, I get it. I have one friend who does this, and it always seems weird in a sentence.

This is a big pet peeve of mine, too. I just mentioned it to MY dh yesterday, in fact. I feel like screaming, "she is not MY mom, too!" She is YOUR mom, not everyone's mom. Unless you are my sibling, your mom is not our mom and so you need to say "my mom." It's as if they're saying her name, as in, "Mary made me a pie," except when you're using her title, you qualify it with "my."

I'm guessing that anyone who doesn't get what the OP is saying must say it that way themselves b/c they just don't hear it.

Yes, I have the same reaction. I wonder if it's a regional thing. OTOH, it's far better than couples who refer to each other as "Mom" or "Dad," that one drives me absolutely insane.

Anonymous wrote:I worked with a woman in her mid-twenties who referred to her father to us, her coworkers, as Daddy. For some reason when grown women do that AND live with their fathers, it always makes me wonder if they have an inappropriate relationship with them.

That is not unusual for people from the South.

At least be glad that they apparently have a good relationship with their parents!

I know it is not a "correct" use of the English language.

But compared to global warming, world food shortages and child labor, it is not a big deal.

You all are super anal.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I don't think my original post was very clear. I don't have any issues with mama, mom, daddy, father, mother, etc. I am talking about when you are having a conversation with someone who is not your sibling, and they refer to their parent without the qualifier "my." It just feels so odd when someone other than your sibling says, "I went home this weekend, and mom made my favorite pie."

I may or may not do this - honestly don't know. But what difference does it make? You know s/he's not talking about YOUR mother. It's not difficult to understand what the speaker is saying.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I don't think my original post was very clear. I don't have any issues with mama, mom, daddy, father, mother, etc. I am talking about when you are having a conversation with someone who is not your sibling, and they refer to their parent without the qualifier "my." It just feels so odd when someone other than your sibling says, "I went home this weekend, and mom made my favorite pie."

Oh you just hit on my pet peeve...when people refer to their parents house as "home" (and they are not still a child). Home is where you live. If you grew up in Michigan and your parents still live there but you've lived in Maryland for the last 15 years, Michigan is not "home."

"Abode" or "residence" is where you live. "Home" is where your heart is.

+1

Anonymous wrote:Yawn

You wasted the time and energy to type this out - a post that contributes nothing and is meant to let the OP know that you think the subject is boring? Shows you're a real jerk.

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Anonymous wrote:You are ridiculous. Should I also say "my David" when referring to my brother to differentiate him from the million other David's in the world?

Are you joking, or are you really so stupid that you don't see the difference between these two?

Not the PP you're responding to but someone who doesn't get the difference. Why don't you explain it to us?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I don't think my original post was very clear. I don't have any issues with mama, mom, daddy, father, mother, etc. I am talking about when you are having a conversation with someone who is not your sibling, and they refer to their parent without the qualifier "my." It just feels so odd when someone other than your sibling says, "I went home this weekend, and mom made my favorite pie."

Oh you just hit on my pet peeve...when people refer to their parents house as "home" (and they are not still a child). Home is where you live. If you grew up in Michigan and your parents still live there but you've lived in Maryland for the last 15 years, Michigan is not "home."

"Abode" or "residence" is where you live. "Home" is where your heart is.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I don't think my original post was very clear. I don't have any issues with mama, mom, daddy, father, mother, etc. I am talking about when you are having a conversation with someone who is not your sibling, and they refer to their parent without the qualifier "my." It just feels so odd when someone other than your sibling says, "I went home this weekend, and mom made my favorite pie."

Oh you just hit on my pet peeve...when people refer to their parents house as "home" (and they are not still a child). Home is where you live. If you grew up in Michigan and your parents still live there but you've lived in Maryland for the last 15 years, Michigan is not "home."

OP here. I don't think my original post was very clear. I don't have any issues with mama, mom, daddy, father, mother, etc. I am talking about when you are having a conversation with someone who is not your sibling, and they refer to their parent without the qualifier "my." It just feels so odd when someone other than your sibling says, "I went home this weekend, and mom made my favorite pie."

It's not how I speak, but it doesn't bother me in the big scheme of things.

My husband does this and it drives me crazy.