Daddy (and Mommy for my mother). My 32-year-old sister does the same. I'm 37.

My parents are still Daddy and Mommy. My mother didn't want us to shorten it when others kids did, so we didn't. By the time I was in college, I couldn't imagine not calling them Mommy and Daddy.

Really, why shouldn't it be what they prefer versus what you might find childish?

I say Daddy to my dad, but when speaking of him to others I say Dad

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Anonymous wrote:always Daddy. I am from SC. mama, daddy.

Lots of southerners say mama and daddy even as adults

Thanks, this confirms what I always thought - many southerners have the mindset of elementary school kids.

Another Southerner here.

My parents called their parents Papa, Daddy and Mama until the day they died - all in their 90's. Nothing weird or creepy about it to me. For Southern born folks, I understand that is pretty common for that era.
In fact, I think it is weird for people to judge what other people call their own parents - but that is my opinion. LOL!

I call my dad Pop and my mother Ma. And I called my grandparents Gramps (grandad) and Granny on one side and Daddy [First name] and Mama [First name] on the other side.

Dad and Mom. Mommy is juvenile and Daddy is borderline creepy.

Anonymous wrote:Always say Dad, while always thinking Daddy.

Aww, that's sweet! I think this is true for me too. I would never SAY Daddy (anytime since elementary/middle school?), and I was born and raised in the south.

My MIL refers to my FIL as "Daddy" when talking to her kids. It's especially weird because I hear her saying it to her adult son, who never calls his father Daddy.

Dad

Always say Dad, while always thinking Daddy.

Southerner as well, and I say Daddy. My mom calls my grandfather Daddy, and she is grandma herself! My mom never liked mama, so we always called her mom. My daughter calls me mama.

I will call him "daddy" maybe 50% of the time, but refer to him only as dad or my father.

I always say Dad. Never Daddy--- I find that weird.
But, to each their own.

However, my Mom and grandma (her mom) refer to my Grandpa as Daddy, and it doesn't seem weird at all.
Like, "Hows Daddy doin?"

Another southerner who always says Daddy. I call my mom Mother, though. Somehow I transitioned away from Mama but not from Daddy.

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Anonymous wrote:always Daddy. I am from SC. mama, daddy.

Lots of southerners say mama and daddy even as adults

This. Mama and daddy. Never called him dad.

From my optic, it's his name. Why would I change it? 45 here. My mother called her father Daddy until he died at 90.