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Anonymous wrote:Do you know people who do this? For example, "We were at the store the other day and mom wanted to buy eggs.." Instead of saying my mom. This irritates me slightly. You need to say "my mom." Your mother is your mother. There is more than one mom in this world.

This is the most stick-in-the-ass, control freak, Type A thing I've ever heard. Seriously. You know they're not talking about your mom. Get over yourself.

+1.

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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?

You could just say "my brother David"

And OP, I agree with you.

So I went shopping with my brother David and his friend Jeff yesterday. My brother David wanted to see some shoes. I told my brother David that we should go to DSW. My brother David said he would rather go to Sears. I decided to follow my brother David in his car since I didn't........

Are people really suggesting that they're confused when this happens? Do you really think they're talking about your mom, or that they're pretending you share a mom?

I don't think so. None of you are confused. What's really going on is that you're offended at the suggestion that an unqualified "mom" could mean anyone other than the person YOU would mean if you said "mom" without a qualifier. You think the other person is somehow diminishing your mom by failing to acknowledge the existence of other moms by using the word "my." So it's your own insecurity that's bothering you, as is usually the case.

Anonymous wrote:Do you know people who do this? For example, "We were at the store the other day and mom wanted to buy eggs.." Instead of saying my mom. This irritates me slightly. You need to say "my mom." Your mother is your mother. There is more than one mom in this world.

This is the most stick-in-the-ass, control freak, Type A thing I've ever heard. Seriously. You know they're not talking about your mom. Get over yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, I get you. This drives me nuts too. If I hear someone telling a story, such as, ". . .and then Mom said. . ." I feel like interrupting them and saying, "OMG! I never knew my mom said that! Oh?? YOUR mom?? Oh, well, you just said, 'mom,' without any further modification so I was like, 'Oh my gosh, I never knew my mom did that! That's so funny!'"

GRRRR................

OP here. Yes. Exactly!

People who use just "Mom" capitalize it as a proper noun because to them it registers as that persons name just like Sally or Jane. People who use "my mom" do not capitalize because they don't view it the same way. I think the ones who use Mom and Dad without "my" are or were very close to their parents while growing up.

Hmm, I don't know - I was very close to my parents, but I still recognize that they aren't the only mom and dad in the world - so I say my mom and my dad

Ditto to this. Extremely close to my parents. Still clarify, when I am talking about them to others, that I mean MY mom and MY dad. IN fact, like another poster said, sometimes, if I am talking to one of my siblings, I'll accidentally say something like, "And then I was talking with my mom. . .OH YEAH, she's your mom too." And we laugh about it.

This is the only time you can say "Mom" or "Dad" without a modifier, in my humble opinion: when you are talking to one of your siblings, b/c of course, duh, you then of course have the same mom and dad!!

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Could not agree more. Creepy and also suggests a complete lack of identity other than being a parent.

HAHA, my DH and I laugh when people do this too. In fact, my DH's grandparents (God rest their souls; they were so sweet) used to call each other "Mother" and "Dad." We were so tickled by it and thought it was such a retro-throwback, that we sometimes do it to one another, to be sort of 1950'ish and funny.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, I get you. This drives me nuts too. If I hear someone telling a story, such as, ". . .and then Mom said. . ." I feel like interrupting them and saying, "OMG! I never knew my mom said that! Oh?? YOUR mom?? Oh, well, you just said, 'mom,' without any further modification so I was like, 'Oh my gosh, I never knew my mom did that! That's so funny!'"

GRRRR................

OP here. Yes. Exactly!

People who use just "Mom" capitalize it as a proper noun because to them it registers as that persons name just like Sally or Jane. People who use "my mom" do not capitalize because they don't view it the same way. I think the ones who use Mom and Dad without "my" are or were very close to their parents while growing up.

No, I think they are just very self absorbed and can't understand the world from any other person's point of view.

Yes, I agree with this. They DO know other people have moms and dads, too, right? Then why wouldn't they specify WHICH mom they are talking about? And the explanation about capitalization vs non-capitalization is baloney, b/c of course you cannot see capitalization when speaking verbally, and that is what we are talking about here.

Anonymous wrote: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.

Could not agree more. Creepy and also suggests a complete lack of identity other than being a parent.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, I get you. This drives me nuts too. If I hear someone telling a story, such as, ". . .and then Mom said. . ." I feel like interrupting them and saying, "OMG! I never knew my mom said that! Oh?? YOUR mom?? Oh, well, you just said, 'mom,' without any further modification so I was like, 'Oh my gosh, I never knew my mom did that! That's so funny!'"

GRRRR................

OP here. Yes. Exactly!

People who use just "Mom" capitalize it as a proper noun because to them it registers as that persons name just like Sally or Jane. People who use "my mom" do not capitalize because they don't view it the same way. I think the ones who use Mom and Dad without "my" are or were very close to their parents while growing up.

Hmm, I don't know - I was very close to my parents, but I still recognize that they aren't the only mom and dad in the world - so I say my mom and my dad

Yes op! It's so insanely annoying. And the Daddy thing, ick. If I called my dad Daddy I think we would both get the willies.
The worst would be "Daddy, where are my panties?" ewwwww

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I get you. This drives me nuts too. If I hear someone telling a story, such as, ". . .and then Mom said. . ." I feel like interrupting them and saying, "OMG! I never knew my mom said that! Oh?? YOUR mom?? Oh, well, you just said, 'mom,' without any further modification so I was like, 'Oh my gosh, I never knew my mom did that! That's so funny!'"

GRRRR................

OP here. Yes. Exactly!

People who use just "Mom" capitalize it as a proper noun because to them it registers as that persons name just like Sally or Jane. People who use "my mom" do not capitalize because they don't view it the same way. I think the ones who use Mom and Dad without "my" are or were very close to their parents while growing up.

No, I think they are just very self absorbed and can't understand the world from any other person's point of view.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, I get you. This drives me nuts too. If I hear someone telling a story, such as, ". . .and then Mom said. . ." I feel like interrupting them and saying, "OMG! I never knew my mom said that! Oh?? YOUR mom?? Oh, well, you just said, 'mom,' without any further modification so I was like, 'Oh my gosh, I never knew my mom did that! That's so funny!'"

GRRRR................

OP here. Yes. Exactly!

People who use just "Mom" capitalize it as a proper noun because to them it registers as that persons name just like Sally or Jane. People who use "my mom" do not capitalize because they don't view it the same way. I think the ones who use Mom and Dad without "my" are or were very close to their parents while growing up.

Anonymous wrote:OP, I get you. This drives me nuts too. If I hear someone telling a story, such as, ". . .and then Mom said. . ." I feel like interrupting them and saying, "OMG! I never knew my mom said that! Oh?? YOUR mom?? Oh, well, you just said, 'mom,' without any further modification so I was like, 'Oh my gosh, I never knew my mom did that! That's so funny!'"

GRRRR................

OP here. Yes. Exactly!

OP, I get you. This drives me nuts too. If I hear someone telling a story, such as, ". . .and then Mom said. . ." I feel like interrupting them and saying, "OMG! I never knew my mom said that! Oh?? YOUR mom?? Oh, well, you just said, 'mom,' without any further modification so I was like, 'Oh my gosh, I never knew my mom did that! That's so funny!'"

GRRRR................

Anonymous wrote: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.

errrrr wow? So your own husband can't refer to his mom and just 'mom'? He has to say 'my mom'? "I talked to mom on the phone today' offends you? yikes.