to think there should be a point at which you stop using Mummy and Daddy for your parents?

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I'm not sure at what age, but there seems to come a time when it just sounds wrong. I think maybe up to 11 is fine, but after that it just starts to sound a bit ponce-tastic. Do you agree?

(you can tell I have a boring Friday night ahead of me and am looking for a fight can't you?)

Well in the past I didn't like it, but I find myself having to live with it, as ds1 refuses to change from mummy and daddy. So now I think - well so what? it's just a name. I'm wondering why it used to bother me. I think there's possibly an element of sneering at people who do things differently.

No, I'd never call my mum 'mummy' now. Though I am sad that at 3 DD has already resorted 'mum' and 'dad' :(

You sound as though you're not half of the relationship with your mum paige, and it's still her the adult dictating to you the child.

Don't you get a say in what you call her? What would happen if you just ignored what she said and called her mum anyway?

My exP's mum used to call her mum "mummy". Sounds utterly ridiculous coming from a 70 year old woman, as though she's still trying to be a little girl .

She was an incredible snob, with real delusions of grandeur, so it did sort of fit with the rest of her behaviour.

I wonder why there are so many posters here who say they refer to their parents as mummy and daddy in private, but as mum and dad in public. Is it because they know it makes them sound rather juvenile and pretentious....?

No, MAQ, it's because they know it sounds dumb lol

Yes, it sounds really twee after the age of about 11. It does seem to be an upper-class thing. Sounds especially lisping and fey coming from a man!

Dh(over 50) calls his parents mummy and daddy when talking with his brothers.... They sign birthday cards mummy and daddy- which makes me shudder.
It is just wrong to me.
Maybe I am a hard Northener.

Jesus, what a judgy lot. Thank fuck I don't concern myself with what you lot think. I didn't realise it caused you all such harm, here was me thinking was just a word. How sad that you are so bogged down with what others think of you that it even affects what you call your own mothers...

And criticism from people who call their parents by their first names is just hysterical.

Everybody judges, and there's no such thing as "just a word".

Words carry meaning and are powerful.

Still, it's good that you don't care what anybody thinks rockbird, there's no point

Yep. Totally so.

Next question?

My cousins call their mother Mummy, and I think it's quite endearing. She had a horrible time of it when they were younger (my uncle was really abusive and manipulative) and they all love her very tenderly, so that's what I hear when they talk to her and about her. If anything there is an element of them now parenting her. But I doubt you'd see that as a casual onlooker, they'd just be posh people using a baby name to many I guess.

I think it is entirely up to individual families to decide what to call one another. "Mum" and "Dad" sound a lot less grown up than "Mummy" and "Daddy" to my ears.

I called my Dad ,Dar but nowadays its Pops, i called my Mum all sorts of things ranging from Mater, Ma, Mother (but said in a comedy Mutheeerr)Mummy and generally Mum.

When Mum died in April i sat in the hospital holding her hand after she was pronounced dead and howled that i wanted my 'Mummy!'

I however dont get this 'i wont answer to Mum' thing? wtf is that about? Whats wrong with Mum?

But it's a word that I call my mother, I'm not addressing anyone in the wider world, so why on earth would it affect anyone else to the extent that they would have an opinion on it? For someone to say "I would instantly know I had nothing in common with them" is utterly ridiculous. A bit of banter is one thing but posts like Gay40's really get on my tits. That goes beyond having an opinion, it's absurd and makes you look like the immature one, sniggering like a 7 year old. Grow up ffs.

DD1 called me Mummy until she got married last year. She now calls Mum when she is speaking to me but often still refers to me as Mummy when she is speaking to her sisters or my DH. She is 23.

My grandad dies a few days ago aged 88, but right until thne and even now my mum and her sister describe him as Daddy, and my grandma is still Mummy

My mum signs emails 'Mum(my)' and until my dad died 'Mum(my) and Dad(dy)'
I just call(ed) them mum & dad, but I really cant see what it has to do with anyone else and how dare they critisice my mum????
There is nothing infatile about my mum or aunt at all, its just their names

My 2 year old has never called my Mummy, it's always been Mum, although I do refer to myself as Mummy he just won't say it, It's the same for my DH, he'll always call him Dad instead of Daddy.

Mine were Mummy and Daddy until I was around ten when I remember feeling very babyish and consciously deciding to use Mum and Dad. Now my mum is still Mum but my dad is usually called Fatha (a la Fatha Bacon from Viz) or Fath, even by my DH. It suits him :)

mine do it when they want money.... or just want...something.

"mummmmmy....will you look at my arse"

yes seriously, 17 year old....skateboarding accident...arse injury. jeez louse!

40?

Why on earth are you bothered? You must have very little to worry you if you're irritated by what other people choose to call their parents.

When I great my mum after not seeing her for a while, I give her a kiss and say "Hello MaMa" then it alternates between Mum and MaMa

Should be greet

If i hear someone call their parents mummy and daddy and they are above the age of 10! i wanna smack them

my sister does it, 'daddy daddy' FGS its DAD! shes 21 FGS!