To think people who call themselves mummy and daddy to their pets are just WEIRD?!

[writingmynamewithsparklers]

Sorry, I know this is probably controversial and I'm donning my flameproof pants just in case it is but it just sounds WEIRD.
I see it on FB all the time by some couple (yes, it's a FB thread too. )
Pics of dogs/cats with captions and comments such as "being good for mummy" "having cuddles with Daddy."
It's. A. Dog. cat,dog, snake, rabbit, whatever
Makes you sound a tad strange.

I refer to DH as "Daddy" when talking to the cat, just to make him cringe (DH cringe, not the cat).
We also mess about, calling him "Cat Son" in a rapid fire Oriental type accent (can I say that?) and he is the DSs' "Cat Brother".

My disclaimer is that it is all for comedic effect. We have had hours of fun singing to the cat; how lucky can a pussy be? We even sang "Happy Birthday" to him around what we guessed was his big day. We make up songs to sing to him and also with my best friend for her dog. It is known as "pet singing" . We are never bored.

I like weird and I think the OP wasn't being too scathing; she can call me weird.

to those TTC. Pets are really helpful to have around.

My cat calls me "Aunty Tamzin". She calls DH "Man Who gives Prawns". Each to their own. YABU.

I think it's a bit cringeworthy, but in the absence of a suitable alternative description of the relationship between pet and owner, I think it's fine.

'Come to your owner!' sounds a bit dictatorial and bonkers. 'Come to mummy!' sounds a bit bonkers too but at least it's slightly less sinister.

I guess on FB 'this is my cat playing with me/person's name' would suffice though.

We had DC at home when we got the cat and dog...DC refer to us as mum and dad..the dog picked up on it. If we say 'take your lead to dad' he will. The cat just treats us like servants..we call him the furry master!

It's very weird indeed.

I like animals to be animals.

"Furbabies"makes me feel homicldal. Which will not surprise the massed ranks of Team Animal.

Hegsy and Shadows - I completely understand this, although I have one dd I couldn't have any more and so the arrival of the dog had more significance to me than just a pet or a possession. I think it's very judgemental to scoff at people about this.

I am my cats mummy and noone is telling me any different

Mr Cory the tabby calls me his Fat Servant, and addresses me as Oi! in mew form.

It's a bit weird but I'm definitely the cats' mummy. As Mackerel says there's no decent alternative. What totally creeps me out is my MIL referring to the cats as her "Grandson" and "Grandaughters" - I'm sure that makes me a total hypocrite though.

Yabu!!

Who's it harming?
I loved my cat. I love my rabbits. I take care if them I can call myself what I like when I talk to them.

:o

Ooh, me and DH are our beloved poochs mummy and daddy.

However we only do this in private, between ourselves.

We can't have kids, it's the only way I am ever going to be called mummy!

yanbu. my dh calls me mummy to the dog and I throw up a little in my mouth. its freakin weird.

I find it weird flipping mental

I am their master. It drives me crackers when vets refer to me as their mum. I have taken to pointing out that I have yet to develop the ability to produce something that is genetically not at least half human, and I certainly haven't managed to give birth to one either.

BTW, I am fully aware that "come and grovel before your master" sounds meglomaniacal. It sure is fun to call out in public places though!

My ILs do it with their dogs "mummy will get your tea" and "daddy will take you for a walk" - and I find it really weird given that they have four human children.

Have to confess that I do baby-talk to my parents' cat though... sorry.

MIL also calls FIL "dad" i.e. "what do you think dad?" which I also find weird. He's her husband, not her dad...

Come and sit on your female owner's knee!
It is easier to say Mum.

I don't put my dog and two cats on FB but at home I am their mummy.
I adopted them didn't I?

Boy cat loves his momma, momma loves her ickle lickle bubba

Somehow, as much as I love them, I can't talk like that to my big slobbery boxers

My dog is my snuggle buggle boogle boy

that's me weird then - I am my hamster's mummy.

My daughter had three dwarf hamsters & used to refer to me as their Gran

YABU in that's not weird, because there are perfectly comprehensible reasons why some people do it.

Weird would be if you made your cats call you Coco, dressed them in legwarmers and tried to drill them in modern jazz dance while banging a large stick and yelling, 'Fame costs!' at them in Hungarian. Or made little cars for them and fined them for speeding. Etc.

YANBU to find it weird, there are many things perfectly normal people do that I find very weird, and each to there own.

However, my whole family is bonkers in terms of the cats AND the horses, we are definetly Mummy and Dad to the cats, my Mum even sends them a Christmas card from grandma!!!!

I'm Mum to the horses, my Mum is Grandma, and my friends are Aunties! Tis fairly normal round our way.

I think more than anything it reflects the deep emotional connection people have with their animals, and the huge place they have in our lives and our hearts. After all its a relationship based on two way affection, both cats and horses!