'mummmm !' what do you call your dp/dh [light hearted]

[mrsfuzzy]

it's like listening to a six year old when my neighbour is in the garden, he's in his 30's but goes in the garden is out there for a couple of minutes then he calls her several times, loudly, i don't know her real name, so i guess she is mum -. she calls him by his name but responds in a tired mums voice sort that you would use when a dc whinges and pesters.
sorry, if i sound a bit bitchy but it makes me smile, so what do you call your dp /dh/ dw ?

[ginghamstarfish]

We don't use given names either, usually 'missus' and 'mister' or sometimes with 'dear' tacked on ...

[Mynestisfullofempty]

One of us using the correct name in this house would lead to massive freak outs.

Blimey. How strange.

[KittyKrap]

One catalyst for me leaving my ex was him calling me mummy. I AM NOT YOUR FUCKING MOTHER.

[Niggit]

Usually just by our own names, but I call him "Dad" if our son is visiting as they both have the same name. It seemed like such a good idea when he was born...

[MamaLazarou]

I sometimes call my DH all sorts of ridiculous variations on his name: e.g, if his name was John Smith, he'd get Lord Johnnington, Sir Johnnus of Smithington, Johnny de Smithville, etc. I'm a massive twat, I know.

[JigglypuffsCaptor]

We're going through a phase with DS who is 2 and we are needing to call ourselves "mummy" "daddy" when DS is awake, only because he started calling DP "Bob' or me "Bobette" and when we were saying " no it's daddy/mummy he would reply DaddyBob

When he's asleep or out of earshot though, just our first names and occasionally "babe"

[KaosReigns]

Mynest Yes I am well aware we are odd. It just sounds so serious, he could be grinning ear to ear and say it in his lightest most loving tone and I would still think he was breaking up with me. And no we are not a make up/break up couple.

[Pineappletastic]

I call him by his name, or husband, or darling (it started out ironic and stuck), DC isn't here yet, but if I'm talking to the dog I'll say 'where's your daddy?' I'm wife, (I wilfle, it's a verb, 'hello wife, how has wilfling gone today').

sFIL referred to MIL as 'mum' in a group text with me and DH the other day. I found that quite weird, given that DH mostly calls her by her name, and she's not my mum.

I'd always say 'my mum' or 'your mum' or 'Dave's mum', unless addressing my actual mother, otherwise it gets confusing.

[handslikecowstits]

He's either called, 'Shitbag' or a variant of his name.

I'm either 'Chef' or 'Your Majesty'.

[joanne90]

Haha no just one and plans for no more!

[Katedotness1963]

I call him by his given name unless talking to the kids, then I say dad, your dad or stinking dada (family joke). The kids call us mum and dad. When they were younger we told them if the got separated from us to shout out our names and not mum or dad as there were lots of mum and dads around but they'd be few with our actual names.

[Goingtobeawesome]

I call him babe and he calls me the same. We also have another pet name for each other. Lately I've been calling him his name when I want to make a point or are telling him off.

[DiddysMammy]

My goodness no.. It's inevitable that she will know my first name but kids are so quick to repeat that I don't want her to hear it and start using it before she old enough to understand its disrespectful. It's how I was brought up I'm not from a posh upper class background or anything where I I refer to my parents as mama and father. But I was brought up to respect my elders..

As for ignoring people well I don't fully ignore to the point that they are repeating themselves over and over but I don't always answer first time especially when family do it as they know by now my feelings on the issue.

I never dreamed of referring to my friends parents by their first names. When I was little they were whoevers mummy or daddy and then they were mr and Mrs unless I was told otherwise. It will be the same for my daughter.. I'm a nanny so I always refer to my charges parents as mummy or daddy especially when I am talking to my daughter and their friends parents are whoevers mummy or daddy or mr and mrs. Admittedly that gets tricky when they aren't married.

As for referring to my friends as mummy well again if I am talking to my daughter about them or they are talking their children about me we are whoevers mummy.

Make me sound odd but each to their own.

[MrsMargeSimpson]

If I'm talking to him in front of the children, or about him to them, he's Daddy. e.g. "Ask you daddy x" "daddy said y" etc etc.

Between ourselves we use all manner of vile pet names: babe, honey, sweet, sweetie etc. Or we go with 'Oi Dickhead' and so on.

I feel odd using his name

[AtiaoftheJulii]

It's inevitable that she will know my first name but kids are so quick to repeat that I don't want her to hear it and start using it before she old enough to understand its disrespectful.

But you do realise that pretty much everyone else's children do still call them mummy and daddy (or whatever) even though they hear Margaret and Dennis every day as well?

[ginghamstarfish]

I remember once a friend of mine had a boy who was about 4, and he asked about why his grandma (Jean) always called her (his mum) Lucy. She explained about Jean being her mum, just as she was his mum, etc. Later that day the phone rang and he answered it - shouted 'Lucy, it's your mother".

[Youowemeatenner]

I'm a teacher, in our school the children call us by our first names. Many people find this hugely disrespectful (DP included). I don't. I firmly believe that a name doesn't equal respect. I certainly don't respect someone called Joe any more than I respect Mr. Bloggs.

[Mynestisfullofempty]

I never dreamed of referring to my friends parents by their first names. When I was little they were whoevers mummy or daddy and then they were mr and Mrs unless I was told otherwise.

Yes, exactly the same here, but my parents never went to the lengths of calling each other mummy and daddy, let alone insisted other people did. They used first names with friends and family. I never called my parents by their first names. It was the same when we had our daughter. She always called us mummy and daddy despite hearing other people use our names and us calling each other by our names. I think you are going to really bizarre lengths completely unnecessarily. Making people call you mummy and daddy when they're not your children is just confusing for your child. You're HER mummy and daddy, not everyone else's too.

[Youowemeatenner]

*or less

[OorWullie1936]

I call him 'fuck face' and he calls me 'fanny features' not in front of the kids though!

[DiddysMammy]

Like I said each to their own

[FeedMeAndTellMeImPretty]

I am the only person who calls DP by his full name, with the possible exception of his grandparents! Everyone else shortens it to the obvious nickname but when we first met he told me to use his full name and he uses mine, despite me introducing myself with a shortened version that he hates

We call each other babe (used to hate that until I met him and got annoyed when I realised he still used it with his ex and with women at work ) and in a kitsch way, bubba, bubs, boo etc. I use darling sometimes with him and the DCs.

He also calls me sugar tits, Tits McGee and other boob based names.

[FeedMeAndTellMeImPretty]

Arf

[paxillin]

You'd love my dc's school, DiddysMammy. It's big, friendships come and go, you tend to be "Sam's mum' or "Ginny's dad" for the first three years of parent-friendship.