to think a 30 odd year old woman...

[bea]

shouting out to her 'mummy and daddy' is a little bit icky?

I'm 42 and still call my parents (in their 70s) Mummy and Daddy. It is none of your business what anyone calls their parents. My parents have been Mummy and Daddy all my life. Why would I suddenly change the name I call them by? They haven't changed the name they call me by (that I have noticed!)

I have said before on threads like this that I think it is a middle class thing, but I have had plenty of people contradict me on that.

That said, I know people think it sounds naff or babyish or snobby or whatever else, so I am quite pleased that my children call me Mummy or Mum interchangeably so that as they get older, they can drop Mummy if they want without feeling embarrassed and self conscious about changing the way they call me.

Actually ( know I'll get the p*ss taken out of me too), I agree with Xenia, I think mum and dad sound unpleasant, and I like Mummy and Daddy.

I addressed my father as Daddy until the day he died, and still address my mother as Mummy, and I'm aged 46.

When alluding to my parents in conversation I use the terms Mother and Father, NEVER say Mum or Dad.

A pet hate of mine is Mother's day cards that say Mum on them, but every year it gets harder to find cards that say Mother. My son is 7 and addresses us as Mummy and Daddy. He tried experimenting with 'Mum' a while ago, but I just didn't respond when called that, so he dropped it and reverted to Mummy.

oh, and when ds was little he used to call me Mimi, which was charming, and I almost wish it had stuck.

it does sound a bit vile

clumsy - that is my pet name!

picture the scene

you meet gorg bloke, bit rough round the edges (mike delfino from desperate houswives anyone??)

youve been seeing each other for a while, and its time to Meet The Parents

so he says 'do you want to meet my parents at the weekend, mummys cooking a roast, and daddys going to help me fix my car'

and then you run

I wouldn't use mummy or daddy as an adult, but I would never describe them as "dreadful" or "offensive" like mum and dad have been described on this thread.

I usually use mum, or first name if we are shopping or out and about and she isn't listening to me! (shout mum and 25 women turn around at once!). Sometimes I use Ma, but not sure where that came from, and my bro' calls her "Muv" but I think that is a mockney thing!

Funnily though, I have never lived with my dad nor had a v close relationship with him so I find it awkward calling him dad so I usually just don't call him anything and make sure I am standing in front of him when I am talking to him! And when I talk to his kids (my little bro's) i say "your dad" instead of dad - weird huh?

When I was little I thought you got to a certain age and your called their parents by their first name. I could understand why my step-dad at the time called his mum "mum"!

Ds7 calls me mummy.. or 'mother' if he is trying ot be a cheeky monkey. Tbh if he calls me mum when he is older I dont care. What I care about is that he grows up being a decent, polite, kind and thoughtful man. I wouldnt 'force' him to call me mummy and I wouldnt class it as a huge rule break if he called me mum. You listen to some children nowadays and i am thankful that have i such a lovely little boy.

I feel blessed that he 'can' talk and listen. I trust that he will call me what he feels comfortable with as an adult.

i like mama

Oranges, the word mama always makes me think of the old heavy plastic dolls that would say "mama" when you laid them down on their back

i know this is m maun/dad converation but the HASSEL i have had from granparents about there name!

far from nan/nanny/grandma etc they all wanted to be called something different, as if it would make them more 'special' than the others (its only the female members of my family, note)

So we have a 'Gran Gran' a 'Nanna' and a 'anma' (which i think is supposed to be grandma, but said in baby language, even though my dd is 2 and half and can speak properly)

so as long as my daughter doesnt call me 'bitch i hate you you have ruined my life' im happy!!

(i used the above name for my mother when i was fourteen and she wouldnt let me have 4 inch stiletos for school shoes)

My MIL (60yrs) calls her mother (90+yrs) 'mummy' which makes me cringe. And all the more so when her mother isn't a very nice person at all ... and it's not as if they are close. It's all a bit too similar to Joan Crawford and 'mummy dearest'. Yeugh!

I say Mom but I hate the way it looks written down so I always write it as Mum. DDs primary school used to them to write MOM on cards and things and it always made me cringe.

My DDs call me Mom, Mommy, Mother (when they want to wheedle something out of me) and Moomy when they are being daft.

My Mum's reply when we did the annoying thing of saying 'Mum..mum..mum..mum..mum' to get her attention was to say 'Mum's leg!!! What do you want???'

I don't think it has anything at all to do with class. I know some very posh people who are 'Mums and Dads'. Mummy and Daddy can be posh, too, but it can also be Irish working class. It could also be classed as aspirational in a 'Fanny Craddock faux-poshness' type of way (like saying 'serviette' or 'lounge').
What you call your parents is entirely a personal choice. My DH often refers to his parents as mummy and daddy, but he is Irish, and it sounds perfectly natural, whereas I would just sound silly. My girls call me momma (mostly), mummy, mum and maman, whilst DH can be Poppa (mostly), daddy or dad. Depends on the mood and we all know who they're talking to. It's personal preference, and there are no rules.

The mom/mum/mam thing is a regional thing, isn't it? Midlands people say 'mom', southerners say 'mum', northerners (some of them) say 'mam' and the Irish say 'mammy' or 'mummy' whatever their age.

Scots say 'maw', Welsh say 'mam'.

Why anyone gets het up about what other people's kids call their own mothers, I don't know....

To me it sounds really icky, I'm far more comfortable with 'mum and dad'. Even then it doesn't feel quite right to use them public - which causes great problems when I go shopping with my mum and have to try and shout under my breath when she wanders straight past something she wants. If I have to say it in public I usually resort to 'mother'.

...my children call me mozhe ! ( pronounced moz-hay..)...I have no idea why though...I like it.

I think you're right in saying its regional tiktok.

My DH is welsh and has always referred to his mother as "Mam" the one that tickles me, is his family use "Bampy" instead of Grandad.

I'd had loved my dad to let DS call him Bampy, i think its cute, but he said he'd rather be a Grandad than a Bampy.

My dad (big Welsh fella) is Bampy to my DSs. Causes great confusion to everyone else, but he loves it.

Had to force myself to stop calling my parents mummy and daddy a few years ago because DH took the piss and it did strike me that it was a bit daft. But I don't like mum and dad either. Couldn't call them by their names though...no no no!

Perhaps Mater and pater

I call my parents Mummy and Daddy... my mother called hers Mummy and Daddy... my father called his Mama and Papa which is very old-fashioned. My sister's PILs get called by their first names by their children and grandchildren.

My daughter calls me Mummy (when she needs me - most frequent use) and Anna (when talking to my partner/my stepsons) and Maman (sometimes).

I don't think it matters as long as children and parents, whatever their age, are happy with the chosen name. It is really no-one else's business.

my mum is now Oma and father Opa.

mama when i'm being affectionate to my mum.

my Oma is Oma Schouw.

on my hubby's side i just call them by their name but they call them 'mum' and 'dad'.

i'm 30 and i wouldn't think of called my dad, 'daddy'. it's a bit weird.

mam and dad (mammy or daddy only when we was after something lol) our dc call us mam and dad dd1 22months says mamma and daddy

grandparents are called bampi and either nanna or nanny