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to cringe when adults call their parents mummy and daddy?

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Milly848 · 02/12/2018 18:32

A friend of mine still calls her parents mummy and daddy. She's 27, and she does it in public.

I asked her once (casually), and she said her parents have always insisted on it and thought mum/dad was disrespectiful.

Fair enough and I know it's none of my business, but I can't help but cringe a bit when I hear adults call their parents this. It just sounds childish and makes me think they're still treated like a child. Then again her parents do still finance her...

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BlackberryandNettle · 03/12/2018 13:58

Doesn't bother me if I hear it, the people I've met who still use mummy and daddy into adulthood are all quite posh so does seem to be connected to poshness!

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