Mummy Daddy

[WhiteDust]

I've been reading a thread where the poster calls her Mum/Dad Mammy and Daddy. My Irish friend also (adult) does this.

My own children (teens) call me and their father Mummy and Daddy but refer to us as Mum/Dad when speaking to others.
AIBU to think this is ok?
Is it a bit odd for adult DC to say Mummy/Daddy?

My DM had a very dim view of anyone over the age of about three calling their parents Mummy and Daddy, so I called them Moodle and Doodle (still do now). My DC (all late teens) still call us Mummy and Daddy, though refer to 'my mum' and 'my dad' if talking about us to friends.

I've found Welsh people do this

I can be regional, or just really posh

I will always call my parents mummy and daddy because that's who they are. If I'm saying they're visiting I would usually say "my parents" or "my mom and dad", and if I'm talking with people who know us as individuals (so professionally or at motorsport events that we are involved with) I'll call them by their first names or even Mr Surname. I sometimes use mother and father too.

I don't know why people get hung up about it to be honest.

Definitely not a thing amongst Welsh speaking folks (where I’m from anyway) Mam is Mam and Dad is Dad - always has been! In turn now I’m just ‘Mam!’

At over 60 I usually call my parents by their first names, not going to address my 90 year old DF as ‘Daddy’.

When talking to her 21 yr old DD, my sister refers to her DH as Daddy, which I find very cringey. For example, ”Can you tell Daddy we’re leaving now?” Far less creepy when my niece calls him Daddy, but I still think it’s a bit odd.

I cringe when I hear an adult use mummy or daddy.

We called our parents by their first names from about the age of 3/4 to about 18 ish, when we both decided it was FAR more amusing to call them Mummy and Daddy.

Am not posh.

My Italian friend calls his "Mummy" in the middle of a stream of 100 mph Italian. Sounds slightly odd.

(If no one ever repeated a thread theme, there'd only be about ten threads on here!)

Mum/Dad here, unless they want something then its Mummy/Daddy. Oldest DS (16) will call me mother to wind me up, as I did and still do to mine

I'm not particularly posh, I call my 50 year old parents Mumsie and Dadly (which tbh, started as more of a joke but stuck so we roll with it 🤷🏻‍♀️). DD is only 5 weeks old so no talking yet, but DH and I are referred to as mummy and daddy by anyone talking to DD.

When ever one of children open with Mummy or Daddy we know it’s gonna cost us if they commence with Mater or Pater you can double the outlay if they say Mama and Papa it’s triple for Irish rellies it’s completely normal phraseology.

I called my parents mummy and daddy until I was about 18 because I was a pretentious little shit and it made me feel like I was in Brideshead Revisited. I grew out of it at university!

It's fine OP - as long as you and your kids are all happy, you can call each other what you want.

My mum is either mum, mumma or lady. Dad is just dad unless I want him to do something for me (helping me put up DS's curtains was the most recent example) then I call him daddy and act all cute 😂

My kids through their choice have always called me mama, they used to say daddy, but switched to papa at some point. They do say dad to their friends but refer to me as their mama. My own mum thinks it's odd but they are adults, they get to choose

Just to add the "winding up" I mentioned is all done in good fun and generally end up replying by calling him Norman

So my mom gets called mom and my Dad gets called ‘that prick who we don’t speak to anymore’ 😆

It isn't unreasonable for them to say Mummy & Daddy in the privacy of your home but the more 'grown up' Mum/Dad in the company of others.

Does it really matter what others think anyway?

My children call me mummy and daddy and my eldest will be 18 soon. To them it’s my name. I really dislike mum and mother so if I wasn’t mummy, they can start using my name.

I remember a fellow teacher always referring to her year 6 pupils' parents as 'mommy' and 'daddy'. I always felt mortified on their behalf. She was irish, I think it's quite normal there, but these 11 year old English kids felt they were being babied.

My 21 year old twins call me mummy, 9 yr old thinks its babyish and says mum.

My parents (now well into their 70s) call each other Mother and Father. I don’t even notice anymore but when I was in my teens it was the greatest embarrassment ever when they did it in public! Or loudly in front of my friends!

We were never mummy or daddy, I think it’s odd for adults but each to their own.

Always called my parents Mummy and Daddy, or sometimes just M and D! Mum and Dad was not allowed. Some may poke fun but oh what I would give to be able to call them Mummy and Daddy just one more time!