Mummy Bear and Similar silly names

[recklessruby]

Cant link and hope the picture works but it s part of an article in the Mirror about a woman who sat with her 13 year old son in his maths class to stop him being rude to the teacher.
Ok, not my thing but if it works for you...
My point is I think it's silly to have called herself "mummy bear" in the article.
He s 13, not 3. God knows what he and his mates think.
Aibu to hate all this Mummy Bear, Mama Bear etc.
I m just mum. And mummy when dc were little. I m not a bear or any other animal

It's a little weird for a 14 year old, but I don't think it's something worth getting worked up about.
When you become a parent you assume a new identity, everything changes, so it isn't crazy to think people might have a wee nickname or pet name as part of the process.

A full grown woman on the train the other day was talking to her mother on the phone and calling her muma bear. The horror.

In private - who cares what people refer to one another as. It’s better than shitface.

In public - embarrassing.

It's just a pet name, I don't think she thinks she's actually a bear.

I find it worse that she's referring to herself in the third person - "his mummy has had enough" is the cringeworthy bit.

It's just a pet name, I don't think she thinks she's actually a bear.

Yes definitely in public it's cringey. I call my kids Lump and Wormy at home sometimes but I wouldn't shout it in the street😂

I'll never forget visiting my friend's house, he was 16, I was 19, and his mum calling "Boots? What do you want for supper?"

Sorry Boots if you're reading this!

Speak for yourself reckless IV been known to shout "oi! butt face! Stop!" 😂

I am also a mummy bear. No fucks given lol

I call my kids piggies (we used to watch Peppa pig together) they used to call me daddy pig, now it's just fat dad or daddy if they want something

Mummy Bear is fine. Mumma Bear, not so much.

I usually find the people who call themselves mummy/mama/mumma bear are the same who will say/post things like 'my kids are my whole universe', 'aaawwwe my little angles' and 'making memories' like adding some twee crap makes them really deep 🙄

that story will follow that lad for the rest of his life...

I call dd Snot Face - thanks Rik Mayall!

I just hate the word Mumma, gives me the absolute boak 😖

@codenameduchess exactly! @DeniseRoyal makes me boak too

I just hate the word Mumma, gives me the absolute boak

Christ me too, and for some reason it’s even worse in plural and used to address a group of mothers

I also can’t stand a Mama Bear ‘showing her claws’ to someone who’s supposedly slighted her offspring

DS has always called me muma, since he was little. No (if he actually speaks) it’s mumski.
Pet names are fine, in the right context. If she was having to be with him in school then there is a bigger issue here. I taught the most revolting child several years ago and when I called his mother to explain that he was in detention (again) for spitting (again) she answered my call by saying ‘What’s my little pumpkin done now?’ The child was 13!

Cringey as fuck, and no distinction between mummy bear and mumma bear- all equally toe curling

I hate it when health care professionals call me “mum”. Feels really weird being called mum by someone who’s not my child. My health visitor does this all the time. “Hello mum, just wanted to check how you are doing mum and how is baby?” or “Mum, have you tried x,y,z?” Can’t you just check my name on your notes?!

Maybe she identifies as a Bear....

Two women of my acquaintance (mother & daughter) refer to each other as Mama Bear and Baby Bear. They're in their 60s & 30s respectively.

It's not right.

Someone on another thread last week said that my username made them feel nauseous so maybe they hate the word mama too. My username is in reference to ABBA, but spelt differently because someone else already had the name. Or may be they don't like ABBA!

They did also say that no one likes me and to go away though 😁

@keirenthecommunity oh jeezo, Mama Bear getting her claws out!! Even typing is making me feel ill. A friend of mine says it all the time and I feel like I physically recoil every time she says it 😱

Aww my 2 year old calls me mama bear. I have no clue where he’s got it from but it melts my heart. I’ll probably think differently when he’s a teenager though.

They did also say that no one likes me and to go away though

That in itself is more cringe-inducing than your username. A parenting site with fully grown adult parents, more so women, telling another poster "no-one likes you... go away." I'm cringing on their behalf! And the reference to Abba is obvious! Christ what sort of thread were you on!?

Some people like twee cutesy things.

Unfortunately, you can't do anything other than inwardly cringe because you are not going to be able to get them to change.

Personally, hearing someone refer to themselves as mumma bear makes me want to slap some stamps on to their forehead and post them to Afghanistan.