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Mummy Bear and Similar silly names

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recklessruby · 24/09/2019 12:07

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

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32ndofFebtober · 24/09/2019 14:12

How about addressing other women as 'mummies', or even worse, 'mummy's' 🙄😂

Pukkatea · 24/09/2019 14:26

I still call my Dad Papa Bear and I'm in my 30s. It's just a silly joke now.

Strugglingtodomybest · 24/09/2019 14:33

Why would you do that to your child?! His mates will rip the piss forever (unless their parents also refer to themselves as mummy bears I guess).

Un-bear-ably cringeworthy.

ToffeePennie · 24/09/2019 14:34

My husband drives me nuts with this. He has decided on a pet name for all of us - mini, little and mummy blah. I hate it and he says it all the time!

AlexaAmbidextra · 24/09/2019 14:44

I have to admit I always cringe at user names like Cedricsmummy, or mummyofsextuplets etc. I always think that it’s like the owner feels that to be a mother is her only identity. Awaits an earbashing.😂

codenameduchess · 24/09/2019 14:55

@AlexaAmbidextra sadly I feel for some being a 'mummy' is their whole identity. I know to a few who genuinely have no interests outside of their children, no career/work, hobbies, likes, commitments... nothing outside of parenting. generally no conversation outside of their children and whatever crap reality tv was on that day.

One particularly infuriating example is a friend who before she had her PFB told me she didn't see any need to be a person on her own outside of her dh. They now have a baby and it's gotten worse, she never refers to herself as 'I' it's always 'we' (as in her, the dh and baby). No job, won't get one because she might not be able to take the calls from her dh every 15 minutes. Won't see friends without the dh. She calls herself momma bear.

AlexaAmbidextra · 24/09/2019 15:00

She calls herself momma bear.

🤮

TomHagenMakesMyBosomTremble · 24/09/2019 16:55

I don't like the mumma bear thing either, it's so twee. Can't get offended by the usernames though- you never know who's had a fertility battle or has simply joined right after having a baby, so being "katiesmum92" might be all they can think of at that point in time or something incredibly special because they didn't think it would happen.

fortifiedwithtea · 24/09/2019 17:03

My DH has started calling me Mumma Bear then laughs. I think he knows he can fuck right off with that nonsense. I am 53 ffs and the dc are grown ups 🙄

Mamabear144 · 24/09/2019 17:29

My ds calls me mamam (19m) but I'm mama bear because there has been so much times where I've had to protect him from certain people doing stupid things and basically not knowing how to care for him. Ifs just a thing that stuck between myself and my mam, we go into "mama bear mode" when we have to😂

dementedma · 24/09/2019 17:32

Teen DS calls me mawbags. Attractive. Not.

Mammylamb · 24/09/2019 17:36

Hmmmm.. in my family it’s “Mammy lamb”. I still called my mum it in birthday cards, texts etc til a few years ago when she got promoted to Granny Lamb

Melx42 · 24/09/2019 17:45

I call my ds sonshine. He is 19 and 6.2". I don't do it in public though

motortroll · 24/09/2019 17:45

I get called mummalicious. Proper cringe! But I call my kids all sorts so I let it go!

Mamamia456 · 24/09/2019 17:50

VladmirsPoutine - It was on a Brexit thread!

sparepantsandtoothbrush · 24/09/2019 17:55

Me and DD have said "goodnight baby bird" and "goodnight mummy bird" since she was 2. She's 12 now 😂 I have tried just saying goodnight but she won't have any of it. That said, I don't think she would be impressed if I said it in front of her mates

plunkplunkfizz · 24/09/2019 17:55

It’s also an irritating, reductive get out for people to be rude and entitled sometimes.

“I went full on mama bear/grizzly mama and...” is usually code for someone behaving in a rude and irrational way to helicopter their PFB.

MorganKitten · 25/09/2019 03:53

I actual know her through mutual friend, the point was to punish him for his rude behaviour, she embarrassed him and it worked.

ConfusedAndStressed95 · 25/09/2019 04:18

My siblings are in their forties and I'm in my twenties, we call our mam Mother Bear, it started when I was little and it stuck.

evilharpy · 25/09/2019 05:53

This does make me cringe, but not as much as people wearing actual t shirts saying things like “this mum can” or “mama bear”.

BananasAreTheSourceOfEvil · 25/09/2019 06:07

It’s just a pet name. I don’t think she thinks that she’s actually a bear.

God I hope she self identifies as a bear 😂😂

Happyandglorious · 25/09/2019 06:37

Sorry to de-rail. Have had to look up 'boak' always good to have an extra vom related word handy.

MidnightMystery · 25/09/2019 06:46

I feel sorry for that kid

Lowlandlucky · 25/09/2019 06:55

JustMe81 When he is a teenager he will have other names for you, My teen son used to call me his "old girl" in fact he still calls me it if he thinks i cant hear him !

Sallycinammonbangsthedruminthe · 25/09/2019 07:36

Agree totally OP...these daft pet names give me the right hump! Hate it ..

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