Grown women referring to their father as Daddy

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Can we please make this illegal? It makes me cringe whenever I see or hear it.

Why can't you just say Dad?........ Simple. Effective. Not creepy.

Makes me think of Hyacinth Bucket and her daddy!

Nothing wrong with it.

People can call their parents whatever they like

They don't have to agree it with YOU

Not that I call mine Mummy or Daddy (DD has died now) but its up to people wtf they want to use .
So judgy half of you

I say Mummy and Daddy, and why not. I hate Pops as a name for granddad but if you choose to say it that's your choice. Each to their own yabu.

I say Mummy and Daddy - am over 40
I want to, they probably expect it after all these years
Dont see how its anyone else's business
And tbh my relationship with my parents is far more important than what someone who clearly has too much time on their hands, thinks

Mine are daddy and the Mothership. I don't give a shit what anyone else thinks; they're fabulous and the names have worked pretty well for the last 28 years. Besides, how does it impact upon anyone else in the world what people call their parents?

It makes me feel a bit Vom.

God who gives a shit what people call their parents, if they are happy to do so, and it's a cultural norm why do people worry so much about it?

DRFT as it is probably repetition ad infinitum, just like this post I suppose.

Wish I had them both now, but I don't. Bless you Mam and Dad. Hope that's ok for the parent naming police!

My dad does this. Is that OK?

Irish family. Mammy and Daddy are completely the norm. My mum was still calling her father Daddy when he was in his 80s - I really don't see it as creepy.

I called my father “Daddy” until the day he died. I’m guessing your were not lucky enough to have a father you adored. HTH.

Cringe away OP.

My sister calls our mum and dad, mummy and daddy always in a stupid voice, its creepy and annoys everyone. After childhood it's weird

agree, who gives a shit

I try not to speak to my parents at all, much less talk about them. What other people call theirs is nothing to do with me and being so judgmental about other people's harmless choices is just one of the reasons I have no contact with my parents.

My grandparents used to call each other Mother and Father and I thought that was a bit odd as a child because they were so clearly not each other's parent (although it's not untypical of their time and place I suppose). I have no idea if it continued when we weren't there though.

My adult children call me 'Mummykins' 🤦‍♀️ Occasionally I get Mum, when I'm apparently 'being deaf' (and they've had to shout MUM!!!), and often Mumsy or Mummy Dearest, or Little Ma...I answer to them all...because at the end of the day, as long as they're still calling me, that's all that actually matters really 🤷‍♀️

I hope my little boys carry on calling us mummy and daddy forever!

I call mine Daddy when he does something nice or I want him to do something. Otherwise Dad

I call my parents Mummy and Daddy. It’s between us what we call each other, isn’t it?

But I don’t refer to them as Mummy and Daddy when talking to third parties. Is that what you mean? Your thread title talks about ‘referring’. If so I agree, it’s a bit odd for an adult to refer to their parents as Mummy and Daddy in their absence.

Or did you use the word ‘refer’ incorrectly? Because if so you really shouldn’t be policing other people’s use of language.

My father was Daddy for all of his 88 years, I wouldn't dream of calling him Dad. I didn't call my mother "Mum" either. I can't see why anybody else would make what I call my own parents their business.

My mother answers to: 'Mum', 'Mummy', 'Mam' and 'Mammy' but my father was always 'Dad'. I think we might have called him 'Daddy' when we were very young children, but 'Dad' suited him much better. He was a tough N Yorks farmer.

Strangely enough, he was always known as 'Son' by his parents and siblings and he remained 'Son' to that generation until the day he died, in his early nineties.

I call my dad, daddeeeeee which would be heard as daddy. Its our thing and a term of endearment.

My dad i is Irish and called his parents Mammy and Daddy until they died. My daughter's sometimes call us Mummy and Daddy but it's become less often. I think I was about 9 when I started saying Mum and Dad but very often if I buy a birthday card or something it will have Mummy or Daddy on the front.

I've always thought of it as either an Irish thing or a really posh 'Made In Chelsea' type thing!

Irish here Mammy and daddy although when they sign cards to me they say Mam and the Da.