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.

I still call my mum 'mummy' . I'm 31. I won't stop because it's an affectionate term for my mum. I use both mum and mummy interchangeably.

My father however... I refer to as aforementioned because I have very little relationship with him. Sometimes Dad. That's it. Theres a small part of me that misses the relationship I used to have with him (before I realised he was horrible) and I miss that time of calling him 'Daddy'.

op, if I may call you that: Why do you think you have any right to dictate what anyone else calls their parent?

Out of interest, who are you and what qualifies you for this superior post?

In what way does it affect you? In what way does it affect society?

Do you need to get a life?

My 12 and 13 year olds call us Mummy and Daddy. Where I grew up, you got teased for saying mummy and daddy past the age of about 8 but where we live now, it's not unusual.

I've suggested they switch but my son refuses saying those are our names and my daughter keeps forgetting and ends up slipping back into mummy and daddy.

Well, I believe finding what we all call our parents endearing is much healthier than all this silly cringing and being weirded out.

A person could adoringly call their parent Pimply Arse and it wouldn't bother me. It's all very personal.

My dad called his dad 'daddy' until he was in his 60s and he died.

He's American, though.

@Ladybirdman blimey.

As I've stated many times it was just a light-hearted post on a Saturday night. I have a regional accent which is constantly the source of amusement to those where I live. I accept we all say things differently and it's funny hearing about the variations and idiosyncies. Have you never once in your life said "I don't like that word" or found something someone said odd. Never?

My husband and I both call our parents Mummy and Daddy. We are 29 and 31. Everyone in our families calls their parents that!

Apologies to anyone Irish. You would think I would be a bit more culturally aware given my MIL is Irish (from Dublin) but I've never heard her or any of the family say this. They must be the minority

I love hearing adults use Daddy, I think it is lovely, can move me to tears seeing a very old man with a middle aged person calling him Daddy.....

No I haven't. I live in an area away from where i grew up So I am not accustomed to saying or thinking something so ridiculous as "I don't like that word". I am not the police of expressions or terms. As someone upthread said: My DD still calls us that and it seems natural for her to continue using the terms she always has. Just like it would be strange for us to start calling her Katherine rather than Katie just because she's not 5 anymore

It can be term of endearment. It seems nasty to attack it and I'm sorry if you feels the negative reactions are personal to you, OP, they are not. Scorning of what people call their parents has been a regular theme on mumsnet. It's nasty and bullying.

I say that as someone who has a mum and a dad.

I just accept it as the norm if the person is from NI or speaks RP.
I haven't heard it used under any other circumstances tbh.

@SirVixofVixHall

😂😂😂😂 maybe this thread will cause me to have a dramatic change of heart!!

I find it odd when spouses refer to each other as mummy and daddy or even mum and dad when the children have grown up or aren't actually present. "Your mum " is fine. Adults can call the their parents whatever they want, it doesn't bother me and is usually regional

I use Mother Mummy and mum. I have just realised that the other day when trying to get my mother's attention in a shop I shouted out mummy Now I am going to be very self conscious now or maybe not.
The thing I really do not get is couples who call each other mummy and daddy when referring to each other even when the kids are grown up and not even present I know with some it was so the kids did not call them by their Christian names. One once told me that their kids had started use their Christian names so they started to do this but once the kids are older I am sure they know by this stage what to call their parents

I wasn't trying to offend anyone

Well, it turns out you have. So at least have the grace to knock off the stupid emojis

OP wasn't trying to upset anyone. Could you not have just found another thread if this one was going to upset you?

I'm from N Ireland and I find that a lot of people here refer to 'my wee mummy' or 'my wee daddy' when they are talking to a third party about their mum or dad. I think it's really sweet.

@isabellerossignol that is sweet! 😂

My mum has always said mummy and daddy. Given she grew up piss poor half way up a mountain and the second last of 12 siblings I always though it was very sweet that she was so emotionally attached to want to call them that sort of name

My youngest two call me mama entirely out of their own volition - nothing to do with me. I am happy with mummy or mum (they are all under 7). Sometimes these things have their own way of happening

That poster and OP clearly sorted things on this thread, Green.

Stop stirring shite.

My aunties say that isabellerossignol. :o

Stop stirring shite

Stop making up shite.

Mmhm.

Why do you find it creepy?