To not be bothered about DC friends calling me by my first name when they come over?

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AIBU to think this and what do your DC’s friends call you? DH heard the friends today and he says he thinks they are “rude” and it should be “Mrs” or “Mr. “ WIBU?

My Dcs friends call me 'LittleColdGreenteaMug's Mummy' like a pp. I think it is cute.

I'm in the USA currently and get called Miss first name by dc's friends and family friends dc.
I find it super cute.

I would be more concerned about DH's attitude that what the DCs friends call you.
I was married to someone who had a similar Victorian attitude and demands. He was a control freak and a nightmare if he could not be in control. He was and still is abusive.
OP think carefully if you want to be with someone with such old fashioned ideas and hopes for the way he is treated. Look out for other signs of this attitude in other areas.

I have American colleagues in the states and love getting called Msssss Serenidddy.

DC's friends call me 'DC's mummy or mammy'. I am happy for them to use my name as they learn to. DH is the same 'DC's Daddy'.

My teenager's best friend calls me by my first name and I call her "Nugs" because she's obsessed with McD's chicky nuggies. If she started calling me Ms Maenad I would ask her if she was dabbling in illicit substances.

I'd hate for them to call me "Miss" and definitely prefer first names. Some of my friends and I say auntie first name as well

My DD shared her name with two others in her class, so I was always the full 'Sarah Smith's mummy'. I LOVED it

I think it's harder for children to know how to use Mrs X now anyway. Some parents aren't married, some have kept their own surname. Back in the day when it was usual to call people Mr and Mrs X, they usually were Mr and Mrs X but now it could cause offense. I know in work if I have to run after a parent to ask something, I don't always know how to address them. I don't always know their guest name, and I can't always assume their surname is the sane as their child's. Obviously if were writing to them or has chance to look up their details, I would ensure I got it right, but sometimes if I've just to forgotten to tell them little Jimmy wet himself at playtime it's in a rush and I don't know what to say. I have been known to say "Excuse me! Jimmy's mum!"

Ours always call friends by first names and we’ve generally been called by first names. One or two are more formal but not most.
Our children call their aunts and uncles by first names too.

Friends started off trying to get their children to call me Aunty Everyday.... - I hated it, and it was soon dropped, but as a child, my parents friends were uncle/aunty etc, and parents of friends were generally Mr/Mrs whatever.

I would prefer everybody to call me by my first name. Mrs Katypyee is so formal and unfriendly, Makes me feel ancient. I have no issue my first name being used by anybody. Although my youngest's friends tend to call me DC Mum anyway.

@littlepeas

Just remembered one of my friends at school (in the 90’s) used to call my dad ‘Mr’ and then my first name.

I did this in the 00s!

I'd find it very weird if DD's (future; she's only one) friends insisted on calling me Mrs. Marlowe. I'd hope for Kit, or Mrs. DDName.

Although I had a very close friend whose mum I also called Mum (she did the same with my mum and dad), so I'd be fine with that, too.

God. Mrs. Marlowe. That's my MIL!

I've never known anyone call a friend's parent Mr or Mrs. Always by their first name. I introduce them by their first names and always have!

Well and truly into my 50's and called friends mums Mrs..still do, despite being invited to call first name.
I certainly would find it bizarre to be called mrs by my children's friends.

However, is your husband forces as my neighbours a Colonel and Admiral 40 years ago were sticklers if we called the Mr!🙄....both very full of themselves, used to giving orders and utter twats to live with I subsequently heard.

Always by my first name.
It's not the 1800's!

Go and tell your mum, Mr X says you can see the cat when we’ve finished lunch

I’d find that really unattractive...

I was brought up to think calling adults but their first name was rude. I still secretly judge when I hear kids do it.

My DDs friends have a special nickname for me as in “alright bazza?” ( but it’s not that). I like it!

I was raised to refer to any adult as “mrs” or “mr” but when Invited to use the first name. That’s how I’ll raise my children too.

It wouldn't bother me at all.
"Mrs LikeATop" is way too formal.
When I was a kid I had a friend whose culture it was to call older people by Mr/Mrs/Ma'am/Sir, they compromised with my parents by calling them "Miss Sue" and "Mr. Bob". But they were genuinely uncomfortable with "Sue" and "Bob", it was considered very rude in their culture!

First name definitely. British but live abroad and a pet peeve of mine is children referring to adults as Miss First name, Mam/Sir or Mrs Last Name. There could be a big divide on this between British and American views. There are times for formality but DC's friends addressing me is not one of them IMO.

*Agree with all the other posters saying when we were young (I'm in my 50s) you called your parents' friends 'Auntie Sue' or whatever.

My own friends' parents were 'Mr and Mrs Morris'.

My DCs friends have always called me by my Christian name.*

Totally agree with this. Times change. My grandmother was on very friendly terms with her neighbours, but they always called her “Mrs Fry” and she called them “Mr and Mrs Jones”. Unheard of now. The only place it remains is in schools; even a CEO these days is “Mike” (or whatever).

@NataliaOsipova.

My goodness that reminded me of my grandma. She lived next door to Mrs Key for over 50 years.

The always called each other Mrs Key and Mrs Wilson - and they spoke over the fence almost every day.