AIBU to think that is is completely normal to call your parents Mummy and Daddy as an adult.

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I read a thread yesterday where someone mentioned people calling their parents 'Mummy and Daddy' in parenthood. A couple of people said they called their parents 'Mummy and Daddy too'. I associate this name with young children, when I was a child everyone converted to Mum and Dad around the age of 7. Trivial I know and none of my business but I was wondering how widespread it is?

AIBU - it is normal to call your parents Mummy and Daddy in adulthood in a non-ironic way.

Totally normal.

Think its very cringe worthy after the age of 10. But each to thier own. Also the word Daddy is completly ruined to me now given how its become cool to call your partner it in bed ..Thats another topic though

@maddiemookins16mum

Only if you call your main evening meal ‘Supper’.

Supper is a light and informal meal in the evening, not a proper "main evening meal". It isn't the same as dinner.

Why do you care what other people call their parents?

@StardewMelons

Think its very cringe worthy after the age of 10. But each to thier own. Also the word Daddy is completly ruined to me now given how its become cool to call your partner it in bed ..Thats another topic though

Eeeeeew!!! What the hell?

I use breakfast, dinner and tea... But breakfast lunch and dinner is also fine.. I always thought supper was a later evening snack almost, like a piece of toast after 8pm. Dont think ive ever heard it used to replaced dinner/tea

I feel as though I was peer pressured out of addressing my parents as Mummy and Daddy since all my friends called their parents "Mum and Dad in Hull when I was a kid.

My Dad is from a fairly posh back ground so I guess it is a posh people thing. My paternal Grand Parents were always known as Mummy and Ba (some sort of baby word for "Pa," I think? ) right up until their last days, by all their children (my uncles and aunts and my Dad obviously;) so it's just a case of "if it ain't broke don't fix it.

My Mum's Parents were always known as Abuela and Abuelo but that's because my Mum's from Cuba. But that's just the Spanish equivalent of Grand Pa and Grandma .

Your mum and dad are always going to be Mummy and Daddy or Mum and Dad right up until the day they pass . That's just normal isn't it?

No it's not normal. That's fucking weird

@JinpingShuffle What the hell at what part? Hopefully at people calling their partner Daddy in bed because thats how I feel when I see it haha

Any boy who likes to be called daddy by a girl is straight up pervert sorry

[quote StardewMelons]@JinpingShuffle What the hell at what part? Hopefully at people calling their partner Daddy in bed because thats how I feel when I see it haha[/quote]
Yes, that part!! 🤮

Grim. Feeling queasy after reading that @StardewMelons! 😩😩

@JinpingShuffle Well Im in my late 20s and I used to use social media a lot (I don't at all now and my life is so much better) anyway I digress... When topics would come up about "Do you call your partner Daddy in bed" If anyone said no, or reacted like.. (bleughh) theyd be called boring, vanilla, kink shaming ETC and I'm all for the power dynamic in the bedroom.. But using the word Daddy to me is bizarre, what a way to kill a libido Lol

Supper is a light and informal meal in the evening, not a proper "main evening meal". It isn't the same as dinner. nope. Super is the main evening meal if you don’t have guests or go out (in which case it’s dinner). It doesn’t have to be “light” and certainly isn’t tea and toast. Breakfast, lunch, tea (as in bread and cake with a teapot), and then supper.

I am very posh and also opinionated

@5zeds Please don't ruin my definition of supper! Its a cosy piece of toast (or very unhealthy snack) after reasonable eating times

My daughter is 10 and calls me mum, however if she is feeling unwell or wants me to order/buy her something then she calls me Mama.
My mum is 84 and lives with us and I call her mum, but we are from Liverpool and I sometimes call her “girl” and she calls me that as well .
It’s a Liverpool thing and shows love not disrespect, so I can’t really comment about saying mama .

Or mummy

Central belt in Scotland. I only remember calling my parents mum and dad and my kids went from mama to mummy to mum by 6 or 7. Have a nickname for their dad. Maw and da used a lot here too. I had a gran and nana but the kids like to call MIL granny which she hates (you cannae throw your granny aff a bus ). Nightmare up here to get a grandpa card, which seems quite a common term - card makers take note!

Supper is tea and toast before bed!

[quote StardewMelons]@JinpingShuffle Well Im in my late 20s and I used to use social media a lot (I don't at all now and my life is so much better) anyway I digress... When topics would come up about "Do you call your partner Daddy in bed" If anyone said no, or reacted like.. (bleughh) theyd be called boring, vanilla, kink shaming ETC and I'm all for the power dynamic in the bedroom.. But using the word Daddy to me is bizarre, what a way to kill a libido Lol[/quote]
Jesus. I'm not averse to a bit of kink at all but that is vomit inducing. I am so glad I am older than you!

@Hobbitytoes

Supper is tea and toast before bed!

This. It's not the main evening meal. 😆

Or something like this @Hobbitytoes!

www.nigella.com/recipes/caramel-croissant-pudding

@5zeds

Supper is a light and informal meal in the evening, not a proper "main evening meal". It isn't the same as dinner. nope. Super is the main evening meal if you don’t have guests or go out (in which case it’s dinner). It doesn’t have to be “light” and certainly isn’t tea and toast. Breakfast, lunch, tea (as in bread and cake with a teapot), and then supper.

I am very posh and also opinionated

These days for me it is light because young children force me to have dinner at 5pm and work means there's no opportunity for afternoon tea! 🤣 But yes I agree that formation may be traditional. But supper is certainly not traditionally synonymous with the main evening meal. It is meant to be an informal thing if there are no guests or a lighter, more indulgent, meal later in the evening.

To be honest the entire British ritual of meals is appalling. The way on most of the continent is much more civilised (at least further south): a savoury breakfast at 10ish, a long lunch at 2-4 with wine, and dinner at 10ish with much more wine. Preferably with a nap after lunch. Then no need for supper.

I suppose that here in the USA, it's a bit different. Here, it isn't so much of a class thing, although many of the very wealthy do so. But then, here, in general, it seems to be more about how close with your family you are. Southern girls, who tend to remain very tied to their original family even after marriage, tend to say "Mommy" (our version of "mummy"), or more commonly, Mama, and "Daddy" more often than northern girls. I had a rather fraught relationship with my mother, and converted to "Mom" early on. My father remained "Daddy" all of his life. Most people in the North use "Mom" and "Dad."

It may seem a touch odd that there is such a vast difference between Southern habits and Northern habits (and for that matter, eastern and western), but think of our geography. Eleven of our states are larger than GB, which makes for a LOT of differences in habits by geography. Although, I'd imagine (and would one day LOVE to see for myself) that there are real differences in language usage between, for instance, Yorkshire and Devonshire.

@Mamanyt

I suppose that here in the USA, it's a bit different. Here, it isn't so much of a class thing, although many of the very wealthy do so. But then, here, in general, it seems to be more about how close with your family you are. Southern girls, who tend to remain very tied to their original family even after marriage, tend to say "Mommy" (our version of "mummy"), or more commonly, Mama, and "Daddy" more often than northern girls. I had a rather fraught relationship with my mother, and converted to "Mom" early on. My father remained "Daddy" all of his life. Most people in the North use "Mom" and "Dad."

It may seem a touch odd that there is such a vast difference between Southern habits and Northern habits (and for that matter, eastern and western), but think of our geography. Eleven of our states are larger than GB, which makes for a LOT of differences in habits by geography. Although, I'd imagine (and would one day LOVE to see for myself) that there are real differences in language usage between, for instance, Yorkshire and Devonshire.

Ha! Yes, I think there was some kind of study that there are more differences in dialect and accent in the UK per square km than in any other country. Which translates into huge culture differences too. I suppose these developed when large distances were far less easily traversed, which would have been before there was even such a thing as the US.