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

[MillicentSmythFortescue]

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.

@Aosdana
I love that .

Also, as an Irish person, I wouldn’t say ‘Mammy’ and ‘Mummy’ are in any way equivalent, though. I mean ‘Mammy’ isn’t ‘Mummy’ in an Irish accent, it has an entirely different set of associations in terms of age/class/urban/rural etc profiles.

Oh and my kids call their dad papa, their choice from when they started french after school club at primary school

[quote MillicentSmythFortescue]@maddiemookins16mum
I think you've hit the nail there. Mummy and Daddy combined with Supper is where it grates.[/quote]
Well at least your chips are nicely balanced

None of my kids have switched over to calling me mom from mommy yet (I’m a brummie living down south so that’s what they say ) and my oldest is 12.

I don’t want to be mum

It's normal in my family. I had no idea we make so many Mumsnetters cringe, feel sick, 'have such a reaction to it' until I saw one of the many threads which crop up on here every so often!

Your disapproval has been noted

These threads always go the same way.

Everyone piles on to say it's posh, pretentious and sounds ridiculous. Lots of snide comments are always made about the upper classes or people aspiring to be posh too.

My adult dcs call me either Mum or Mama.
Dhs adult kids call him Father.
My auntie is my auntie. I used aunt to refer to my great aunts.
Never used Nanny always Grandma and Grandad. I'm working class.

@movingonup20

Oh and my kids call their dad papa, their choice from when they started french after school club at primary school

I called my grandad Papa!

I feel a bit similar to adults who call their grans ‘nanny’ or their aunts, ‘aunty’. I don’t know why, it just sounds childlike from an adult.

I call the aunts who have names beginning with 'A' auntie (I have two of them) because it feels awkward to say aunt. 🤷 Nothing childlike about it.

No! Here children under 10 call their parents mummy or daddy- adults do not!

Maybe it’s a regional thing?

@NoIDontWatchLoveIsland

My children (1 & rising 4) currently call me Mama which I can't seem to break them of! Older one used to call me mummy as is normal, but then copied the baby calling me mama. I'm persisting in referring to myself as "mummy".... we're not french...and hoping they grow out of it.

Dts picked up Mamma somewhere and I'm still mamma and they're 10. Absolutely Not in front of their friends though!

I had no idea we make so many Mumsnetters cringe, feel sick, 'have such a reaction to it' until I saw one of the many threads which crop up on here every so often!

Your disapproval has been noted wink

Lol, I don't say Mummy it Daddy, but have no issue with anyone who does. But there have been lots of things over the years, that So thought were normal, but apparently not according to Mumsnet . Especially things that relate to having a regional dialect.

Urgh. 'and' and 'I'. I must learn to use the preview.

I call my parents Mam & Dad and I'm 47
Called my Nana That until she died.
If I am speaking to either parent about the other it's Mammy or Daddy.

My DD calls me Mam or Mammy.

In South Wales everyone is Mam

[quote MillicentSmythFortescue]@Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies
It definitely sounds different from an Irish person; it's incredibly sweet.
I really hate it when spoken from a cut-glass English accent.[/quote]
How bloody patronising.

My kids in their late teens/early 20s still call us Mummy & Daddy.

I remember being slammed on here for it once.

They also have a range of unflattering nicknames for us which I won't share on here.

I really don't care what they call us or what other people think.

A friend mentioned "mummy and daddy" in relation to her parents the other day. It surprised me at first as it's not that common (as in usual!) but i think her background is quite posh.
I refer to my MIL as "nan" I'm not sure why.

It’s a rich / posh people thing. I went to private school and many of my peers called their parents mummy and daddy (though I never did after the age of about 12!). My dad’s sisters all called their mother Mummy and their dad Pa.

My DC both used to call me mama. I liked it. Now they're teen/tween they call me mum. I'd hate to be called "mother" but DD does it sometimes just to annoy me!

What does aunt mean as opposed to auntie?

It's a reference to a children's book (which I can picture but can't name). It's 'auntie' when it's someone loving and you love back, and 'aunt' is a friendly relative. Can anyone help me with the book or quote?

I also associate ‘Mummy and Daddy’ as posh when used by adults.

My DDs still call us ‘Mummy and Daddy’ at 11 and 8 but when they speak about us to their friends, they say ‘Mum and Dad’.

It's absolutely cringe IMO

Our evening meal is supper but I haven't called my parents Mummy and Daddy since I was about 8!

So do some don't 🤷‍♂️