Being called 'mum' by doctors

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Am I the only one who feels annoyed by this? Its like having your identity taken away. Nurses and doctors do it. I always want to say 'err, i'm not your mother'.
Maybe they can't remember my name?

lol magso my ds 6yo also calls me only by name (& because of poor pronunciation to most people it doesn't even sound like that!). However, here in sunny Portugal, all health workers, teachers, therapists & generally everyone I deal with because of Ds calls me "mother" & when it's people I've been dealing with for years I find it really irritating - like they can't be bothered to remember the mums' names

Yeah, no-one ever calls my dh 'Dad'.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, why is that?
I think I will call him that when doctors call me Mum.
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I thought it was just me! It always drove me bonkers when DS was in hospital and the doctors called me mum. That's just irritating tho and another more serious problem has been identified on this thread.Recently social services came to assess my 84 year old dad following an op. The stupid woman insisted on calling him by his first name even tho it was obvious it made him uncomfortable. I felt it was belittling and it sounded like she was talking to a child. What made me even more annoyed was that my dad lives in an area which is very ethnically diverse and I bet the s. worker would take pains to make sure she addressed clients from an ethnic background correctly (and so she should) so why couldn't she show my dad the same respect? I am so cross I feel like raising the point with SServices. AIBU?

I confess to calling myself "mummy" most of the time and my husband, "daddy". I have no qualms whatsoever about anyone else calling me "mum," or "mummy," either, if done in the context of an appointment at which my child is the patient, as I am then at that appointment by virtue of my status as his mother. I would be annoyed if at the same appointment my husband wasn't referred to as "dad," though.

I HATE being referred to as Ms. And I'd find it a bit OTT if someone were to ask me what I wanted to be called during my child's appointment - so I guess the poor medical professionals just can't avoid annoying someone.

Well, now that we can choose what surname to give to our children it would be quite complicated to keep on track of what surname or title should be used for the mother.

I actually preffer the Tumbletots way... they call "Grown-ups" anyone other than children. I love when they say "XXX take your grown-up to the next station"

In Ds1's reports I am known as "his mum".

As long as they treat my son well they can call me what they want. I dont mind being called mum/ms ***/denise etc. I guess we spend that much time in hospital with ds that it doesnt bother me. I dont find it disrespectful at all.

Infact in my work as a child social worker i address parents as mum/dad.

I have posted on this already but i feel i'm lucky too, my ds is 11 and we have been going into childrens dept since he was 3 weeks old, when we walk in now the ladies always say "Hello Wilfred", last year i arrived early(he was with his carer) and when i walked in they said "where is he?" also i have the consultants secretaries direct number which is nice. i know people knock the doctors but i think there are good experiences too!