"Mummy....."?

[HeidiSomerset]

My 15 year old goddaughter starts every sentence addressed to her mother with "Mummy?" and waits for her mother to say "Yes" before saying whatever it was she wanted to say, even when there are only 3 of us in the room. She does it when the rest of the family is present and even when thre are other people in the room. I don't know if she does it in front of her friends.
I clearly remember my own mother telling me to stop doing that, although I can't remember how old I was when she did that.
As a godmother, I understand it's not my pace to say anything at all, but I'd just like to know if this normal at her age?
Any insignt appreciated.

Mummy gives me the ick.
Other than that, my 14yo shouts MUUUUM and waits for a response. If there's someone else there she would prob say Mum and wait for me to say yes so I knew the question was for me

It's strange IMO but could be depending on where you are from. I'm from the North East and saying mummy (or Mammy in our case!) would be considered out of the ordinary and odd past a certain age. Yet my Irish friend has always called hers Mammy which is the norm there.

The first is my eldest DS 🤦🏼‍♀️ almost 11 and it drives me bananas

It could be worse....mine is 6 and conversations usually go:

Mummy?
Yes?
Mummy?
Yes?
Mummy?
...Yes?
Mummy?
Yes????
Can I have a biscuit?
🤦‍♀️

Using mummy at 15 is fine but I'd be surprised if she does it infront of friends

I'm 36 and I sometimes still use mummy...

Thank heavens for polite children

Yes!! I called mine the Mothership as a teenager 🤣🤣

Isn't it to make sure she has her attention? If I was doing something and one of my kids just came in and said 'mum can you tell me...' I'd be annoyed! I might have been talking to whomever else is there, on the phone, watching TV, reading - whatever. It's more polite to address the person first, and wait for acknowledgement.
Look at it this way. You walk in to a room and say to a person 'excuse me', wait for them to look at you, then ask your question; you don't just barge in and assume they are just standing there idly waiting for you!

It seems polite to me that a child gets a parent's attention and then waits before speaking. I'd not be bothered if it was Mummy/Mum/Excuse me mum or anything similar.

It's much more annoying when you're mid conversation and someone's older children insist on interrupting.

When my 95-year-old neighbour is in a reflective mood and reminiscing (which is most days, but I don't mind, a cuppa and a chat with her is fascinating) she calls her long, long-dead parents 'Mummy' and 'Daddy'. As in, 'So then Daddy decided we would buy this house, but Mummy took some persuading'.
I called mine 'Mum' until I was a teenager and started using her first name, because I was friends with a girl who had an arty, bohemian family and they all called the parents by their first names.

And your issue is?????

I'm 52 and when I 'phone home', I always say 'hello mummy!'.

What exactly is there to say and what is wrong with this? 😊

Any insight appreciated

what insight do you need? Why do you even care?

What are you having trouble with?

There are 15 year olds out there doing all sorts and getting into all manner of trouble. If this is all you need insight on you should probably chill out.

Another one who can't see the issue.

My husband and his family do this but their parents names are quite cutsey. I call my mum mummy quite often!

Any insight on this?
Yes you’re being a bit weird even asking for insight OP.
Perfectly fine and none of your business anyway!

I guess OP thinks she’s trying to control the conversation- demanding mum’s atterather than contributing like an adult. And that’s the issue- she’s hovering between equality and childhood!

I know someone who insists her daughter calls her 'mummy' despite being an adult, but that's because she likes to do anything she thinks the 'upperclasses' do like going to 'the polo', the opera, and wearing Tiffany, whilst on the other hand, behaving in ways that are certainly not classy.

I get a couple of those, My son is 24 and sometimes calls me mumsy I love it 🥰

I call my mum - mum, mother dearest if I want something or mumsie

My dad is always been dad never anything else.

Perhaps that is what her mum has told her to do?

Mine don't do this although they generally wouldn't continue with what they want to say without some acknowledgement from me that I'm listening.

Does she stretch it out, in that annoying whiny way 7 year olds do when shouting down the stairs?

“Muuuuummeeeee!”

If not, I can’t see the issue.

Me and my sister call our mum The Mothership to each other
How's the mothership?
Have you spoken to the mothership?

And to her it's generally mumm-ra.
Hi mumm-ra, how's your day been?