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Old 11-05-2015, 11:00 AM
 
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As an adult do you still refer to your parents by mom, mommy, dad, daddy or any other names you referred to them when you were a kid?
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Old 11-05-2015, 11:16 AM
 
Location: southwestern PA
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Yes.
What else would I call them? They are still my parents.
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Old 11-05-2015, 11:29 AM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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Mom and Dad, yes. Mommy and Daddy sounds stupid coming from an adult.
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Old 11-05-2015, 11:46 AM
 
Location: Avignon, France
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Mom and dad, but on occasion I'll call my dad... daddy.
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Old 11-05-2015, 11:48 AM
 
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As an adult I call them Mom and Dad.
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Old 11-05-2015, 11:48 AM
 
Location: Niagara Region
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Here's the weird thing. When I address them it's always mum and dad. But when my sister and I are talking about them it's always, 'what did mummy say?' 'when did daddy give you that?'
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Old 11-05-2015, 11:49 AM
 
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Mother
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Old 11-05-2015, 11:56 AM
 
Location: State of Washington (2016)
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I call my parents mom and daddy. I've alway's been a daddy's girl and even my older siblings still call him daddy, but my mother is always "mom."

When my (grown) daughter wants something from us and is trying to butter us up, she calls me "mommy" and my husband "daddy."
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Old 11-05-2015, 12:42 PM
 
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I don't know why, it just came totally natural, but this is what I said in adulthood like around 30 or 40:

Getting my mom's attention: Mom! or Mother!
Talking about my mom to my dad: mommy
Talking about my mom to my brother: my mom (his birth mother died when he was 3)
Talking to anyone else about my mom: my mom
When I was sick: I want my mommy

Getting my dad's attention: Dad!
Talking about my dad to my mom: daddy
Talking about my dad to brother: my dad
Talking to anyone else about my dad: my dad
Now that he is with Jesus: my daddy (tearing up)
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Old 11-05-2015, 12:54 PM
 
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Mom, Mother or Mom Cat, same as it's always been.

For Dad, it was Dad.
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