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I called my Dad "daddy" as a child. I hit a certain age, maybe preteen or so, where I decided I was too old for that and switched to calling him dad. One day my Mom came to me and told me his feelings were very hurt that I'd stopped calling him daddy. It felt weird to go back to daddy by that point, but I did it for his sake. I used it until he died earlier this year. I don't care what anybody thinks of me for it. I wasn't doing it for anybody but him.
Yea its more urban when I say it or northeast jersey sound.. like a quick Ma.. not like Mawwh with a southern drawl. A lot of grown italians call their mother ma like I say it.
Called my father's mom nana when she was alive not grandma. She probably thought grandma sounded too old.
I called my parents Mommy and Daddy when I was very little, then Mom and Dad. Mom passed away almost 14 years ago; Dad is 90. I can't really imagine calling them anything else.
Our kids call us Mama and Daddy. I don't care for Mommy myself and I REALLY don't like to hear adults call their mothers Mommy. Daddy does not strike a nerve the same way, somehow. It sounds fine to me.
One pattern I have noticed with some people my age and older is that they call their parents "Mother" and "Dad." It doesn't make sense to me--why Mother, but not Father? Dad, but not Mom?
I called my mother ma or mom. But every once in a while I would slip in a mommy.
The last time was on her death bed. When I got there she cried out My baby... and I cried out Mommy.
And now I'm crying again.
But I gotta say -- if it really bothers people what people call their parents...maybe that's their own issues transferring onto others....
It makes me cringe to hear grown women call their father "Daddy"...yikes! I can't help but thinking they experienced an interruption in their ability to develop into and adult due to a poor relationship with their dad. People I know that refer to heir dad as "daddy" have had a history of abuse in their family. Emotionally they are still young.
I called my mother ma or mom. But every once in a while I would slip in a mommy.
The last time was on her death bed. When I got there she cried out My baby... and I cried out Mommy.
And now I'm crying again.
But I gotta say -- if it really bothers people what people call their parents...maybe that's their own issues transferring onto others....
I'm sorry about your loss. I lost my mother, too, when I was 31.
I would never comment on what someone else calls their parent, or express any displeasure or disapproval. That would be very rude. But I do have my own private "preferences." I was simply answering the OP's question. There are certain grammatical expressions and pronunciations that make me cringe inside too, but you would never know, because I keep it to myself. Probably everybody does, so please don't take it personally.
We never did Mom and Dad.
Because my mother died when my sisters and I were young we never got past the stage of calling her mommy. When we talk about her nowadays, we refer to her as momma.
My father, "daddy", became "Pop" as we grew older and stayed that way till his death. My older brothers often referred to him as "the old man" but they didn't call him that.
I like Momma. So sorry your Momma died when you were very young.
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