"Daddy"--Am I the only one that cringes? (brother, adults)

[Larry Siegel]

My mother (1919-2004) called her father (1887-1991) "Daddy." It sounded nice to me.

[Charlotteborn]

I think Mommy and Daddy are fine until kids are about 5 or 6.

After that - Mom and Dad.

I absolutely cringe when I hear an adult using Mommy or Daddy - yuck.

[mapmd]

Originally Posted by GiGi603

Am I the only one that cringes when I hear grown kids call their father, "Daddy"?

I don't really think, even if I had had a wonderful loving relationship with my father, I would have called him Daddy in my adult years.

It's fine if a young-ish female does it, even into adulthood. But for boys...I think I stopped calling my dad "daddy" around 4.

[breakingbad]

Originally Posted by latetotheparty

sorry.... you could not be MORE wrong in your assessment......

I lost my father when I was 20 years old.... but would still be calling him Daddy today at age 54 if I could..... and when I speak of him, he is Daddy......

my mother was always momma.... and still is when I speak of her....

I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your father. You are an exception because you lost your father when you were quite young so naturally when you think of him it would be from that period of your life.
Aside from situations such as yours I stand by my original post.
I cannot imagine losing my dad at that age...or ever. Sorry, again.

[L3XX]

uhhhhh.. yea?

sounds like you've got some personal issues other people don't have (with their daddies)

[stella maris]

Originally Posted by GiGi603

Am I the only one that cringes when I hear grown kids call their father, "Daddy"?

I don't really think, even if I had had a wonderful loving relationship with my father, I would have called him Daddy in my adult years.

i dont know where you live, or where you are from originally

its QUITE the norm in the south.....

ps : i['m not a southerner, just grew up and spent my formative years there

ive seen 45 yr old BAD - ass men w/ tats and piercings and all call their father "daddy". no-one thought twice about it.....

[L3XX]

If mine was still alive I think I'd still be calling him daddy. When I talk about him I say daddy. So.. yea probably. They just don't have as many good names for dads like they do for moms. Dad... pop... pops... father.. what else.. none of those fit when I think of my father they're all too stiff. They need something in between Daddy and father.

Now calling my mother mommy as an adult would feel weirder. I think I stoppped doing that after elementary school. I call her Ma.

[elvira310]

Along with Daddy, I called my dad "Papa" from time to time, which he tolerated. None of us ever called him "Father." His sister called him "Brother." Not weird, but I don't know of anyone else who called their brother "Brother."

In our case it was more what he wanted. He wanted "Daddy" and that's what we called him. He died when we were relatively young (earlyish adulthood) and so we're stuck referring to him as Daddy. I don't care how old I get, he'll always be Daddy.

[KathrynAragon]

I know every family's different, but I am personally glad my adult kids don't call me Ma. To me, that sounds like some old lady wearing a bonnet and going out every day to chop wood and feed chickens! No offense - for real. It's just not me. But I don't know many southerners who call their parents Ma and Pa or Ma and Pop like apparently is common in other regions. Most people I know call their parents Mom and Dad, or Mama and Dad or Mama and Daddy, even as adults.

I call my parents (in their 70s) Mom and Dad but when I'm feeling very affectionate I call my dad Daddy. He and I know it's a "pet name" and not what I usually call him. I call my inlaws by their first names. My husband calls them Mom and Dad. He calls my parents by their first names.

My adult kids call me Mama - which actually sort of surprises me. The girls call their dad Daddy but the boys call him Dad.

The funny thing is that all of them but one spell it as Mama. My artsy one spells it Momma. Go figgur.

My youngest son sort of alternates between Mama and Mother. Sometimes he calls me Mother Dearest as a joke. Hmmmm. LOL! It always sounds so crazy when he says it! But I sort of like the Mother thing. It's odd - he didn't start doing that till he was grown.

Grandkids call me MiMi.

[saibot]

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?