What do you call your parents? (male, grandmother, girls, mother)

[pekemom]

My mother didn't like "Mommy" so I called her Mama until I was older, then it was Mom. I always called my father "Daddy", he died when I was 26. My brother's called him Dad.

[jamary1]

My 94-year-old mother is still "Mama". I'll introduce her with "this is my mother", but call her Mother? Nope, that's cold.

My late father was Daddy or Pop, depending on the day and circumstances. Call him Father? Nope, same as above.

[Matt Marcinkiewicz]

Mom and Dad for me, at age 33 (and probably since age 6 or so). My personal favorite that I've witnessed is/was my uncle, who called his parents (my maternal grandparents) by their first names while they were alive. I once asked my mom when he began that, and he apparently adopted the practice around the start of college as a way of asserting 'adult independence'. Never stopped doing it. Fast forward to now, when he has a son in his mid-20s, and sure enough I've witnessed the practice being carried on to the next generation

[cat1116]

Mom & Dad.

Mom's parents were Grandma & Grandpa.
Dad's parents were Nana & Grandpa Joe.
Since we all used to live within the same town as youngsters, it may have been easy in conversations to know who was who.

[C24L]

Originally Posted by Sand&Salt

Lately I've been reading books set on the east coast with very wealthy families and the adult children address their parents as "Daddy" and "Mama" or even "Mommy" sometimes.

DH and I had affluent parents and agree we quit that baby talk as young children.

It was "Dad" and "Mom" from then on. No Sir or Ma'am either. He is from NYC suburb and I'm from So Cal.

What about you?

mom and dad

[the minx]

"Daddy" is very common in the south. I still use it. I've never called him anything else.

I used "mama" for a while, then switched to "mom" sometime around preteen or teen years.

[Rachel976]

Mommy and Daddy until I was about 6 or 7. From then on, they were Mom and Dad.

[tasmtairy]

Mom and Dad. I live in NC now for 20 years and they all say Daddy, "tell your Daddy I said hey", I say "I'll tell my Dad, you said hi". it really bugs me when I hear adults saying Daddy. I suppose it's geographical.

[Spuggy]

I see nothing strange about mummy and daddy, however I always called my mother mam.

[charolastra00]

Mom and Dad.


My mom always referred to my dad as "daddy' when talking about him, which my brother and I finally had to put a stop to in our late 20s. We hadn't called him that since we were 5 or 6. He refers to my mom as "your mother" when talking about her.