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over a year ago
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To be fair my kids (eldest 18) still calls me mummy, I’ve tried so many times for them to call me mum, nothing shifts them! I don’t think they refer to me as mummy to friends or anything, just me.
Danish x |
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By *sGivesWoodWoman
over a year ago
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"To be fair my kids (eldest 18) still calls me mummy, I’ve tried so many times for them to call me mum, nothing shifts them! I don’t think they refer to me as mummy to friends or anything, just me.
Danish x"
Mine still do this, eldest is 21 this year lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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My 30 something children say mummy and daddy when referring to us i.e. ask mummy, have you heard from daddy.
When talking about us they say my mum, or my dad. |
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"just heard a 50yr old man use the term "Daddy" When referring to his father..
You can tell the kind of people I'm working for today  "
What kind of people are you working with that make you roll your eyes...twice? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"To be fair my kids (eldest 18) still calls me mummy, I’ve tried so many times for them to call me mum, nothing shifts them! I don’t think they refer to me as mummy to friends or anything, just me.
Danish x
Mine still do this, eldest is 21 this year lol"
Oh thank god I’m not the only one with strange children lol. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I think that Londoners sound funny, but there you go...
There is so much more to this great country of ours that exists outside on England.
We all have our quirks. |
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"Apparently it's a bit weird that I always call my Mum, Mother dearest. "
Not odd, I'd expect nothing less to leave your eloquent chops.
Eloquent was the right word yeah?
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"Everyone in Northern Ireland refers to their Mammy and Daddy. Got a problem with that?"
I think it's odd for an adult to use Mommy or Daddy however, we've got a friend from southern Ireland that says Mammy & Daddy & somehow it just sounds right in an Irish accent. Him saying Mom or Dad would sound odd, don't really understand how that works? |
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By *ugby 123Couple
over a year ago
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"I think that Londoners sound funny, but there you go...
There is so much more to this great country of ours that exists outside on England.
We all have our quirks."
Is that a dig at someone or a general observation? You sound very defensive.
When I went to Ireland I have to be honest it didn't sound odd as most say it, but if my OH started called his mum mummy in a non jokey way I would think it weird. |
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"Apparently it's a bit weird that I always call my Mum, Mother dearest. "
My eldest calls me this too, he is not saying the mummy stuff so much now (unless he wants something) but mother dearest.
All my kids call their dad Mr Man Child.
Danish x |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I think that Londoners sound funny, but there you go...
There is so much more to this great country of ours that exists outside on England.
We all have our quirks.
Is that a dig at someone or a general observation? You sound very defensive.
When I went to Ireland I have to be honest it didn't sound odd as most say it, but if my OH started called his mum mummy in a non jokey way I would think it weird."
Not a dig, I just had to pick a regional accent and Danny Dyer popped into my head first.
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By *ugby 123Couple
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"I think that Londoners sound funny, but there you go...
There is so much more to this great country of ours that exists outside on England.
We all have our quirks.
Is that a dig at someone or a general observation? You sound very defensive.
When I went to Ireland I have to be honest it didn't sound odd as most say it, but if my OH started called his mum mummy in a non jokey way I would think it weird.
Not a dig, I just had to pick a regional accent and Danny Dyer popped into my head first.
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If the subject was about regional accents that would make sense |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Apparently it's a bit weird that I always call my Mum, Mother dearest.
My eldest calls me this too, he is not saying the mummy stuff so much now (unless he wants something) but mother dearest.
All my kids call their dad Mr Man Child.
Danish x"
I only started calling her Mother dearest to annoy her. Then it just sort of stuck, now it doesn't bother her, which annoys me. |
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I call my parents mum and dad, the olds or the rents. I have friends who call their parents mummy and daddy. I think you can infer certain things about people by the way they refer to their parents but not necessarily in a bad way. |
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By *ugby 123Couple
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"Apparently it's a bit weird that I always call my Mum, Mother dearest.
My eldest calls me this too, he is not saying the mummy stuff so much now (unless he wants something) but mother dearest.
All my kids call their dad Mr Man Child.
Danish x
I only started calling her Mother dearest to annoy her. Then it just sort of stuck, now it doesn't bother her, which annoys me. "
You see if that was me I would then call the son my little soldier  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Apparently it's a bit weird that I always call my Mum, Mother dearest.
My eldest calls me this too, he is not saying the mummy stuff so much now (unless he wants something) but mother dearest.
All my kids call their dad Mr Man Child.
Danish x
I only started calling her Mother dearest to annoy her. Then it just sort of stuck, now it doesn't bother her, which annoys me.
You see if that was me I would then call the son my little soldier "
My mom goes more savage and starts calling me Princess. |
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"Apparently it's a bit weird that I always call my Mum, Mother dearest.
My eldest calls me this too, he is not saying the mummy stuff so much now (unless he wants something) but mother dearest.
All my kids call their dad Mr Man Child.
Danish x
I only started calling her Mother dearest to annoy her. Then it just sort of stuck, now it doesn't bother her, which annoys me.
You see if that was me I would then call the son my little soldier
My mom goes more savage and starts calling me Princess."
My son is my Princess. His sisters don't let him forget it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Apparently it's a bit weird that I always call my Mum, Mother dearest.
My eldest calls me this too, he is not saying the mummy stuff so much now (unless he wants something) but mother dearest.
All my kids call their dad Mr Man Child.
Danish x
I only started calling her Mother dearest to annoy her. Then it just sort of stuck, now it doesn't bother her, which annoys me. "
Yep that’s how it started for me, I would get so annoyed and would ask to be called mum but now it’s a sign of endearment lol. |
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it was done infront of both me and my colleague. He wanted his "Daddy's" Opinion.
I'm sorry, maybe it's the toxic masculinity working it's way round my system. It doesn't sound so odd coming from the mouth of a woman, maybe I'm a little sexist? It was not an Irish thing..
T'was a Class thing. |
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"it was done infront of both me and my colleague. He wanted his "Daddy's" Opinion.
I'm sorry, maybe it's the toxic masculinity working it's way round my system. It doesn't sound so odd coming from the mouth of a woman, maybe I'm a little sexist? It was not an Irish thing..
T'was a Class thing."
Were they also a “professional”....  |
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"it was done infront of both me and my colleague. He wanted his "Daddy's" Opinion.
I'm sorry, maybe it's the toxic masculinity working it's way round my system. It doesn't sound so odd coming from the mouth of a woman, maybe I'm a little sexist? It was not an Irish thing..
T'was a Class thing.
Were they also a “professional”.... "
Let's just say, they probably didn't look at me as if I were a Professional. |
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By *yrdsisWoman
over a year ago
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I find it highly amusing to call my Dad Daddy when out in public.. he gets suitably embarrassed by it.. not that I'm evil or anything 
Also do the same thing to my "Uncle" Peter... Mums best friend of 50 years...I find it hilarious as an adult to still call him Uncle as I know it irritates the life out of him |
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I’m 36 and terrifically common but I still call my daddy my daddy. I also still say I love you to him and if I’m staying at the mothership he still says ‘goodnight, god bless, love you’ before bed. He’s bloody lovely and will always be my daddy.
If this chap wants to call his daddy the same then it’s perfectly normal to him. Isn’t it grand that he’s comfortable with it and not worried about who may be listening? |
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"I’m 36 and terrifically common but I still call my daddy my daddy. I also still say I love you to him and if I’m staying at the mothership he still says ‘goodnight, god bless, love you’ before bed. He’s bloody lovely and will always be my daddy.
If this chap wants to call his daddy the same then it’s perfectly normal to him. Isn’t it grand that he’s comfortable with it and not worried about who may be listening? "
I don't think he's worried.. because he can just pay some bigger boys to beat us up for sniggering at him.
You raise a fair point.. as do others, I don't really have any issues with women calling their dad's "Daddy" Maybe I just didn't like him, because he was a old money, twerp. I was trying not to be judgemental about that.. so found another reason instead. Only it led back to the same place.
I'm the last person who should be judging anyone, granted. I'm guilty of some very treasonous behaviour myself, but this proper tickled.. and annoyed me both at the same time.
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