Adults referring to their parents as Mommy and Daddy

[karmasabiotch]

bugs the hell out of me.  Someone on my FB always calls her father Daddy and she talks about being his baby girl.  She's at least 46. 

[Deleted]

This makes me gag, but its probably partially to do with the fact that I haven't called my own parents "mommy" or "daddy" since I was under the age of 5 and it just seems really weird to me.

[Deleted]

Add me to the list. I despise that.

[ECB]

My ILs refer to THEMSELVES as "mommy" and "daddy" to/around my DH. He's 40 and he can't recall when he last referred to them by those names!

[cheeseandcrackers]

Why, why would someone do that?

[daisybuchannan]

I think it's weird. I don't ever recall calling my parents anything but Mom and Dad.

[papie]

Even worse: FIL calls MIL Mommy.  He got that habit when his kids were little.  The youngest is now 30.  It confuses the hell out of the grandkids.  I suggested he call her grandma but it didn't stick.  It annoys me SO MUCH.  Probably because it is FIL.  If DH calls me mommy (referring to me as mommy in front of the kids is ok, calling me mommy because the kids are there is not) I flip "DON'T TURN INTO YOUR FATHER". 

[daisybuchannan]

Mar 7, 2013 13:28:58 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

I started calling my dad Daddy again after his first cancer diagnosis. Mostly just when talking directly to him, though. I think it made him happy.

This is sweet. 

[papie]

Mar 7, 2013 13:27:06 GMT -5 ECB said:

My ILs refer to THEMSELVES as "mommy" and "daddy" to/around my DH. He's 40 and he can't recall when he last referred to them by those names!

OMG I thought my FIL was the only crazy weirdo 

[Deleted]

My mom and her husband refer to themselves as mommy and daddy. To their DOG.

[ECB]

Mar 7, 2013 13:29:36 GMT -5 papie said:

Even worse: FIL calls MIL Mommy.  He got that habit when his kids were little.
 

My ILs didn't used to do this.  They started a few years ago.  Both DH and I are baffled as to why. 

[walterismydog]

I think it's a southern thing.
I call my mom momma and my dad was daddy until he died (I was 27 when he passed away).

This said, my ex husb called his dad daddy and I always thought it was weird from a dude.

[alzi]

My sister does this and it grosses me out. Dude. Grow up.

[Deleted]

Mar 7, 2013 13:32:43 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Mar 7, 2013 13:30:33 GMT -5 @fogducker said:

My mom and her husband refer to themselves as mommy and daddy. To their DOG.

 So do we.

    That's fine, but I'm sure you don't bring your dog to the dog park and yell "FIDO, COME TO MOMMY, GOOD BOY FOR LISTENING TO MOMMY" lol

[poppyseed]

I still call my dad "daddy". I call my mom "mama" or "mom".

My grandpa died 6 years ago when he was 93. My mom was 50 at the time and still called him daddy.

[pantsparty]

I don't think I could ever call my dad "daddy". Feels weird.

ETA: I do sometimes call him daddy-o or Pops. But daddy has that little girl connotation that seems awkward to me.

[iheartvino]

Mar 7, 2013 13:32:43 GMT -5 mofongo said:

Mar 7, 2013 13:30:33 GMT -5 @fogducker said:

My mom and her husband refer to themselves as mommy and daddy. To their DOG.

 So do we.

Lol, we do too. But never when anybody else is in the house, and certainly never in public.

I always call my dad, Dad. But I'll call my mother, Mom, Mum, or Mama, depending on my mood and what we're talking about. Talking on FB about your Daddy and Mommy are weird.

[rupertpenny]

I still call my parents Mommy and Daddy, so does my sister. But only to their faces, not even in my phone contacts or anything. I would never talk about my "daddy" on facebook and I'm actually not a daddy's girl at all. I don't know, it's just what I've always called them.

My H thinks it's weird too.

[BieberMyBalls]

I call my mom, Mommy sometimes, but only when I'm sucking up, or being sweet. I sometimes refer to my Dad as Daddy, too, usually when I'm really missing him. I do not refer to them as such, when talking to other people. Because that is fucking weird, unless you're a child.

[melodramatic26]

our annoying 24 year old receptionist does this. yesterday at lunch I had to listen to her go on for 5 minutes about her "Daddy texting her pictures and schedules" while he was taking care of her dog. She also went through an annoyingly long list of nicknames she gave her dog too.

she's annoying and so is Daddy by any adult.

[EmilieMadison]

I do not refer to my parents as mommy or daddy, but I do still actually call them mommy and daddy to their faces. I'm sure it's not typical for a 30 something year old to still use these terms, all 4 of my siblings do as well. It's just what we call them. but in conversation with other people, I call them my parents, or mom and dad.

sent from: I'm on my phone, don't expect much.

[Chib]

I still call my mom mommy and she still refers her as that when she texts me. But when I talk about her I do refer as my mom. Though I have never called my dad, daddy, he is papi which is the spanish name for dad in Spanish.

[karmasabiotch]

Mar 7, 2013 13:28:58 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

I started calling my dad Daddy again after his first cancer diagnosis. Mostly just when talking directly to him, though. I think it made him happy.

If it makes your Dad happy, I think it's sweet.  This is an exception to the annoy the hell out of me people.

[gozf]

Mar 7, 2013 13:41:03 GMT -5 letsgetweird said:

Mar 7, 2013 13:29:36 GMT -5 papie said:

Even worse: FIL calls MIL Mommy.  He got that habit when his kids were little.  The youngest is now 30.  It confuses the hell out of the grandkids.  I suggested he call her grandma but it didn't stick.  It annoys me SO MUCH.  Probably because it is FIL.  If DH calls me mommy (referring to me as mommy in front of the kids is ok, calling me mommy because the kids are there is not) I flip "DON'T TURN INTO YOUR FATHER". 

My mom still refers to my dad as daddy when talking to us about him. My dad refers to her as momma. Neither me or my siblings call them those names. Just a habit I guess.

But in the south, it's not uncommon. I think it's pretty common with African American people in the south.

My mom does this, and we're from NJ.  But she does it when she's talking shit about him to me.  As in, "omg, Daddy would not shut up this morning, I wanted to kill him."

Thor and I refer to one another as mommy and daddy with the cats.  But when I talk to my cat and say things like, "Why would Daddy do that to you?" after he plays "cat jail" with her (which involves him putting the laundry basket over her while laughing at her), he responds with, "I am only her stepfather."

And then I get put in cat jail.  Laundry basket on head, while he points and laughs. 

We are tiny children.

[Deleted]

I only call my dad Daddy when I'm speaking to him, his wife or my siblings. Otherwise I refer to him as Dad. And often just call him Dad. It varies. Mom is Mom or Momma.

[revolution]

I haven't called my mom 'mommy' since I was a young kid. I don't actually remember calling her mommy.

Now, my dad is another story. While I wouldn't write 'daddy' on FB, I did refer to him as daddy when I was talking to him especially when he was going downhill with his cancer. I actually used it in the end of my eulogy for him, too, at the end when I said "I love you, Daddy. Always and Forever". And if that weirded people out hearing me say "daddy", then that is their problem.

[Deleted]

my mom and her siblings always called my grandfather "daddy" (and they're all new yorkers), so i called my dad "dad" almost as a distinction. also, because he and i had a strained relationship for a loooooong time and he was all delusional about it and would refer to me as his "little girl" and shit and calling him "dad" was a good way for me to keep some mental distance. i should've switched to sir or gov'ner or something.

anyway, as with almost everything i have a kneejerk sideye to this but really don't care unless the person bugs me for other reasons.

my husband and i refer to each other as "mommy" and "daddy" when we're talking TO L (like "take that book to daddy,") but never otherwise. in fact, she calls us by our first names sometimes because she hears us use them with each other a lot.

also, recently, she's started calling me "mom" about half the time instead of mommy. i had trouble with the switch from mama to mommy, and the switch now to mom makes me all choked up and teary because it sounds so BIG and grown up and she's my bayyyyybeeeee. holy shit. i'm actually verklempt.

I THINK I MIGHT BE EMOTIONAL RIGHT NOW.

[RandZB]

I still call my father Daddy when I talk to him. Most people in the South do. I call my mother Mother now, though.

[mrlittlejeans]

Mar 7, 2013 13:27:16 GMT -5 cjoy said:

My three year old doesn't even call me Mommy. I either get "Moooooom" or my first name. Lol.

lol.  The other day my three year old came up to me and said "Mommy...I mean mom." ??

[CityLights]

I haven't addressed my parents that way since being a small child. I call my mother Mom or "Ma" and called my father Dad before he passed away. However, my sister and I refer to our parents as Mommy and Daddy when talking to each other (also call our father Daddy when talking to our mom).