Do you call your parents mommy and daddy?

[superme80]

Only if I want something!

 

[Mrs. Darcy]

Only if I want something!

That's cute!

 

[Handbag Lady]

I call my mom mommy but that's because it makes her blush and turn beet red.

When I was in my 20's, my aunt (mom's sister), my sister, and I went to K-Mart with my mom. We all got bored so we started hiding in the store and yelling out "Mommy?" to my mother. At first, she didn't know what to do, then she caught on and asked us to stop while she started laughing.

Well, that did it and she nearly wet herself with laughter.

 

[*Meagan*]

I use them all.. mom, ma, mommy, mother, mama, ma dukes, BARBARA (when she is not listening)... dad, daddy, pops, father. Typically Mom and Dad.. but occasionally mommy and daddy. Whatever I feel like. LoL

Im 26 and married. Im an only child and my parents mean the world to me. No disturbed relationship there. Just normal.. happy, loving family!

 

[Friendly Frog]

My dad is gone, but he was Daddy for a long time before becoming dad. Mom has been mom pretty much forever. I am not sure I ever used Mommy.

 

[NHdisneylover]

I occasionally refer to my mother as Mommy, but mostly Mom. It is the opposite for my father--occasionally Dad but mostly Daddy.

God no and it kills me to even hear people on the Dis refer to their parents that way. I always think they must have a disturbed relationship with their parents or worse!!

I agree with other posters that this is highly insulting and it would be clear to most people that it would be insulting before ever posting

I am not sure why anyone would "cringe" (a term used by another pp) about what someone else calls a parent That just seems very odd to me. About the most judgement I might have is to figure the family likely has some southern roots if an adult uses "Daddy" when talking about his or her father (much in the same way I assume there are likely German roots if I hear grandmothers refereed to as Oma, etc.).
Normal and happy families can have:
fathers
dads
daddies
first names
pops
poppies
papas
etc.
None is better than the other. They are all just what works for that family.

 

[BCDisneyFanatic]

My parents are Mom and Dad, and I'm Mom and DH is Dad to the kids.

I definitely think it's cultural, though...I think in Canada (at least in the regions I've lived), it would be considered childish to call your parents mommy and daddy after about the age of 6 or 7. However, I've heard many Southerners on tv shows use those terms as adults, and somehow it seems to work when mixed with that southern drawl!

 

[kimblebee]

I have to agree that I think it is weird for an adult to refer to a parent as mommy or daddy, BUT I do also know that it is a cultural thing so I don't let it bug me.

My mom still refers to my dad as daddy as in Daddy's not home right now but I'll tell him you called. I tried to get her to switch to dad, but it just sounds weird LOL

I only call him daddy when I want something. It's kind of a hint for him that he is about to get puppy dog eyes from me

 

[The Mystery Machine]

I don't ever recall calling them that. They were always mom and dad.

Now my kids will call me everything including my name when I am not listening.

 

[indimom]

Mainly just mom and dad, but sometimes I'll call them Mother, Father, Mommy or Daddy, Mommy Dearest or Daddio (probably a few more) if I'm being playful. Wouldn't bother me in the least if someone called their parents that. My husband calls his dad "pops" and I've always thought that was cute.

 

[Robinrs]

I didn't mean to insult people it just is so over the top to me and does make me think something isn't right there!!

Amazing.

I called my Mom Mommy till her death. I was 46.

I called my Dad Daddy till his death which was on my 47th birthday.

Adding a sexual or inappropriate tone to a name I called my loving parents is .... I have no words.

I miss my Mommy and Daddy....

 

[mhsjax]

Amazing.

I called my Mom Mommy till her death. I was 46.

I called my Dad Daddy till his death which was on my 47th birthday.

Adding a sexual or inappropriate tone to a name I called my loving parents is .... I have no words.

I miss my Mommy and Daddy....

I called my mom, "mom". Dad was usually "daddy. I have friends that call their mom's Mommy. No biggie to me. Sometimes my DD who is is 11 calls me mommy. I LOVE it.

To even remotely imply that there is something wrong with "mommy" or "daddy" is just wrong and to me equally disturbing that a person would assume that.

I lost both of my parents within the past 5 years, it really does hit a nerve when someone attacks the way you do something that involves your deceased parents, doesn't it?

 

[Angelhalo]

I don't think I have called my folks mommy and daddy since I was a toddler. They are either mom and dad or Mo and Fa. Sometimes Dad just gets called "Old Man"

After I thought about it, I wasn't sure, so I called my mom and she said they were never ever mommy and daddy because she thought it was too babyish so they were always mom and dad. Calling them Mo and Fa started when my brother and I were in our teens.

Oh and we're southern.

 

[golfgal]

I think it is more of a Southern thing, especially for girls to call their Dad's Daddy. You don't hear that much from adults in the north.

I do remember a t-shirt or bumper sticker that said something about "never marry a woman that calls her Dad Daddy" and something to do with expecting to be treated like a Princess. I would say the same would go for a man calling his Mom Mommy.

 

[JustineMarie]

I'm from NJ,which is definitely not the south, and I still call my mom and dad mommy and daddy. I always have and never thought anything of it until this thread. My kids call me Momma, Mommy or Mom and my husband Daddy or Dad and they are 9 and 12.

 

[OK!]

Not since I was about 6 or so. Since then, they've been Mom & Dad.

 

[Disney Doll]

Occasionally, but it's mostly Mom and Dad.

Funny, though, when my brother and I are talking ABOUT them (oarents are elderly so DB & I touch base about them occasionally) we call them Mommy & Daddy.

 

[perdidobay]

What an incredibly rude thing to say. Nothing disturbed (or worse) about it, thanks so much for your concern. For those of us who called our parents Mama and Daddy, it was likely a cultural thing. Growing up, everyone I knew used those names. Everyone. My brother was in his 60s when our "mother" died and he still called her Mama. Many Southern children grew up using these words. They were LOVING words.

The only time I heard "Mom" and "Dad" was when I watched sitcoms as a child. I suppose I wasn't quite as narrow minded as some, because it never occurred to me those children might have disturbed relationships with their parents since they used different terms.....I just thought they grew up in another part of the country.

If I'd ever called Mama "Mother," I'm sure there would have been sass involved on my part and consequences following on hers.

I am sure it is a southern cultural thing.... although my 61 year old sister still calls my father daddy and called my mother mama, I quit calling them that at age 16 and just used Mom and Dad since then. So it varies, even in the south.

 

[CajunMomof3]

I say mom and dad when I am talking to them, but, when I am talking about my dad and getting emotional, I will call him my daddy. And, as PPs admitted, it does come in handy when I want something- LOL!!

 

[MushyMushy]

My parents weren't affectionate people, and I honestly don't remember EVER calling them mommy or daddy. Maybe when I was wee little. All the friends I grew up with call them mom/mum or dad.

I really truly don't understand why it would sound wrong. I just thought it was preference, habit or culture. I never thought there was anything cringe-worthy about it. I just learned something new on the DIS and I'm not being sarcastic!

Probably a sexual connotation. There are some men and women who dig the daddy fantasy.

I just know I've been shocked a time or two to discover that the young woman calling the older man "daddy" wasn't really the daughter.