Adults who still call their parents mammy and daddy

lifeandtimes

Does anybody else find this weird?

I hear it all the time but today really made me think about it.

A woman(30s)was discussing her parents impending divorce on the date of her mothers mothers death on the luas.

"mammy is so upset, her and daddy haven't spoken in two weeks and when i try and talk to her she snaps and screams at me and im like"mammy whats wrong with you"

Does anyone else think its weird,like i stopped calling my mother mammy when i was four as its a childs word for a parent...is there any age you should really stop?

Discuss

My name is URL

Who honestly gives a shite?

SureYWouldntYa

Id find it even weirder to change what iv called them for 20+ years

PeteEd

lifeandtimes wrote: »

Does anybody else find this weird?

I hear it all the time but today really made me think about it.

A woman(30s)was discussing her parents impending divorce on the date of her mothers mothers death on the luas.

"mammy is so upset, her and daddy haven't spoken in two weeks and when i try and talk to her she snaps and screams at me and im like"mammy whats wrong with you"

Does anyone else think its weird,like i stopped calling my mother mammy when i was four as its a childs word for a parent...is there any age you should really stop?

Discuss

Are you my new Daddy?

bodhrandude

Who gives a crap about this, what do you do, do you call them by their first name or Mrs Browne or whatever.

Corvo

If I called my Dad "Sam" he'd break my nose

humberklog

I find it almost as annoying as putting the word Discuss at the end of an OP.

wazky

I call my parents by their first names, is that weird?

Sir Osis of Liver.

Yeah,its fcukin weird,but whats even weirder is a 50 year old colleague of mine who calls his wife mammy.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Corvo wrote: »

If I called my Dad "Sam" he'd break my nose

Son of Sam?

burstbuckle

Ma & Da works fine for me & i'm almost 40

Sir Arthur Daley

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Yeah,its fcukin weird,but whats even weirder is a 50 year old colleague of mine who calls his wife mammy.

That is a bit disturbing.

Yamanoto

lifeandtimes wrote: »

A woman(30s)was discussing her parents impending divorce on the date of her mothers mothers death on the luas.

Took me a couple of go's, but I'm with ya now

My name is URL

Tbh, I find people who directly address their parents as 'mother' or 'father' to be a bit odd. 'Hello Mother' just sounds creepy as fcuk..

Something very Norman Bates about it.

minidazzler

I refer to my parents as Mammy and Daddy when talking about them to my siblings. "Where's mammy/Daddy?" Etc. It's what I've done my entire life, so changing it now isn't happening.

When talking to other people about them though it's Mam and Dad.

Roose

lifeandtimes wrote: »

Does anybody else find this weird?

I hear it all the time but today really made me think about it.

A woman(30s)was discussing her parents impending divorce on the date of her mothers mothers death on the luas.

"mammy is so upset, her and daddy haven't spoken in two weeks and when i try and talk to her she snaps and screams at me and im like"mammy whats wrong with you"

Does anyone else think its weird,like i stopped calling my mother mammy when i was four as its a childs word for a parent...is there any age you should really stop?

Discuss

You were an adult by the time you were 5?

Skid X

Al Jolson calls his Mammy 'Mammy'.

And I f***ing love Al Jolson, so it's fine by me.

The_Valeyard

Had the opposite experience. Ever since a young age a friend of mine had always called his parents by their first name. ..found that very odd.

Santa Cruz

Reminds me of Johnny Nice Painter from the Fast Show
"Where are we sleeping tonight Mother?"

Santa Cruz

My name is URL wrote: »

Tbh, I find people who directly address their parents as 'mother' or 'father' to be a bit odd. 'Hello Mother' just sounds creepy as fcuk..

Something very Norman Bates about it.

A female friend of mine told me she was with a fellow one night who after doing the deed with her started sobbing "I'm sorry Mammy, I'm sorry"

Mint Aero

I've called my parents by first name since I was about 8. Generally I don't care what people call their parents. One would assume referring to them by mammy, daddy etc is indicative of a closer relationship?

I knew a girl once. Yes once, one girl, once, ok. In passing conversation she referred to her father as daddy when discussing his birthday. I found that quite endearing.

Sam Kade

lifeandtimes wrote: »

Does anybody else find this weird?

I hear it all the time but today really made me think about it.

A woman(30s)was discussing her parents impending divorce on the date of her mothers mothers death on the luas.

"mammy is so upset, her and daddy haven't spoken in two weeks and when i try and talk to her she snaps and screams at me and im like"mammy whats wrong with you"

Does anyone else think its weird,like i stopped calling my mother mammy when i was four as its a childs word for a parent...is there any age you should really stop?

Discuss

What I find disturbing is people who listen in to strangers conversations on the luas.

PizzamanIRL

Oh Daddy!

shopaholic01

Santa Cruz wrote: »

A female friend of mine told me she was with a fellow one night who after doing the deed with her started sobbing "I'm sorry Mammy, I'm sorry"

He sounds like a keeper.

Davarus Walrus

I'd find calling my parents by their first name to be weird. I still call them Mom and Dad and I'm the wrong side of 30. That is what they are. They wiped your ass as a baby, fed you, and ignored the stains on your sheets as a teenager.

fineso.mom

I think it's weird when someone calls their grandmother, 'mother's mother'.

lifeandtimes

ok maybe im splitting hairs but i call my mother mam...im referring to mammy and daddy...mam,mum,mom,dad and so forth i consider fine for an adult i mean they have to be called by something and iv known a few people to call them by thier first name as well...but hearing an adult refer to "mammy and daddy" just weirds me out

lifeandtimes

fineso.mom wrote: »

I think it's weird when someone calls their grandmother, 'mother's mother'.

i couldnt say on the anniversary of her grannys death,that would confuse the point on if i was talking about the girls granny or her mothers granny so mothers mother

I am pie

mammy/daddy = sap talk.

Pumpkinseeds

I've always called them mum and dad. When I was a teenager and I was either in trouble with my mum or looking for money, I'd call my dad 'daddy'. What I find really weird is people who address their parents by their first names.

minidazzler

I am pie wrote: »

mammy/daddy = sap talk.

Yeah, but you're pie, your opinion doesn't count. You only exist to be eaten.

mrsbyrne

wazky wrote: »

I call my parents by their first names, is that weird?

Yes. To me it is. Very weird.

The Backwards Man

Oulfella.

orangesoda

I call my parents that when talking to them but when referring to them i call them 'mother and father'. It is common in these parts, in a history book i have it says the ancient irish called their parents certain words which translate into 'mammy and daddy' i can't remember what the words were though

Femme_Fatale

It's the norm in rural areas up north and in some of the northerly midlands. My mother (northerly midlands) called her mother mammy until the day my nana died. My mother was gone from her parents' home at the age of 17, a perfectly independent adult.

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Yeah,its fcukin weird,but whats even weirder is a 50 year old colleague of mine who calls his wife mammy.

I've heard of that too; quite strange indeed.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

I've heard of that too; quite strange indeed.

I often wonder if when hes getting it on with his missus does he moan out 'Oh Mammy' at that crucial stage.

knucklehead6

Oul one and farthead works for me.

FunLover18

Mint Aero wrote: »

I've called my parents by first name since I was about 8. Generally I don't care what people call their parents. One would assume referring to them by mammy, daddy etc is indicative of a closer relationship?

I would say the opposite. I've always called my parents by their first name, they're people with names and personalities, and I've always found that it made us closer as it was giving me level of respect. If you think about it from the other end why would you be ok with your own children not calling you by your name. The whole calling them by their roles in your life has always been weird, they don't call me son in the same way I don't call my siblings 'Sister 1' and 'Sister 2'.

westcoast66

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Yeah,its fcukin weird,but whats even weirder is a 50 year old colleague of mine who calls his wife mammy.

I call my wife 'mammy'. What's weird about that? She's the mammy of the house.

Drakares

How do you address them, OP? By their first names or what?

kylith

I vary between calling them Mammy and Daddy and Mam and Dad. Mammy is mostly known as The Mammy, signifying her ruling of the family with an iron fist.

ElvisChrist6

westcoast66 wrote: »

I call my wife 'mammy'. What's weird about that? She's the mammy of the house.

If you've had kids, I understand it, getting used to calling them that. If not though Freud would spunk in his knickers hearing you.

nicowa

I was in the shoe section of m&s once and there were about 3 women there helping their mother but shoes.

"No, mammy can't wear those. She needs a low heel."

"Wouldn't mammy look good in these ones?"

All three of them discussing what she'd wear and I didn't hear a peep out of her. It was weird...

DesperateDan

Mammy and Daddy is so Irish and it makes the person sound like a total moron. Americans / Australians / British etc. mustn't know what to think when they here it.

To me it's as bizarre as calling your parent mummy-kins.

mam & dad is what I call em

SEPT 23 1989

Deleted User wrote: »

mam & dad is what I call em

most normal people do

ElleEm

I call them ma and da. Although it was pointed out to me that I refer to them as "my ma and da", even when I am chatting with my siblings, "were you talking to my ma today?". Despite being from a big family, I think it kind of adds to the individual relationships I have with them both, if that makes sense.

take everything

Mater and Pater.

orangesoda

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

most normal people do

Most normal people write dates as 23 sept 1989, not sept 23 1989

anncoates

I still call them Mam and Dad.

Carling your auld pair by the first names is like something out of Modern Parents in Viz.

If my kids ever do it, I'll change the locks on the house.

B.A._Baracus

whats wrong with always calling your parents "ma" or "da"

Doesnt sound stupid like "mummy"