Adults who still call their parents mammy and daddy

lifeandtimes · 20-02-2014 07:28PM #1

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 · 20-02-2014 07:29PM

Who honestly gives a shite?

SureYWouldntYa · 20-02-2014 07:30PM

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

PeteEd · 20-02-2014 07:30PM

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 · 20-02-2014 07:31PM

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

Corvo · 20-02-2014 07:32PM

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

humberklog · 20-02-2014 07:32PM

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

wazky · 20-02-2014 07:32PM

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

Sir Osis of Liver. · 20-02-2014 07:33PM

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. · 20-02-2014 07:34PM

Corvo wrote: »

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

Son of Sam?

burstbuckle · 20-02-2014 07:34PM

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

Sir Arthur Daley · 20-02-2014 07:34PM

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 · 20-02-2014 07:35PM

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 · 20-02-2014 07:36PM

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 · 20-02-2014 07:38PM

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 · 20-02-2014 07:38PM

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 · 20-02-2014 07:41PM

Al Jolson calls his Mammy 'Mammy'.

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

The_Valeyard · 20-02-2014 08:08PM

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 · 20-02-2014 08:11PM

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

Santa Cruz · 20-02-2014 08:12PM

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 · 20-02-2014 08:17PM

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 · 20-02-2014 08:19PM

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 · 20-02-2014 08:24PM

Oh Daddy!

shopaholic01 · 20-02-2014 08:29PM

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 · 20-02-2014 08:32PM

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 · 20-02-2014 08:35PM

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

lifeandtimes · 20-02-2014 08:36PM

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 · 20-02-2014 08:37PM

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 · 20-02-2014 08:39PM

mammy/daddy = sap talk.

Pumpkinseeds · 20-02-2014 08:43PM

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 · 20-02-2014 08:43PM

I am pie wrote: »

mammy/daddy = sap talk.

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

Adults who still call their parents mammy and daddy

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