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I can hear my ears
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My kids got to name all of the grandparents because they were the first in the generation. My dad is Pop, her dad is Don. My mom is Nanna, hers is Ganny. Ganny is remarried to Geeky. Nanna to Pappy Dave or just Dave.
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The future is unwritten
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A friend and her daughter's mother-in-law, settled who would be Nana and who would be grandma, six months before the first grandchild was born.
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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I can't even remember when I stopped being Daddy. It was nice, but I prefer Dad. I like it that they are their own people now.
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We have to go back, Kate!
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When Amelia was born Jen's mum was called Nanny, I think, and mum was called Granny Babs, because her name is Barbara and her nickname has always been Babs. Amelia mangled that fairly quickly into BamBabs and so she has remained BamBabs ever since. And, because Jen and Martin would always refer to mum as BamBabs with the kids it has kind of stuck and now it's used more generally by the family.
BamBabs
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I hear them call the tide
Join Date: Dec 2005
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I hate mom/mum (and nor really into mummy either but young kids needs that) so they get to choose -my first name or mummy/mommy
![]() Beest prefers Dad or Daddy -the boys call him Dad and the girl Daddy. All teenagers. They've always used my first name when calling up into crowds because 75% of the people up there are called Mom. It probably changes when they became teenagers/went to high school -their elementary education was all in one school so no Middle School/Junior High experiences to force the change
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Kidding, Amanda seems like a rockin' chick. ![]() I have no kids...but it was 'mom' and it is 'dad'; in my heart it is always mommy and daddy. |
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The Un-Tuckian
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: South Central...KY that is
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I call my parents everything. Popdigr is Pop, sometimes Daddy (here, almost everyone calls their dad Daddy, guys and gals, grown or not), when I was young, and needed money, I'd call on 'Daddy Warbucks'.
![]() Momdigr is Mom. When I'd hit her up for cash it was 'Mother Dearest'. Popdigr's parents were MaMa (not mama, but, Ma, twice) and PaPa (not papa, but Pa, twice), whereas Momdigr's were Grandma and Grandaddy. I'm happy to not be a dad, daddy, pop, poppa, fahthuh, or Daddy-O. ![]()
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Nope, they call her 'mon' not 'monster-er.'
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The Un-Tuckian
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If I had children, I'd hope they called me...
...long distance. And not collect, either.
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The future is unwritten
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Like the Addams family.
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I hear them call the tide
Join Date: Dec 2005
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They do call me monster sometimes
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trying hard to be a better person
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My kids call me Mummy when they want something. Sometimes it goes along the lines of "mummy, mummy, MUMMY, MUM!, MUM!!! WHERE ARE YOU???!!!" That's usually when I'm in the toilet or hiding because I have had a bad day.
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Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian
Join Date: Oct 2006
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My kids (29, 27, 25, 23) mostly use Mom and Dad now, but sometimes a son will still say 'Mama' affectionately, and my daughter will use 'Daddy' if she's buttering him up. I don't want them to call me by my first name. I told them the whole world can call me by my first name, but they are the only four people in the world who can call me Mom.
A few of my children's friends (in elementary and high school) called me 'Mama L_____'. That was nice at the time.
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