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Old 12-05-2015, 12:13 PM   #16
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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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Old 12-05-2015, 12:22 PM   #17
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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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Old 12-05-2015, 12:43 PM   #18
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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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Old 12-05-2015, 12:50 PM   #19
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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.

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Old 12-05-2015, 12:52 PM   #20
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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 . I will answer to mom. Sometimes. But it had better be good.

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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Old 12-05-2015, 01:24 PM   #21
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I will answer to mom. Sometimes. But it had better be good.
You are such a bitch.
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Old 12-05-2015, 03:08 PM   #22
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I am a good sponsor.... But that's not where I was going with this at all. Instant thread drift is instant.

Shaw, I would totally.... Something, something, but Amanda occasionally stalks my posts..... So I'll leave it at that.
*shakes fist at sky* Damn you Amanda! Damn yooooou!

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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Old 12-05-2015, 03:29 PM   #23
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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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Old 12-05-2015, 03:37 PM   #24
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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
Do they use all 3 syllables?
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Old 12-05-2015, 03:39 PM   #25
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Nope, they call her 'mon' not 'monster-er.'
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Old 12-05-2015, 04:23 PM   #26
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If I had children, I'd hope they called me...



...long distance. And not collect, either.
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Old 12-05-2015, 04:41 PM   #27
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Popdigr's parents were MaMa (not mama, but, Ma, twice) and PaPa (not papa, but Pa, twice),...
Like the Addams family.
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Old 12-05-2015, 08:22 PM   #28
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They do call me monster sometimes but yes, all three syllables. Not the middle name too, though -then I'd know I was in trouble!
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Old 12-06-2015, 05:18 PM   #29
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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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Old 12-06-2015, 07:02 PM   #30
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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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