What do you think of spouses who call each other mom/dad etc. - Page 6

lamby248 · 04-11-2007, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by GoPytn07

ITA!!! Would you rather be called his Bi!$% or his old lady? Now that's what I'd call inappropriate!

I have to agree. I would so much rather be called mom by my husband (when I get one..LOL) than "My Old Lady". That to me is disrepectful and inappropriate.

Incidentally, my grandparents called each other mom and dad. What's funny is, my great-grandparents were alive most of my life and we still knew when my grandma was talking about her dh or her dad. lol In fact, when she talks about my grandpa now (he's past away), she still calls him dad. I didn't think it was gross or inappropriate, it was just their sort of 'pet names' for each other. My parents don't call each other that, and I have never called my ex dad (YUCK!) but when my grandparents did it, I didn't have a problem with it.

TracyB · 04-11-2007, 09:42 AM

I think it is odd for me to hear my name come out of my dhs mouth.....lol.....we are dad and mom here....except during private time......lol......if he called me by my name I would think something is wrong......sometimes I wonder if we remember each others names.....I dont care one bit...to each is his own.

sarandy4 · 04-11-2007, 12:28 PM

We are the annoying people that call each other mommy and daddy but only when our kids are around. When we go out with friends then we become Sarah and Andy again.

angel4la · 04-11-2007, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by cjemommy

When my dh gets home from work I'll say, go see daddy or give daddy a hug and a kiss. I'll ask my oldest ds to ask daddy if he wants a drink, etc and my dh will use mommy when speaking of me to them. But I have never called my dh dad or daddy. At dinner if I want something I'll say his first name then ask for the butter or whatever, I'd never say, daddy/dad could I please have the butter, unless I said to my ds, can you ask daddy to get me the butter. I don't know. To me it's just too different, we've always called each other by our first names.

This is how i feel also.We use the term mommy or daddy when talking to the kids BUT not just to say it.I was at the store the other day and a couple walked by and the man told his wife"hey,mommy look at these!"And was pointing to something.She replied"oh daddy,you know you can't eat that kind".....I thought it sounded strange BUT hey to each their own!

LuvMySoldier · 04-13-2007, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by southern_belle_mommie

I wanted to emphasize that when Dh calls me "Mommy" or I call him "Daddy" it's not as though we think the other is our parent. We do it as parents to OUR children. For example: If I have a hard time getting the baby to bed, Dh may say something like "You did a good job Mommy," or he will say "Why don't you go lay in the bath, Mommy looks like she needs to relax."

As far as it being a Southern thing, it's not that bad down here. I'm from South Alabama originally, and it NEVER comes out like some parental sexual fantasy thing. I think the older generations used it as a respect thing. Some say Mother/Father, Wife/Husband, Mom/Dad or Mommy/Daddy.

THANK YOU!! Well put!!
I was about to type the SAME EXACT THING, as I think some people were taking this completely the wrong way!!

LuvMySoldier · 04-13-2007, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by allgirls

I have some friends who are very out there in that way and believe me you can tell the difference.

allgirls

Okay, now THAT'S gross!! :hurl:

And yes, I do believe people can tell the difference between when a spouse calls the other "Mommy" or "Daddy" in a sexual way, and when it's said as a term of endearment.

Also, my dh started calling me "His Old Lady" when we first got together, and I had to put a stop to that RIGHT quick!! To me, that's just a sign of disrespect. But to some people, it's acceptable. If they don't mind, why should I?

mommy2mercedes · 04-13-2007, 09:03 PM

I'm the same way....it just weirds me out...dh and I call each other that sometimes around the house but if he called me that in public I'd flatten him

RobertPost'schild · 04-14-2007, 03:41 PM

I haven't read all the replies, but I've always thought it was 'creepy' sounding!

Then I met dh and his parents do it!

Dh started to do it to me when we first married, and I told him he doesn't sleep with his mother. Boy it ended that right there!

Had to edit to add that dh and I now (since that whole mum/poppa thing was done away with by me years ago) that dh and I always call each other 'hon' as in 'honey'. My ds is 5 and still thinks that this is what you call your family ~ he calls me And dh Honey all the time! I have this on tape and it's the cutest thing. He'll be like, "and honey, look at this" and it is so precious! I don't want for him to grow out of this!