Do you call your parents by their first name or Mom & Dad?

[AchmatK]

My mom i call "Mummy" and mother-in-law is "Mommy". Wife does the same. No father on either side.

My brother's kids for some reason calls my brother "father", so now the other nieces and nephews calls my one brother "father" and their own father they call daddy.

EDIT: Wife is malay and i'm indian in our mid 30's.

 

[Compton_effect]

I worked with this incredible BA once. Masters Degree in Political Science, before she moved to IT. Highly intelligent, driven, capable, always composed and stylish.
Then she phones her dad on his farm. ' Hello dada, how are you feeling today?' Suddenly she's a 12 year old. Even starts playing with a lock of hair.
Not good for credibility.

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

Just curious :

How old is she?
Why did she do it?
How often do you see them?

How old is she? 12 then

Why did she do it? ^^ Teenager coolness.

How often do you see them? I don't see her much (once a year then) but my youngest two (son, and another daughter) live with me and my wife (2nd marriage)

 

[b_crazy]

I've never called them by name, ever, even when referencing to them with other people (siblings, friends etc.).

 

[Kornhub]

Mom and dad :erm: 24 white

 

[Cius]

Mom and dad, never used first names.

 

[Roxi_B4b3]

I'm 23 and white, and can not even imagine calling my parents by their names. Being Afrikaans, I will also never use 'jy' and 'jou' while addressing them

 

[krycor]

Mom & Dad, 33, Mixed

 

[MyWorld]

Oom en tannie.

Seriously, Pa en Ma. Nicknames do abound though, "ou toppie" being my favourite.

 

[Moshidi]

My mother is referred to as Mamma by both me and my sister.

My mom still referres to her parents as Mamma and Pappa . Just how it is. When a stern conversation is happening ... Mamma turns to Ma.

Same situation here. Black, twenties

 

[ShaunSA]

Ma for my mum. Ouma for my mil.

Can't see my mum lasting as Ma for much longer. Starting to call her what the grandkids call her

 

[Kornhub]

Well rpm was born on the internet so what does he call his parent

 

[jacodebeer]

25, white, I call them Ma en Pa, when I was in primary school it was mammie en pappie, my brother was the first to call them ma en pa, and I thought it was wrong and how could he just call them ma en pa, few years later I also started with ma en pa.

 

[bwana]

Mom and Dad.

In laws are a bit tricky though. I won't call them Mom and Dad and they've never asked me to call them by their first names (my parents insisted my wife does).

 

[shogun]

Proper Names (sometimes a mom or dad will slip out, but mostly it's by name). Was taught to as a kid (somewhere around 9-10yrs old), and it stuck. Not seen as disrespect in my family at all. Quite the opposite. We grew up feeling more adult, and this meant more responsibility when interacting with other adults, and thus more respect... somehow.

Looking at it now, it seemed natural. I find it weird how some people cling onto a nickname as a sign of respect. Kids grow up, they deserve to talk to their adults as peers at some point.

 

[F1 Fan]

Mom and Dad, 22, Indian.

Everything else is aunt or uncle something something.

 

[googoodoll]

White, Afrikaans.

Call my parents mamma / pappa or anything that starts with M or P.
My future brother in law calls them by their names though... Very strange.

 

[ISP cash cow]

Mom and dad.
Call my inlaws by their first names.

White 40

 

[grok]

I'm 23 and white, and can not even imagine calling my parents by their names. Being Afrikaans, I will also never use 'jy' and 'jou' while addressing them

We've been brought up saying Mom & Dad .. but use 'jy' en 'jou' also. No disrespect implied & no issues around it whatsoever.

 

[blunomore]

My 2 year old daughter always calls me "mommy", but recently she worked out (all on her own) that if she calls me "mammietjie", her chances are exponentially higher to get what she wants!