Say Anything.

I had a friend from South Africa whose mother wanted everyone to call "Mom", as well as give her a kiss on the cheek when greeting her. I guess that sort of thing is more widely accepted in some regions, but I always thought it was really weird.

I have a thing about first names. My parents were strict by some standards today, insisting we address all adults by Mr. or Mrs. Some parents either thought I was extremely polite or Eddie Haskell - hell, even Mike's mom wondered when I met her for the first time. I insist on Catherine doing the same, although now Mr. Joe or Miss. Kat is acceptable. Catherine calls Vex Miss Kat, it's too cute. I was well into my 20's before I stopped doing that. My first boss looked at me funny and asked I call her Sarah lol.

Really, to this day I still do it, and in the back of my mind I think 'mom would have a fit if she heard me' calling an older adult by their first name lol. Mr. and Mrs. Hartmann are mom and dad, however I fluctuate between Fred and Dad, depending on the situation. I feel awkward calling Mrs. Hartmann 'mom' in front of my own mother though =/

One of my sisters friends while we were growing up, who ended up being like a sister to me as well, did that. She would be at our house so often she would call our parents, "mom and dad" and I think really, it was because her mom was a single mother who just really did not have the time to spend with her like ours did. She ended up getting married and "moving" her family ties from ours to her sister and mother in law.
My step-daughter reminds me so much of her, and I think that's worries me a little. Wanting to be accepted, which we gladly do. I find it a bit scary just because of how quickly things changed.

Mum has always been Mum. Her husband was Dad because I knew no different til I was 15, despite being able to remember calling HIS parents by their first names when I was really little. Now he goes by various names, usually none of them very pleasant.

My real dad's wife I've always called by her first name. She's only 11 years older than I am, and I didnt meet either of them til I was 16, so that would be way too weird for me lol. All my mothers boyfriends since have been called by their first names, the first one mostly cos he was rather young, the next she wasn't with long enough really, and her current scowls at me if I call him Dad to wind him up teehee.

Close friends of my Mum were usually 'Auntie' soandso, never called anyone else Mum o.O

I think my husband called his Stepdad "dad" before he left home when he was 15. Now (Stepdad is dead and long gone) he just refers to him as Norton. The guy was abusive to him and his mom though and I imagine he was told to call him dad or else. He calls his stepmom ( who is 14 years younger than his real dad) Mom, because he cares for her and they get along, most of the time. :)

Ive never called anyone other than my parents mom or dad, but some people are just more comfortable with it.

My kids call his stepmom grandma, and she loves them as if they were hers, she as just as much a part of our family as if she were blood, and we wouldnt have it any other way..Her brothers and sisters are aunts and uncles, and we are all pretty close.

The red haired girl in the pic was david's half sister. The blonde is me, obviously, back when we were in school.

I got disowned when my Mum divorced the asshole, the only family I ever knew turned their backs on me and even tried to turn my brother and sister against me. That backfired on her though, they were old enough to know better and now my sister won't even speak to her gran lol. The grandad is nice though, he even still called me kiddo last time he saw me, but his wife hates my guts. I'm a threat to her precious son because I know what really happened. Sometimes I wonder if she ever actually loved me, but if she did, how can she just turn that off? It was them who lied to me, not vice versa, and she should know me well enough to know that I don't lash out without being shit on first. As for my ex-stepfather, last time I went to pick up my brother and sister, he would not even raise his head from his laptop to look at me.

The really sad thing is though, is that when I dream about family, it is him I dream of, not my real dad. And I dream of his mother, instead of my own grandparents. Most often in these dreams it is me begging them to look at me and love me again, cos I did nothing wrong. I always wake up heartbroken, sad and angry that I should even be giving them thought after the way they have treated me.

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That is, the coolest thing ever! lol

I have friend who call their parents by their first names. My mom and dad would drop kick my butt to the next century if I started refering to them without their parental title. Super strange imo. My son calls people by Miss Sue or Mr. Carl ect. I have 2 soon to be stepkids that call me by my first name. Once in a while if were having a good time the youngest will slip and call me mom but then corrects herself right away. It's cute. I've been trying to explain to my son whose 3 about who Will (my fiance) is in terms of relation when we get married. I cant believe he asks these things

Chuck Norris turned 70 today. He's someone's peepaw??!

ohmygosh, what? lol

I know, right??!!! But remember, he did a movie back in the day with Bruce Lee...or was it his cousin Bruce Li? Anyway that's like in the friggin 60's!!!!

What the hell is a peepaw?

A colloquialism for Grandfather, good sir!

Wow, must be regional then... from Alaska! Never heard it before.

My Grandfathers were called Poppa.

and

My Grandmothers were called Ninny.

Poppa & Ninny 4tw

Sometimes baby words just stick. My son called his grandpa Tapaw for the longest time, hehe

for some reason clover calls derrik's dad grandma , cant help but giggle evertime i hear it ^_^

my other son said Crapaw :lol

Nanai and Poppa - that's what Catherine calls both sets of grandparents.