I’m a young mom with a pre-teen son and he’s called me “mommy” up until he was about 10 and a half. Since then he’s been calling me “Ma” which I find pretty cute. Especially when he extends it to “Maaa” when yelling from another room. Maybe it’s a southern thing lol. Just curious about what y’all call your moms?
Mom
Maman 🇫🇷
My kids call me Mom, step kids call me by my first name.
Oh and sometimes mama, in Spanish.
Mom, mamá or viejita (old lady) when I’m feeling brave. Sometimes when I’m feeling extra brave (and playful), I use her childhood nickname that she hates because it’s funny.
I call her Mama and only refer to her as my mom when talking to people outside the family. Kids call me mom, momma, mama - it just depends. They never call me by my name and I never call my mom by hers - that would be super weird and would seem disrespectful.
I call my mom Ma, too. My kids call me Ma or Mama. It’s funny but we took in some stray cat brothers in one day and kept them. A couple months later I heard Maaa-aaaa Maaaama! But the kids were at school… The kittens had learned they could get my attention immediately by mimicking my kids and that first couple times I couldn’t tell the difference. To this day their meow sounds like 'maaaa"
As a child, usually mother. As an adult, by her name.
A miserable cunt. Sorry, but I think balance is good and as much as most folk have decent moms, and I’m grateful for it, my mom is top 5 worst humans I’ve ever met. I hope your’s is better.
Just mom
Mostly just Mom
It’s always been mum and dad. My kids call me dad/daddy/dumb ass/fucker.
Mid-30s woman here, from western US. I call my mom any of the following, depending on mood/context:
- Mom
- Mommy
- Mama
- Ma (definitely can become Maaaaa at times)
- Uma
- Mother (usually in a jokingly stern tone)
- Her name (when she’s being particularly deaf)
Mãe.
I’m Brazilian.
“Ma!”
Also, it has to be shouted. As a kid—coming into the house from who-knows-what adventure where I destroyed an item of clothing—again. Or as an adult trying to reach her over the sound of Fox News with the volume up way too loud.
This is the way.
Mom or more often her name? A diminutive of her name. I like her name. I do not think she does.
