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 🇫🇷
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.
Mostly just Mom
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.
My kids call me Mom, step kids call me by my first name.
Oh and sometimes mama, in Spanish.
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"
Mom or more often her name? A diminutive of her name. I like her name. I do not think she does.
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.
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.
As a child, usually mother. As an adult, by her name.
“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.
