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?

  • piranhaconda@mander.xyz
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    3 days ago

    Well she involuntarily quit responding to Mom now that she’s a grandma (not my doing, my siblings have kids). So now I call her the same thing the kids do, Mimi

  • garbagebagel@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    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.

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    Usually, just mama. There’s a few nickname alternates that have piled up over the years, but mama sticks for whatever reason. She usually prefers it as well, so that works.

    Strangely, my dad has two. Daddy and papa. I use them interchangeably, my sister sticks with daddy.

    My kid calls their mom mommy or mom usually. Mommy when they’re tired for sure though lol.

  • Elaine@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    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.

  • RBWells@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    My kids call me Mom, step kids call me by my first name.

    Oh and sometimes mama, in Spanish.

  • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    Used to be 妈妈, but eventually I just called her by her full name cause I’m tired of her toxicity and just went full “American rebellious teenager” mode with it. Its supposedly very rude because filial piety bullshit, but fuck that. I don’t recognize this bitch as a “mother”.

  • 93maddie94@lemmy.zip
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    4 days ago

    I call my mom “mom”, but now that I have a kid I use her grandma name more frequently. Honestly it’s a little easier to call her that, I have some unresolved stuff and while we’re friendly the mom term is a little much. My daughter calls me “mommy”, but usually doesn’t enunciate so it’s “mah-ee” most of the time.

  • GoddessGundy@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    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"