What names do you call your parents by? Do you still call them “Mom” and “Dad” (or whatever version of those that you might use)? Or do you call them by their given first names? Or do you have any sort of nicknames other then that you call them by?

Although I typically don’t really talk about my parents on my blog, in the rare instances I do you might notice I still call my parents Mom and Dad. Sure, sometimes I jokingly call my Dad “Old Man” (or when I feel fancy I’ll call him “Father” which usually gets the reply of “Daughter”), but I keep with the names I first learned.

Growing up, I have a memory of when it, like, officially clicked that my parents names were their given first names. Don’t ask my why it wasn’t like a natural thing to me (and I’m curious if other kids it is just like common knowledge or accepting or they all have those moments?) but I remember being like “Huh, okay, Mom’s first name is —”.

Don’t get me started on her handwriting and how her S’s look like A’s and had me confused until I learned how to read cursive. Funny, now I write exactly like her now that I am an adult…

I guess I ask you, Internet, since I’m curious what the consensus is for you all. Two of my brothers will call our parents by the first names, which I know our Dad doesn’t really like and kind of hurts his feelings. One of these brothers asked his facebook friends (who are in their mid-thirities like my brother) what they all called their parents and most of them, like me, still call them Mom and Dad.

I think even when I am old and (most likely) senile I’ll still be calling them Mom and Dad. To me it is kind of a respect thing but, then again, I am sure my brothers see calling our parents by their first names as a respect thing as well.

No matter how old I get I’ll always be their little girl and they will always be my Mom and Dad.

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