No, never. And I will never allow my own children to do that either. Step parents I can understand calling by first name but even that would mean to me that the relation between the kid and the step parent is not fully ok.
Poll: Calling your Parents by there First name?
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I've never called my parents mother/mom or father/dad, I have always called them by their first name... My grandparents however have always been grandfather and grandmother... strange now that I think about it =P
It's "though." "Thou" Is an entirely different word. /end petpeeve rant
I have no relationship with my DNA Donors. So if I don't refer to them as "DNA Donors," I'll refer to them by their real names. It doesn't bother me. I have no idea if it bothers them or not.
I have no relationship with my DNA Donors. So if I don't refer to them as "DNA Donors," I'll refer to them by their real names. It doesn't bother me. I have no idea if it bothers them or not.
Almost every father in the western world is being called "father". Besides, a far more important point: I don't want to be just a "father" to my child. I want to be his/her friend. And friends call me by my name, just like virtually any other human being does. My personality and existence consists of more than being "father".Dimitriov said:
I do...but usually by their nicknames mom-la vache qui rit and my dad-mr fleuri (do not ask how that came about)...
The only time I call my mom by her first name is when I'm at her workplace. She says its safer if I don't call her "mom" there.
I have NEVER called my dad by his first name.
I have NEVER called my dad by his first name.
Mom's and Dad's have first names?!?!?
In all seriousness, no, never. It's Mom and Dad. I've found i don't even usually introduce them to people by there first names, I say, "this is my Mom/Dad" It's there job to tell people their names if they want too... LOL
In all seriousness, no, never. It's Mom and Dad. I've found i don't even usually introduce them to people by there first names, I say, "this is my Mom/Dad" It's there job to tell people their names if they want too... LOL
I call them by their first names when she's out of the house, otherwise calling out "Mother" in a crowd has about a hundred heads turning. I just call her the many variations of Mother when we're indoors.
I do it to get their attention when they are spacing out or if its important. Other than that it's mom and dad.
I call my Dad "Dad". I call my mother by her first name.
Same reason as OP.
I think it can be fine if you're either a) an adult (or close to; like 16/17), b) a hippy, or c) not treated like their child so much as a person they live with and look after.
Same reason as OP.
I think it can be fine if you're either a) an adult (or close to; like 16/17), b) a hippy, or c) not treated like their child so much as a person they live with and look after.
Kinda reminds me of this, about 1:00 in...mysecondlife said:
OT: Nah, it's Mum and Dad for me. I call Mum "Mother" if I want something or if she's being particularly annoying. I have used their names on a handful of occasions but only to be annoying in return or to make a bad joke.
I can honestly say I don't think I've ever called my parents by their first names. The only time I need to use their names is when I'm talking to someone else outside of the three of us. So, I use Mom and Dad with them, and even with my roommate, and with her, it's just "So, I talked to Mom today," or "Well, Dad's being stupid again," because she's practically family and does the same to me.
When I'm hanging around like...aunts and uncles, or strangers, then I use their first names. But even then, with aunts and uncles, it can occassionally be "my mom."
When I'm hanging around like...aunts and uncles, or strangers, then I use their first names. But even then, with aunts and uncles, it can occassionally be "my mom."
Nope, but I don't call a lot of people by their first name. I even refer to some of my friends by their surnames, so yeah.
It sounds weird to even say their name- Angelo and Iris? Seriously, it's weird even to write.
Still, I guess that it's an habit rather than some kind of respect- I have spent all my childhood calling them "mamma" and "papà", after all, to stop going with those nicknames would be an hassle.
When I'm angry at my mother I go with "mammina" ("Mommy"). It does get across the anger pretty well.
It sounds weird to even say their name- Angelo and Iris? Seriously, it's weird even to write.
Still, I guess that it's an habit rather than some kind of respect- I have spent all my childhood calling them "mamma" and "papà", after all, to stop going with those nicknames would be an hassle.
When I'm angry at my mother I go with "mammina" ("Mommy"). It does get across the anger pretty well.
No, it seems disrespectful to me. Honestly I more often ADDRESSED my parents as 'sir' and 'ma'am'. I might call them by their first names when introducing them or when i was a janitor at the steel mill my dad worked at... that was weird. Especially since my oldest brother has the same name as my dad. (though my brother has almost always gone by KJ)
Step-parents you get when you're over a certain age, i can see that making sense, though I never had any.
Step-parents you get when you're over a certain age, i can see that making sense, though I never had any.
Nope, never. Call me old fashioned (in this instance alone) but I think it's pretty disrespectful to adress them by their first name and just...rather wierd too, I don't really get why you would unless you were intentially trying to irk them.