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What do your parents call you (other than your name)?

GreenMonkey1GreenMonkey1 member
in July 2012 Moms
Do they still call you "kids"?  

My parents call DH and I by our first names, same with my siblings and their spouses.  If we are all together and they are stating dinner is ready, it's a "dinner is ready call".

Inlaws call DH and I plus SIL "the kids".  Think "Kids, dinner is ready".  It bothers my husband, probably because in addition to calling us the kids his mother generally treats him/us like we're still minors.

Got me thinking about what other people's parents call them now that we're all grown adults.
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  • lewispmlewispm member

    I have 2 sisters and my parents would say "girls, dinner is ready". MH's parent's would say "kids, dinner is ready". My mom also calls me darlin all the time. It doesn't bother me to be called "the girls" or "the kids" at all!

    In fact, I kind of like feeling young for once!

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  • lilahbean13lilahbean13 member
    edited September 2013
    My dad calls me booger or sweetie pie or darlin or staish (short for Stacia). My mom calls me b!tch cause we don't get along at the moment lol
    But in general when speaking of my brothers and I, they say "the kids" which I'm fine with !
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  • JAck5209JAck5209 member
    They mostly call us by our names but my dad calls me "Honey". I kind of love it. :)
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    lainikins said:
    My parents call us by our names. My in laws, mainly my MIL call us kids. It's not a benign "kids". She tries to treat us all like we're ten year olds. I can totally see how some parents can say kids in a sweet, sentimental or honest way. I'm an adult but I'll always be my mom & dad's child. Or as my dad says,"his baby". 

    My mom and dad and in laws were at our house the day we brought Finley Kate home. I couldn't sit in the living room because of my c-section (I couldn't sit down that low yet.). I was sitting at my dining room table. My dad started to walk into the dining room. My mom asked him where he was going. My dad said to see the baby. My mom said, "She's right here?" He said, "No I'm going to sit with my baby."  It was the sweetest thing ever. I don't mind if my parents call me their child, kid, baby... As long as they treat me like their adult child.     
    Oh my goodness. Your dad is just the sweetest. That put tears in my eyes.
    I know!! Got tears in my eyes too!! 

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  • GreenMonkey1GreenMonkey1 member
    leilei7369 That is adorable of your Dad!  I think you hit the nail on the head about why being called "the kids" by MIL bothers my DH.

    andreab7412 My Dad still calls me by my childhood nickname, bear.  Apparently I used to growl before I could talk and I was a bit clumsy, like a bear.
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  • Kdoy705Kdoy705 member
    Well my immediate family and close friends call me "Doy" - short for my last (maiden) name. Funny thing is, my younger brother and sister have the same nickname, so among the larger group of friends and family, it is Big Doy, Mid Doy, and Little Doy. And when we are all three together we just call each other Doy. Oddly we all know who is addressing who. So...now my screen name makes more sense, right? :) 

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  • C&CsmommyC&Csmommy member
    My brother and I are 10 years apart so they don't really "lump" is together but my dad has always called me "pooh" or "princess" and now will say "your mommy" when referencing me to the boys. My mom called me "pooh" when I was younger too but now its just my name :)
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  • hokiemama06hokiemama06 member

    We all hang in the kitchen when we're over there and food is being prepped, so a general call isn't necessary.  I think if needed, though it would be, "Alright ya'll, dinner is ready!"

    My family does a lot of nicknames - I'm boo, bouchie, boo boo to just about everyone.  But my dad calls me pretty.  Like, when I call, he answers, "hey pretty".  :)

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