To me that’s a very European old-world thing to do. My Mom addresses my Dad as daddy when we’re there, but I don’t think she does so when we are not. My father never addresses her as Mommy. But, the grandparents did a lot of that stuff.
I can barely make myself say my wife’s name, no less call her Mommy. :eek:
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So what do you call her? Hey, you? 
I’ve never known any couple who called each other Mom and Dad or any equivalent. My family does, however, tend to call small children with siblings “Bubby” and “Sissy.” I think it might be some sort of carry-over from teaching the kids about sibling relationships, or it might just be a generic little kid nickname like “Baby.”
I know several people who call their daughters Sissy, for sister, sometimes–when addressing the kids themselves, of course, not to others. One friend did this before she had her second kid.
I recently found a box of old letters from the 1920s to my grandmother. They were generally love letters (and from several different sources - she was a popular lady), except one lot of them were generally addressed to “My darling little Gracie” and signed “Your loving Daddy”. But the contents were quite… racy. I was severly weirded out until I realised these must’ve been their pet names for each other.
But still… ick.
I wish I had the money to pay for membership… anyhow, my first post (this thread inspired me to share).
I’m 17 years old, so you might imagine that I am not COMPLETELY deaf to what goes on around me. My parents. unfortunantly, do refer to each other as mom and dad, not only to me, but to each other, like when on the phone. That’s not so weird for me… but they couldn’t just leave it at that. Oh no, they decided to scar their child for life. My parents renamed themselves “Lump” and “Bump” within the past couple years. How this began is beyond my understanding and I am no expert on pet names, but that’s just weird. The worst part is Christmas, when half the presents to my parents FROM my parents (they tend to gift each other heavily) are addressed “mom” or “dad” and the other half “lump” or “bump.” The problem resides in that I have NO clue as to who is who, so when it comes to me to fish out the presents and deliver them to respective owners, I have to ask. Last year my dad got a nightgown and I just can’t figure out why…:smack:
P.S. - I been reading this board for years now, too bad it wen’t pay 
You guys are the most hilarious group of people in the world.
Dear Lord, I just spent at least five minutes of my life trying to figure out how a 19 year old could be a grandfather. Three cheers for literacy!
Nope. Simply walk into a room and speak to her.
The business with suddenly giving each other nicknames is a bit scary to me. On the one hand yeah, it smacks of an endearment. OTOH, it’s…weird.