# Does your mom call your dad by his first name, or ... dad ?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 18, 2007, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-mom-call-your-dad-by-his-first-name-or-dad/423171 "2007-10-18T15:38:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-mom-call-your-dad-by-his-first-name-or-dad/423171/41 "2007-10-21T03:07:33Z")

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Mom called Dad “Mark” when talking to him and “Dad” when talking to me about him.

Dad called Mom “Angel” when talking to her and “Mom” when talking to me about her. Her name isn’t Angel, though.  
Edited to add: I very rarely call my husband by name, and find ways to avoid calling most relatives by name. It’s weird and I don’t know why I do that.

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