Calling parents but their first names….os it acceptable?

B9 by my first name and I did the same with my MiL. What else?

Off on a bit of a tangent here, but what do your DiL/SiLs call you? I am used to not being called anything, very happy to be called by my first name by them, but I do find it really strange being addressed as 'Granny' by one of them when there are no children present. It is as if I have no personality, function or purpose except to be Granny to her children!

My DH called his mother by her first name all his adult life. Not quite sure why, he doesn’t really know himself. Definitely not hippy dippy/walking naked around the house!

My sons always called my husband (their dad) by his first name, up until they were in their late teens. It was probably because that's what they heard me say a lot. My mum thought it was terrible . She didn't like me not wearing my wedding ring, either. I haven't worn it for 39 years (I was 9st when I married, never been that weight since )

Some people just like to be different.
What's wrong with Mum and Dad?

To our two we are mum and dad their partners call us by our first names. One set of Grandchildren calls their other granddad his first name then granddad but not his wife.
Our two always called their uncles and aunts their titles until our nephew and niece stopped so our two did of their own accord.

PS So... of course it's acceptable!

My kids have always called us by our first names because we asked them to right from the beginning, or rather, we only spoke of ourselves and each other by our first names.

Now my grandchildren call me by my first name too –initially they prefixed it with 'Granny' to distinguish me from their other granny whom they also call by her first name, but that as been dropped now.

I like my first name and don't want to be called anything else.

Well, i find it totally not on, and to a point, i find it disrespectful.

My son once jokingly called me by my Christian name and I corrected him.

My DIL and SIL me by my Christian name which is totally fine, I wouldnt expect them to call me mum, but by my own children, absolutely yes.

My sons call me mum. DDIL call me by my first name which is fine , .wouldn’t like my sons to call me by my first name tho .

I think first names are fine, I do not like it when adults call their parents mummy and daddy. However, it is really up to the people involved.

Our kids jokingly call us by our christian names sometimes. My user name is my DDs nickname for me. My 3 year old grandaughter was calling me both my name and Grandma today. It doesn’t bother me what they call me I’ll always answer lol.

Sorry to hear about the loss of your old friend MOnica. So much shared history I’m sure. Obviously a well loved lady. ?

I had friends who called their parents by their Christian names in the 60s/70s. They were a bit hippyesque. My elder son has always called OH by his Christian name. I was Mother but now it’s Nanna. My other two call us mum and dad. Just to add - sometimes our 6-year old granddaughter calls OH by his Christian name (and giggles) but refers to him as granddad.

I am ‘mummy’ to my two daughters and ‘mum’ or ‘mother’ to my sons. When I married my husband I had children from a previous marriage and my parents-in-law asked the children to call them by their first names. Since then both their sons and all their grandchildren have done so.

One of mine at school tried "Mrs Sky" a couple of times but I said mum is fine lol

If the relationship was fine I wouldnt worry

The children of a friend always called their parents by their first names. Yes, slightly hippy dippy, but certainly not the kind who walked naked round the house.

Their mother was a lovely kind person who was a dear friend of mine for over 45 years and who died suddenly a fortnight ago. I was discussing with her son where to hold the wake after the funeral. We, half jokingly, considered the local football stadium, so many people have expressed a desire to be present. I can forgive her expecting her children to call their parents by their first name

My friend's cousin always called his parents by 1st names, and that was in 1950s, so not new! He was an only child and they were an arty family.

My father called his mother Maggie all his adult life...He adored his mother.. When I asked him why he said it was a term of endearment...All us grandchildren and great grandchildren called her Granny Maggie....

I don’t care for it personally. I have noted it is definitely a middle class habit, mostly to be found in the South of England.

When my dear late husband was a child his best mate's parents divorced, so his friend began to call his stepmother, and subsequently his dad by their first names. DH thought this was a good idea so followed suit with his parents who didn't object.

When my parents and his all met for the first time my dad was so aghast at DH calling his parents Tom and Jane that you'd think he'd strangled a kitten.

My eldest calls his Dad by his first name , always has....he has called me Mother for the last 15 years....makes me feel ancient at 57 ?..... the other 2 just say mum and Dad....2 of my GDs call me Granny ...the other GD calls me by a nickname of my first name....I honestly don't care what anybody calls me

friends of ours now in their seventies, brought their four children up to call them by their christian names. their reasoning was that they wanted to be seen as equals and friends rather than authoritarian figures. this may sound like a recipe for disaster but not so, all four are level headed adults who did not run wild or cause their parents any worry during childhood/teenage years. not for most of us i suppose, but each to his own.

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No way- not to me anyway. I am ‘Mum’ to my 3. My youngest son calls me by my first name as a joke. When I’m visiting, his greeting is “ so H, what’s all the news then ?“ and I say “give me a chance N, I need that cup of tea first ‘ ???

oh another one it's my sons too. I am Mummy to my daughter, never my name! I think Mummy sounds well posh too-something I'm not!

I don't think it really matters - just different family habits. DILs and SILs call me by my first name. I do think it's most peculiar, though, when people call their in-laws Mum and Dad!