Calling parents by their Christian names

Our two sons were brought up from the start to call us by our forenames and their children have followed them in doing so.
My forename is personal to me, anyone can be called Mum.
btw if you want to refer to your first name as a Christian name, why not? I never would since I’m not a Christian!

My children switched to calling me mother when they were in their teens. Dad remained Dad. Quite happy with that. My sisters and I stuck with using Mummy and Daddy because she didn’t want to change. Big mistake.

Our granddaughter’s seventeen year old boyfriend calls us by our first names which we are quite comfortable with. What else could he call us ? Mr and Mrs sounds much too formal.

I called my parents Mummy and Daddy, until I decided I was too old to say that. They wouldn’t have allowed Mum and Dad, and given (“christian“) names were out of the question, so I didn’t call them anything until I had children, when they became Grandfather and Grandmother to all of us. That solved the problem.

Our daughters call me Mum and our Sons in Law call us by our given names.

The granddaughter of one of our friends calls him by his given name. He says he doesn’t mind.
I think I would be disappointed if my DDs and DGs did so. I’m not really sure why maybe it marks me as someone a bit special to them.

I am known by my first (Christian) name by my husband, children, friends, mother-in-law, and grandchildren.

It is my name

I called my parents Mum and Dad because that's what was expected of me. Mum and Dad aren't really names though. My husband always used first names in his family. It seems obvious to me.

I do not call my sons "son" or daughters "daughter", my husband "husband" or my nieces and nephews by their relationship to me. Also I am not called "daughter-in-law" by my husband's mother so why call her "mother-in-law"?

I really don't understand why anyone is bothered if we choose to use our actual names!

Everyone in the family (even the tiny ones) know our family relationships - and the love is just as great.

When they were tiny we were called Mum and Dad. Son started calling me by my first name when he went to playgroup. His reasoning was if he called Mum all the mothers looked round. If he called my name he got me.

Daughter followed suit and we didn’t mind. As they got older people asked if we were really their parents, were they adopted etc.

I remember my children calling me Doodle when they were little (or maybe it was just one of them). I think it coincided with their realising that I was Doodle to friends and family, Mrs Dog to other adults, Aunt Doodle to their cousins etc. I told them that Mummy was a special name because they were the only people in the world who had the right to call me by it. That seemed to satisfy them and it stopped

I know a man whose first name is Christian. What is wrong with that!
There is also Christopher and Christine.

My DGS refers to his parents by their Christian names.
I have never heard his sisters do it

Cabbie21

If somebody’s parents are/ were Christians, I don’t see why they shouldn’t refer to Christian names. It is a personal thing.

Yes the OP might only find it odd with Christian names.

If somebody’s parents are/ were Christians, I don’t see why they shouldn’t refer to Christian names. It is a personal thing.

Anyway, why aren't we "allowed" to say Christian name on here???

Didn't call parents by their first names, but aunts and uncles by first name only, no "uncle" or "aunt" title. My DGCs also the same.

I remember being totally stunned when I went to my friend's house and she introduced her parents as Josie and Chris.

I eould never have been allowed to call my parents by their names.

My brother dared to address Dad by his Christian name when he was about 15. Wow, did that soon get stamped out!

Elder son has called his father by his first name since he was at Primary school. He calls me mum.

My son did it once calling from a distance to dad at a social gathering outside, aged about 13. It went something like this, "dad, dad dad, dad, daaad, daaaad, Daaviiid (not real name) worked though! Selective deafness, it's what we do! Parents that is

I found out many years ago, if I needed Mums to listen to me, calling her by her first name was a sure fire way to get her full attention.

HeavenLeigh

Maybe I’m a bit out of touch but I think it’s a bit weird to hear adult children calling their parents by their christian names. Anyone else think it’s strange or am I the only one?

Please refer to first names and not “christian” names.

Bit of a common thing in my family using your parents first name.
My cousin always called him Mum by her first name, he's in his mid 70's now.

My Dad was also know by his first name by all the Grandchildren, my sister and I called him that as well, much more than Dad.
To me not odd at all.

I recognize people understand that a Christian name is indeed a first name. I am a Christian but not everyone is and we must not assume they are.

So a Christian name isn’t a first name shelflife ! It is where I’m from U.K.

I think in Chat, using the word Christian name here is fine. We're not in a solicitor's office filling out documents, or giving our details to health professionals.
I've heard a grandchild referring to and addressing his grandma as Doreen. It sounded disrespectful.

My parents were old school and I must admit we called them mum and dad. As do my four adult children to us