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6. I know several folks that do this...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 23, 2017, 02:11 PM

Jan 2017

Usually not that formal but some variant of "Mom, Mama, Dad, Daddy, Grandma, Gran etc...)

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Pence Calls His Wife 'Mother' [View all] DonViejo Jan 2017 OP

I call him "fucker." It's a twofer. n/t rzemanfl Jan 2017 #1

LOL! 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2017 #26

lol snap! Cha Jan 2017 #56

I am under the impression that Pence is not the sharpest knife in the drawer. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #2

really not all that unusual in some places.... dhill926 Jan 2017 #3

Does he always say it twice, as well? Island Blue Jan 2017 #4

A 'Twisted Sister' is he. Jacob Boehme Jan 2017 #18

My dad would call my mother "mama"... cynatnite Jan 2017 #5

I know several folks that do this... Baconator Jan 2017 #6

It's a very old fashioned thing to do. How many kids do they have? woodsprite Jan 2017 #7

Abraham Lincoln often referred to his wife as "Mother", FWIW Retrograde Jan 2017 #17

Yup! There's a hell of a lot more to worry about Pence than what he calls his wife. n/t woodsprite Jan 2017 #19

It is disgusting when men refer to their wives as mother. SamKnause Jan 2017 #8

Oh, please. kstewart33 Jan 2017 #25

we do the same GusBob Jan 2017 #29

Good for you. SamKnause Jan 2017 #30

you choose to focus on the irrelevant and the irrational, you need no instructions how to LanternWaste Jan 2017 #44

You called it disgusting mythology Jan 2017 #49

Yes - there are MUCH more important issues in that article to be concerned about! csziggy Jan 2017 #47

My dad would call my mother "mama"... cynatnite Jan 2017 #36

Your hang-ups are yours. Try not to project them onto others. LanternWaste Jan 2017 #45

It's regional. In some areas, once they have children, the spouses identify each other as a parent. haele Jan 2017 #9

I agree that it's regional and a little old-fashioned cyclonefence Jan 2017 #10

Oh, please. This is a stupid fight to pick. Ms. Toad Jan 2017 #11

Did she reply "father father" to the old goober? SharonClark Jan 2017 #12

To be fair, that's some old-timey shit that used to be common. dionysus Jan 2017 #13

Yup....had a grandfather that used the term Bengus81 Jan 2017 #21

My parents called themselves grammie and grampie.. TO OUR CAT dionysus Jan 2017 #35

Welcome to Bates Motel n/t ProudLib72 Jan 2017 #14

I have heard that used before on women from their husbands. Doreen Jan 2017 #15

Bingo, Doreen. kstewart33 Jan 2017 #41

Might be a generation thing...my Aunt calls her husband 'Daddy' HipChick Jan 2017 #16

This is a typical christofascist thing kimbutgar Jan 2017 #20

Pence is not the only one ElkeH Jan 2017 #22

I just talked to my 78 year old mother. Doreen Jan 2017 #23

Very old-timey. Fred Williard's character on Everybody Loves Raymond did that. Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2017 #24

I call my husband papa a lot because my grandson does nini Jan 2017 #27

so he is literally a MFer Fresh_Start Jan 2017 #28

I have never heard a smart person do this scscholar Jan 2017 #31

if i call she who must be obeyed mom....they would have to send out search teams for my teeth dembotoz Jan 2017 #32

My dad (born in 1918) would sometimes refer to my mom as 'mother'. For example: PearliePoo2 Jan 2017 #33

Both my Dad (born 1919) and my Husband HockeyMom Jan 2017 #59

VERY creepy Skittles Jan 2017 #34

My dad does that melman Jan 2017 #37

Many, many people do this. former9thward Jan 2017 #38

It's a generational thing, (but it always skeeved me out when ... 11 Bravo Jan 2017 #39

I refer to my wife madokie Jan 2017 #40

That's creepy and weird. alarimer Jan 2017 #42

Andy Hardy's dad did this dcbuckeye Jan 2017 #43

... Warren DeMontague Jan 2017 #46

Reagan referred to his wife Nancy as "Mommy" Jersey Devil Jan 2017 #48

He looks like a long lost Bush brother Wabbajack_ Jan 2017 #50

This is... Mike Nelson Jan 2017 #51

So fucking what? BeyondGeography Jan 2017 #52

Color Me Disinterested ProfessorGAC Jan 2017 #53

That is quite common actually, as long as they have children. frankieallen Jan 2017 #54

mr. froggy calls me mommy frogmarch Jan 2017 #55

We do this in our house....but we have very young children. Pence doing it...and saying it twice is cbdo2007 Jan 2017 #57

My parents both did that sometimes. What's the big deal? WillowTree Jan 2017 #58

I know people who do similar things BainsBane Jan 2017 #60