On Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 8:30:59 PM UTC-4, Hank Rogers wrote:
> Terry Coombs wrote:
> > On 5/6/2018 6:32 PM, Bruce wrote:
> >> On Sun, 6 May 2018 17:57:56 -0500, Hank Rogers >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Bruce wrote:
> >>>> On Sun, 6 May 2018 16:25:12 -0500, Terry Coombs >
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 5/6/2018 1:58 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> >>>>>>> Really pleased with my pepper plants.
> >>>>>>> I just need to get a cheap timer so the grow light is on 16 hours a
> >>>>>>> day. I had a hard time rolling out of bed to turn it on at 6 a.m.
> >>>>>>> when it was dark and cold outside.
> >>>>>> I couldn't keep that schedule, myself. Not even for tomatoes.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> nancy
> >>>>> I have no choice , our 70+ pound dog thinks that I need to get
> >>>>> up as
> >>>>> soon as it's light out . I get up with him so Mama can sleep a little
> >>>>> later - I can always take a nap later , Walmart might frown on her
> >>>>> doing
> >>>>> that ...
> >>>> I always worry when men refer to their wife as Mama or Mother.
> >>>>
> >>> Why?
> >> I think wife and mother are two clearly distinct people who should not
> >> be confused.
> >
> > We've been married almost 45 years , whaddaya want me to call her ,
> > my Child Bride ?
> >
>
> If you have children together, then she truly is a mama, right?

Do you refer to any woman who has had a child as Mama?

Generally I don't like it when men call their wife Mama or Mother, but
in this context I construed it to be a jocular reference to the dog's
Mama.

Cindy Hamilton