On Mon, 7 May 2018 03:06:44 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>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:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> 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

Clearly not.