"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 07 May 2018 09:39:20 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
>>Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> Do you refer to any woman who has had a child as Mama?
>>
>>It's a personal family thing, Cindy and Bruce.
>
> I know.
>
>>> Generally I don't like it when men call their wife Mama or Mother
>>
>>Long term families with kids often use those terms. Just like a
>>nickname. All the kids call their parents Mom&Dad or Mamma/pappa
>>or mother/father. Parents often will adopt those names for each
>>other since all the kids refer to them that way. No worries.
>
> I know. I didn't fall of the turnip truck just yesterday
>
>>No need for any others to be annoyed by it.
>
> You don't have to be.


I never wanted to be called, mama, mother, or anything like that by my
*husband*, but my parents did and his parents did. I also hate "my old
lady." My name is Cheri.

Cheri