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Originally Posted by Omers
Rainbow8 I was so relieved to hear you talking about your mom. From the time I started talking until 4th grade I called my mother by her fitrst name. It bugged her second husband and he insisted it stop... So I started calling her mom after a $50 bribe! Once he was gone so was the mom... back to her first name. The only time I call her mom is when I am pissed because I need a motherly response from her and she isn't giving it!
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My dad and all his brothers called their father by his first name, not "Dad". They all grew up from the 1940's - 1960's, and none of them know how or why it started.