There are an awful lot of Mommy Bloggers out there, and they actually call themselves that. "Mommy"
Mommy did this and Mommy did that. Mommy cleaned up the poop and Mommy made dinner.
I would like to tell all of you "Mommies" out there a cautionary tale of intrigued, shock, and pure embarrassment.
My sis-in-law, or sil from now on because I'm lazy, is 36. She still calls her Mom "Mommy."
Yes. Take that in. Think about it. Think about your child calling you that in public once they are old enough to live on their own.
The first time I heard her do it was right before she married my brother. She was on the phone, and she said, "I love you Mommy."
Oh she didn't just call her Mommy, did she?
Well I figured it was a fluke, or she was feeling sentimental with the wedding and all. She probably didn't think anyone heard her.
Then during a fitting for bridesmaids dresses she did it again. In like public. In front of people.
I told my Mom what happened. She was like, "She did not." I assured her she did.
Now just plain Mommy would be bad enough. She says it how a two year old says it. Mooommiiiieeee.
Yes. Moommiiiieeeee.
Over the years I have enjoyed the shock of others when she is with her Mom and she calls her Moommiiiieeee.
She also encourages her children to call her Mooommiiiieeee, and she almost gets depressed when they call her Mom.
She is one twisted chick, let me tell ya.
I call my mom "Ma" usually, or if I'm in a sarcastic mood "Mother" because she absolutely HATES that. Sometimes I'll call her Mooommiiiieeee, but it is for pure sarcastic laugh at my sil's expense kind of deal.
It's a head turner in public, let me tell you. I have seen some of the most priceless looks ever while hiding behind other people, under the table, anywhere so it didn't look like I was with her.
The most common look is the "What the fuck did she just say" look. A close second is the "What the fuck is wrong with her" look.
I'm sure some of you Moooommmmiiiiieeee's out there are thinking that it wouldn't be so bad. It might even be kind of special if your child called you that their whole life.
It is, and it's not. Trust me. You do not want to be 90 some day and have a 65 year old saying "Moooommiiieee." Cease and desist with the Mommy stuff before it is too late!
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Priceless. If I said that to my Mother at the ripe old age of 33, I think she would break out the wooden spoon and whup my ass.
BTW, 75 and sunny in Phoenix today. But I would kill for Portillio's.
The Mad Tech
Spread the word accross the land! heh. Kim at Relaxed Homeskool pointed out a genuine daddy blog to me and mentioned that their is such a thing as a baby blog. be afraid. Cutsie wutsie made a poopsie. Please no.
Just a thought here...Is she (or her mother - which I guess would make her...duh) Hispanic? Most Latin kids call their moms, Mami (which is pronounced Mommie) - including myself and just about every other Cuban, Puerto Rican, Spanish and Mexican kid I've ever met. My wife was shocked too the first time she heard me call her that. Once I explained it though, she calls her Mami as well. I guess you whitey's will never understand....Signed, Mami's boy.
There is a big difference between Mami and Moooommmmiiiiieeeee.
My sil is caucassion, so that's not why..
I have never called my mother mommy, or mooommiiiieeee either for that matter. I've always just called her mom, and my own kids that are 3 & 4 don't cally me mommy, they call me mom or momma. It's just not something we do. I never told them not to call me mommy, they just don't. I would never refer to myself as mommy either. Yuck!
Okay, I haven't called my mother "Mommy" since I was 7 or 8. However, I call my father "Daddy" about 90% of the time. Actually, I think I only call him "Dad" if I'm really angry or put out with him (and yes, that's the case...oh...at least 10% of the time).
It's a cultural thing in the South. I don't know why it's only true with father's, but I don't know a Southern woman who has a decent relationship with her father and doesn't call him "Daddy". Weird. I know. But it's true. So thump me now. (OUCH! I was kidding...ouch!)
Poppy, Daddy is perfectly acceptable if spoken with a southern accent and not pronounced as a two year old would pronounce it.
I don't think I know anyone from the south that doesn't call their Dad Daddy.
Oh, and Mad Tech, the visual of a 30 something getting their ass beat with a wooden spoon about made me spit coffee all over my monitor...Priceless...
My 5 year old called me Dude.
~Genuine
www.genuineblog.com
FREAKY! my sil does the exact same thing. also, my mom and i share the same laugh at her expense.
i fear for my neices.
jesse
ipsoblogo.com
Heya. I found your through BE. :)
I so hear ya on the Mommy thing. My sister tried to call our mom Mommy once while in our 20's and my mom responded by giving her the evil eye. And there are definitely tons of Something-Mommy-Something blogs out there. But then who am I to complain? I've got Bunny in the name of my blog! lol
Anyways. You're fabulous! I will be back. :)
groovebunny
That's how Reagan referred to Nancy, for what it's worth (now all the right wingers will think it's poetry, I guess). --Gus Openshaw
Oh Mr. Openshaw, GTMA...
The original title for this post was "What Do My SIL and Ronald Reagan Have in Common"
It was to long and looked stupid, and I figured people might not "get it". It's that whole selling out deal rearing it's ugly head...
Dariana, if you look up "red flag" in the dictionary I believe the post you just wrote is the definition.
My GOD...
and for the record, to anyone who may have emailed me defending Mommy Blogs...
I was not ripping on Mommy Blogs. Being a MOM is the most important thing in the world. It was just a cautionary tale about how once the kids pass, oh 2 or 3 they may want to rename their blogs MOM.
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