I call my mother “mum” 99% of the time and occasionally call her Val-ree for fun (name is Valerie)
Calling parents by name full time is disrespectful in my opinion .. but his parents clearly don’t care
I started calling my Mum by her first name or her nickname from when I was about 25 until she passed away. She didn't care, she loved it. It started out as a bit of running joke as she always said to people who called Mrs Ryan "don't call me that just call me Thel" .
One day I said what about me? She laughed and said you can call me Thel but you have to call Mrs Ryan for a week first
![:lol :lol](https://oneeyed-richmond.com/forum/Smileys/default/LOL.gif)
. So I did
![laugh :laugh:](https://oneeyed-richmond.com/forum/Smileys/default/laugh.gif)
. Still called her Mum on certain occasions.
And no she wasn't some lefty with green or pink hair.