I must have been in my early to mid teens before I knew either of my parents first names. I was quite an immature lad, slow in growing up and still thought of my mum and dad as "mum" and "dad" and nothing else until I was quite old.
Our two on the other hand are a bit different. The boy went through a brief phase of calling me "Alex" but it passed in a week or two. Fifi is being a bit more determined though. For months now she's called me "Alex" most of the time, more so when she's angry, cross with me or annoyed. And it's beginning to grate. I don't want to be "Alex" to my two little ones, I'm Alex to the rest of the world. I want to be "Daddy" to the pair of them for a long time to come.
ha ha, ours used our first names a bit for a while and still do occasionally but instinctively, it's still Mummy and Daddy. They are the stage now where they like knowing our names so they can read if the post is for them or us! Small things...
ReplyDeleteHa, I went through that stage with my Mum and Dad too. I think it's because I was trying to be like a grown-ups and so called then what other grown-ups people called them. I think she will grow out of it - I did.
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