Stop calling me that.....that's not my name!!

I heard someone once say “we are born Mommy”. Well I checked it out and I don’t know what the hell she was talking about. If that is the case, why doesn’t it say Mommy on my birth certificate? It doesn’t. It says Justine Michele Stoddard. And for my parents names, why doesn’t it say Mommy and Daddy instead of Joan Grayce and Ned? Because it’s stupid, that’s why.


I understand we couldn’t all be legally named Mommy and Daddy or it would get confusing. I would probably be like Mommy 1,645,289. Not easy to yell out in the grocery store. “Mommy #1,645,289, your child is waiting for you at the guest service counter.” We would all be checking our numbers like a lottery ticket.


So what jackass came up with the idea for kids to call us Mommy and Daddy and not our real names in the first place? If they only knew what they started. For some reason kids love to say the word Mommy over and over again, like 400 times in a row. I don’t think my daughter would be as likely to say Justine? Justine? Justine? It just doesn’t have the same ring.
In today’s society no one would dream of letting their kids call them by their first name. It would be disrespectful. It would be rude. It would be embarrassing. It would be uh….my name. What is so wrong with that? I happen to like my name. My mommy gave it to me.
Would it mean our children would love us less because they call us Dick and Jane instead of Mom and Dad? Does “Dick, can I have my allowance?” sound any more unloving than “Dad, can I have my allowance?” I think not. Does “Jane, when is dinner going to be ready?” sound any less thoughtful than “Mom, when is dinner going to be ready?” Not really.
Just a thought.


***On a side note: I do have to admit, there is nothing like the first time your child says mama. Probably wouldn’t sound the same as Justine and not to mention they wouldn’t be able to say until they were about 4.