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Same here
Same here
Before BS1 was born, and SS
Before BS1 was born, and SS was still fairly young, I would say mum, as in "did you have fun at Mum's house?". DH has always said "your mom". And since becoming a Mom myself we both refer to her as "your mom" now. But SS is pretty quick on the ball so it never confused him.
We had one instance where the
We had one instance where the oldest girl called her mom by her first name, her dad corrected her. But she said that is what we called her. We had to explain that , yes, to each other we call BM her first name because she is not OUR mom, but she is THEIR mom, so they need to call her mom.
GUBM is "Your mom" when we
GUBM is "Your mom" when we talk to SD - though FDH does the majority of the communication with her now.
Your mother if were talking
Your mother if were talking to the kids, dipshit or dumbass if were not we'll have to change that soon kids will be old enough to figure out who were talking about. May have to teach SO Carney or improve our French to coverse.
^^ LMFAO. FDH and I call GUBM
Holy crap, your SIL must have
Holy crap, your SIL must have a VERY high opinion of herself to think that you would spend your time gossiping about her, and to her family no less.
And she must think you are the type who isn't brave enough to say it like it is directly to another person. Has she ever met you or spent any time in a room with you?? Lol.
"Your Mum" or last visit, SD3
"Your Mum" or last visit, SD3 corrected me "I call her 'My Mother', so you can too" Lol
I say your mum too. But
I say your mum too. But seriously to the post above what little girl aged 3 speaks like this serious pas by bm I suspect.
Yup, def PAS going on, subtle
Yup, def PAS going on, subtle at this stage though. BM and her mother have a weird relationship (both borderlines) SO and I are seeing signs of SD picking up on their weird 'conditional' love relationship. I suspect either BM or 'Tutu' (that's what the grandma wants to be called instead) have been having convo's with SD about "Mother' being the most important person in her life *roll eyes*