MizMyColi: In African tradition, calling an elder by name is a taboo, especially in an informal setting.
How much more, a mother - married or not.
imo, it just doesn't seem and sound right.


@Ihedinobi2, please contribute.
@Tallesty1, abeg show face.
@Temigracie, Softsparkyy,




Wait o, hope you're not pulling a rozay this time?

kreamidiva: I don't think it'll pass o cos the kid is 11yrs old already.

Try and make him call you mummy. Being called mummy makes my head swell small. Lol

rozzay:
I know mummy sounds nice, but I think it'll make me luk or sound old, lolz so I kind of prefer my name but wen he does dat in public people r like abomination!

kreamidiva:

Look or sound old

Nah.... it makes you look and sound s£xy...lol

rozzay:
Lolz ok, so how do I tell him to start calling me mummy now

Reason with him

rozzay:
Lolz ok, so how do I tell him to start calling me mummy now

kreamidiva:

My daughter was calling me my name too when she was around 2 because everyone around me was calling me my name. So my dad started saying stuff like "mummy xyz, come and carry xyz", then they'll ask her to go and call her mummy. When they finally started calling me mummy xyz, she cued in.

rozzay: I mostly frequent d romance section, nd since am a mother of an 11 year old son, I think its only right for me to also be on d family section too. So here's my problem, tho am not married but I have a kid who is 11 nd he calls me by my name nd some people r like its wrong its wrong, but I don't rily know, how its goin to affect me or if it will, pls can I hear honest opinions

MizMyColi: In African tradition, calling an elder by name is a taboo, especially in an informal setting.
How much more, a mother - married or not.
imo, it just doesn't seem and sound right.


@Ihdinobi2, please contribute.
@Tllesty1, abeg show face.
@Tmigracie, Sftsparkyy,




Wait o, hope you're not pulling a rozay this time?

richommie:


this is aruuu....
rozzay dnt u shunn im or flog im...?

englishmart: It seems you are not much older than your son..

He sees you as immature person to call mummy.

How come you are just complaining now? This is what you should have tackled long ago..
Or maybe you were shy to be called mummy.?
And I think it's getting too late to make amends..
Talk to your son now, and tell him you are his mom. And therefore deserve to be called mummy, and not rozzay. Lol.
no time

temigracie:

hehehehehe.....Mizmycoli....Am here ooo..

I dont think it is okay if he calls you by her name....It'll get to a time, it'll be very hard to change him....And make him call you mummy...

rozzay:
Thank u dear, yep am just like his elder sis cos am in my mid 20s, nd @ first he called my mother mum, but he actually knows am his mum cos I play my modaly roles nd in sch I go dere wen his parents r called so dey all know, but I just tot abt it since am old enof to be married if he calls me my name in front of my hubby will he like it.

MizMyColi: In African tradition, calling an elder by name is a taboo, especially in an informal setting.
How much more, a mother - married or not.
imo, it just doesn't seem and sound right.


@Ihedinobi2, please contribute.
@Tallesty1, abeg show face.
@Temigracie, Softsparkyy,




Wait o, hope you're not pulling a rozay this time?

rozzay:
Thank u sweets ill start working on it

ihedinobi2:
Like you said, it's African. But it's also American...and European...and Oriental....and Asian...oh and Indian too.

You'll find that all over the world, there is this common thread running through that younger people address the older with some mark of respect. So it's something about human nature not just African culture.

I think your boy needs you to put him in his place, @rozzay.

bennyrazz: I don't know where people get the logic of what is right or wrong from cuz what is right to you might be wrong to others. @op, if you feel comfortable with your son calling you by your name, whats the problem now? oh oh, you were kinda of keeping the identity of him being your son and you being his mother from him for your own selfish purposes and those around you now see it as been odd and insensitive and you want to reverse the trend? like I use to say, some people are the architects of their own problems.

rozzay:
Bros no con my thread con curse me na, abeg, its like u r misunderstanding me, its d mummy dat is d issue, he very well knows am his moda like I said cos I do my responsibilities as a mum, so don't make conclusions u don't know of ok. Thank u for ur reasonable comment

thorpido: Get people around you to correct him.Also get them to call you mummy bomboy when around him.He'll get the message with time and change.

bennyrazz: I think I misunderstood you, well sorry for that and sorry if you felt insulted in anyway.