Does anyone else's Mam forget your name!

meritaten

yep - my mam does it too - and at the sunday family get-together - when she gets a name wrong we all chime in 'hugh, pugh, barney mcgrew, cuthbert, dibble and grub'! (its from an old childrens programme - cant remember which one? camberwick green?).
my DD gets a bit annoyed cos mum often calls her by my sisters deceased dogs name. well they are similar!
and yes she does call me by my sisters name - and I always correct her - !!!!!! - she should KNOW my name by now!

meritaten

Gingernutty wrote: »

That's nothing, my admittedly mentally ill mother forgot my birthday. When she was in hospital after the birth of my little brother, she commissioned these plates for her kids. Mary Mary Quite Contrary for the girl and Little Boy Blue for the boys.

She got my birthday wrong by one day and it's sat there for the better part of 32 years - she even referred to the plates to remember our birthdays and couldn't quite grasp why I was always so cool to her after she wished me Happy Birthday a day late.

She died at 58 in 2002. As soon as my Dad's gone that bl00dy plate is getting broken and put in the rubbish.

Dad, however, would routinely get our names wrong but prided himself on at least getting my birthday right.

good grief - you DO know how to hold a grudge dont you! and your mum was mentally ill??????????
Poor woman - not YOU, I mean your mother.

mammyof7

My hubby does this as routine! Strangely its only with the girls though and not the boys.I must admit it drives me mad. Once or twice is forgiveable, but he does it EVERY SINGLE TIME :mad::mad::mad:.We are that use to it now that nobody answers him for a second until he reaches whoever's name he was really intending to speak to :-).

Ginger_Poodle

Many, many years ago I heard my mum on the phone to my aunt complaining that ""(my name)" had wee'd on the hall carpet again. I was in my 20s at the time and perfectly continent, too. She had meant our puppy, but took great umbrage when I asked her to clarify it with my aunt. Her explanation was that, as the youngest, I was the last one to be young and naughty...

blossomhill_2

My sis and I have names starting with the same sound, so Mum used to muddle the names and use the start of each with the end of the other, in anger - we loved it and would call each other this to mock her anger! Kids eh? n Parents eh?

Kira000

My mum occassionally calls me my sisters name by accident, but my dad! Oh boy. Despite actually being very close, I regularly get a stream of names including both his brothers, mum, dad, step mums name, sisters name, before he finally stops and manages to get mine.
I was also the only person he didnt mention in his speech at his wedding- he managed all my step mums golf buddies, all his rugby club, cricket club and drinking buddies, assorted rellies, Step mums kids and family, my sister, the waiting staff at the venue, the bar staff etc etc. He sat down, looked at me, realised he missed me out, and stood up to add me and sat down again...

mammyof7

I was also the only person he didnt mention in his speech at his wedding- he managed all my step mums golf buddies, all his rugby club, cricket club and drinking buddies, assorted rellies, Step mums kids and family, my sister, the waiting staff at the venue, the bar staff etc etc. He sat down, looked at me, realised he missed me out, and stood up to add me and sat down again...[/QUOTE]

Oh poor you.....Brilliant story though:rotfl:

jackomdj

I do it, so does/did my mum. I have even been known to call the girls Chester, who was our dog that sadly died 18 months ago! I think it it just one of those things!

Alleycat

Guilty My mum did it with me and my three sisters and I now regularly do it with my nearly 7 year old daughter and 1 year old son.

bouncing_bubbles

My dad does it all the time, but calls me his older sisters names - shes an old stuck up goat and has the best part of 50 years on me. I would mind if he called my his sisters name who's sound. I see dad at least twice a day. Is it really that hard?!? :P