Does Pence really call his wife 'mother'? Aide says it's 'a myth that drives me crazy'

The Hill ^ | 09/09/2021 | Judy Kutz

[ChicagoConservative27]

An aide to former Vice President Mike Pence is dispelling what she's calling the "myth" that he refers to his wife as "mother."

"This is a myth that drives me crazy," Alyssa Farah, a former press secretary for Pence, said on the inaugural episode of "One Decision," a global affairs podcast hosted by journalist Michelle Kosinski and former MI6 chief Richard Dearlove.

"This has driven me crazy for years because it's weird. That would be very weird if he called her mother," Farah said of Pence's supposed pet name for his wife, Karen.

The "myth" seemingly originated from a 2017 Rolling Stone article, which cited an anonymous source who said at a dinner with lawmakers the then-Indiana governor referred to his wife of more than three decades as "mother."

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

What about using the Bible as a stumping crate to insulate yourself from the pole smoking rumors here in Indiana?

I dated a governors niece. Pence is on the “downlow”.

Google it.

[cookcounty]

I called my wife “mom” (among other things) a lot.
“You darn well better do what mom tells you,”

[monkeyshine]

It’s sort of quaint but I’ve heard that expression used in old movies and TV shows. I don’t personally find it weird.

[353FMG]

What does Biden call his wife, Jill?

Mommy?

[lewislynn]

Only when she's nursing him.

Fox News betrayed a nation and a President, so did Pence

Biden has American's blood on his hands, so does Fox AND Pence.

They can all rot in hell for what they've done to this country.

[ncalburt]

Let Judas crawl off onto the obscurity he well deserves .

[ronniesgal]

thats fine that you’re ok with it- i just don’t want folks giving me a hard time because i think it’s weird. To each his own.

[lepton]

That would be very weird if he called her mother

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Not really. It’s uncommon, but not exactly rare for parents to use their familial titles consistently.

[Wilderness Conservative]

Im more concerned about stories much worse.

[zeugma]

# I can see a man calling his wife (the mother of his children)
# mother, out of respect for her position in the family.

This used to be much more common than it is today. I’ve heard it before, and it doesn’t make Pence weird. I wouldn’t trust him to be president, but not because of this.

It’s a made up issue.

[Republican Wildcat]

originated from a 2017 Rolling Stone article

Well there's a reliable source if there ever was one...

[Republican Wildcat]

Well that’s definitely true - not that they were their mother, but the mother of the family.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the mention.

I’m not a big fan of him.

[DoughtyOne]

Yeah, we’re in agreement here. Thanks.

[imardmd1]

So? Hoe old are you? That is, whay is the epoch of American history in which you learned manners and titles? Just askin’, not intending offense. I’m almost 85, and grew up as a Methodist PK. That use of her role in the family together with maturity is proper and affectionate when presenting her to any audience.

[imardmd1]

How . . . what .. . (mistypes)

[ronniesgal]

I’m 65- and while I’ve heard “go ask Mommy for a glass of water” I have never heard an adult male refer to his spouse as Mommy/Mother when talking to that spouse.
Why is this a problem for you that i think it’s weird?
If my husband referred to me as Mommy( between us )I would have stopped that cold.
No offense taken by the way, just terribly confused why I can’t have my views, and you have yours.
Enjoy the weekend ahead.

[imardmd1]

Why is this a problem for you that i think it’s weird?

The only problem I see is that from your viewpoint you see the value-in-use as a problem.

It does seem to signify that a twenty-year change of the socialization process continues to undermine the acculturation that the process of devaluating the respect and authority of family as a persistently preserved structure gains from the Pence's mutual execution of this form exemplifies. And others, as well.

I am divorced since 1972, never engaged in remarriage adultery, and (though still considering my marriage having provided through the oaths undertaken, providing an only wife and mother of our four), because of the 50 years history afterward, refer to her to my children or grandchildren as "Your mother/grandmother," I would never now call her by the title "Mother" or "Bride", for that family does not exist, and she no longer is acting under my patriarchal society title as "Father" or "Husband" or "Daddy" of her relationship with me, though it is no longer bitter, but friendly and accommodating to the extent that finances, time, and distance permit. We now behold the Father, His Beloved Son, The Spirit, and The Bride with the same view, quite different than that when we were wed by oath before God and His audience.

Remember, I believe your approach derives from the deconstruction of the organized initial family as the primary unit of government, to be taught to children. And your whole feeling about the implementation of the titles reflects that.

No offense taken by the way, just terribly confused why I can’t have my views, and you have yours.

You should not be confused if you look at this objectively. What I've written is not a criticism, just an observation, my FRiend! But I have taken the time to write for you and others, because it is a core issue to the need for a godly society. It ought to be of great concern that our legal and educational institutions are hard at work to eradicate the family as the basic block of human unity, and that is Biblical in nature and theology, from the Creator and the making of Adam and his Eve thenceforth until now. Every Satanic device to upset the world works through disrupting the familial legacy, and that is without argument also. The Pence's use is merely one facet of confirming the idea,"Family, vested in and proceeding from the mother by the plan of God, stands above all."

[imardmd1]

Another answer is that, at the root, we still have a progressive measure--a ship, so to speak--of liberty in this country. You and I have the freedom each you keep it afloat or to sink it. But in the holds filling with water, the particularized liberties will ine by one drown, until inly one will be left, that which Job's wife and mother of his now-dead children preached to him.

Make any sense to you? Ben Franklin said it--about liberties, that is--not the singular last sovereign freedom of preference--imparted to Adam and all his progeny, whe Jehovah Elohim breathed on Adam's flesh and imparted the image of What and Who He Is.

[wardaddy]

A lot of men call their wives mom or mother in a family setting

In Latino culture calling a girl or woman mommy is common both in normal talk and especially during sex

And girls call men papi too.....and during coitus they often call you papi and ask you to give them something you have

Like a deposit

It’s cultural in many ways....not a big deal to me at all.....even though I am no Pence fan

I don’t know if orientals do it or not....

I often refer to my wife as mom or your mother in discussing her with our many kids...with her there or not there

However if I used the term in intimacy she would scold me ...southern culture versus Latino culture

In the south you do not call your folks by surnames nor refer to one another as parents with surnames in front of kids

It’s tacky

When I grew up and heard a kid refer to his dad by first name it was off putting...more often the provenance of rich bratty kids