[ronniesgal]

i would absolutely hate it if my husband referred to me as Mother.
But I know couples that call each other Mommy and Daddy.
It’s weird to me.

[griswold3]

I also know many who use “Mother” including my own in laws. Never thought much about it

[SauronOfMordor]

When speaking to my kids regarding my wife, I routinely say things like “Mom would like you to...”, and she refers to me as Dad in conversations with them.

[imardmd1]

It was very customary when the concept of family dominated out language that the husband was likely to call his wife "Mom" or "Mother" as the family name of the mother of his children, and the wiife would call her husband "Dad" or "Father."

You simply did not teach the chjildren to summon Dad or Mom by their first names--not at all, never. That would put the child on a footing of distance, equality, and aloofness as though their relationship were business-like and autonomous, not as a dependent of their parents.

This kind of confusion only came about when divorce and remarriage adultery with the child having physical relationship with one but not the other; or even in some cases neither, This state of relationship might properly be maintained in the remarriage of a widow or widower, but in those days when divorce was thought of its true abuse of a citizen's responsibility, this clinging to the family depended on the authority lent ny the correct title of a mother or father.

That principled use of these role titles has not changed. We now merely ignore it, or subvert it with malicious prejudice when we see it still evidenced in whole, healthy, affectionate families.

And the Rev. Pence and his wife were not maladjusted in applying this old rule. It is the perverted observers and snickering journalists who are showing their disrespect and sabotage of the family concept that is founded on Biblical customs.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Certainly in the era before the 1950s, it was not uncommon, particularly in rural areas. It was common usage among our clan.

Check out the Judge Hardy movies on TCM. I see no problem with it. This usage also reflects God's plan for men and women.

[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.