A woman says her husband is pushing her to call his mother "mom" — but she's not interested, and it's caused a divide between ...

Don't Call Me Mom "So long story short: when I (40F) was a teenager I had a baby and gave him up for adoption," OP launched her story. "I did this through an agency and one of the stipulations of ...

She wants me and her mother to go to her appointments and be in the delivery room. I have no idea how to manage my relationship with her in a way that doesn’t cause strife in my son’s marriage.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I take my sons to the pediatrician or call to make an appointment, the receptionist or nurse always calls me Mom. I give them my name, but they never use it, and continue ...

But this wasn’t about me. This was about my bonus daughter and her mother. I knew that letting Little Mama call me Mom wasn’t the right thing to do. “No, baby,” I said. “I love you.

I give them my name, but they never use it, and continue to call me Mom. I love being a mom, don’t get me wrong. And I love my sons. But this drives me bananas. I’m not these people’s mom!

I give them my name, but they never use it, and continue to call me Mom. I love being a mom, don’t get me wrong. And I love my sons. But this drives me bananas. I’m not these people’s mom!

Kent now calls me “Mom,” and I don’t know if it is a good idea that he calls me that. He has a mother but doesn’t remember her at all. He has no idea that I’m not his birth mom.