Do you think this is strange?

Frankly, I think he was calling her Mom because he can't remember her name, or can't be bothered to think of it. He sounds like the kind of guy that thinks women are fungible. He probably calls everyone else, honey, or sweetie, or cutie or some other fungible name. It probably took him a minute to come up with her name when he finally told you he wasn't talking about his own mother.

To me, it is clear that he is doing it only, and I repeat only, to get you upset. I think he knows that the way to get you to feel bad about yourself is to push your mommy buttons. The best thing you can do is not let him push any buttons anymore. As soon as you take back the emotional power that you have given him, he will stop doing these things. I have been there. Even after divorce, the old patterns of interaction are so ingrained, that without a conscious decision to end them, they will continue forever and ever amen. For me, I had to end phone or face-to-face conversations for awhile. That way I could type my responses and read over them to make sure I was not contributing to the continuation of old unhealthy patterns. I could also take my time to read his and ignore the ways in which he was continuing them. Don't get me wrong, if pushed up against a wall and I don't take the time to think, I revert back to the old ways and so does he 4 years later.

It is not weird to call your spouse Mom or Dad. Maybe that's their own pet name for each other. Other cultures have this custom.

My grandma always called my grandpa "daddy" as far back as I can remember. But I wouldn't call my husband that and I don't think I would want my husband to call me that either.

My Grandparents did that, which I always thought was wierd.

It is kinda creepy actually.

ok thats just weird. there is no need for him to just call her that to another adult.

hmm

very very weird

I think it's more strange that you CARE enought to post a question on the topic......now that's weird!

I might also do it if I was talking *about* my children, but otherwise no.

Very weird.