Javier Ruiz that’s not classless that’s just how certain places are. I’m from the Midwest and I never heard anyone using those terms until I moved down south. It’s just different
Michelle I know that feeling, but when the younger one started calling me uncle I felt odd and old, because I have been calling the older uncles and aunties for so long, that when I got called uncle for the first I was like really, but I like it though😅😅😅😅😅😅African families ain’t here to be called by their first name, by their children, nephew or nieces.
It’s not about being offended it’s just considered respectful.Im sure there are things that Canadians do that people don’t do in other countries.It is what it is.
Agatha z Why is it strange? Do you call friends by there first name? You don’t think it strange the people that gave you life and that are called “Parents” don’t deserve to be addressed differently than an average friend or associate?
I'm Canadian and I was not allowed to call my elders by their first names. Everyone was Mr. Ms. or Mrs. If you were a close family friends then you were auntie or uncle.
No, it’s not, you’re not special. Almost every single culture in the world does not call their parents by their first name and find it incredibly disrespectful. Your family just doesn’t care. Canadians are plenty offended by the same things Americans are.
I'm 25 years old, I grew up with a Haitian mother. I call my elders by a title, be it, madame so-and-so, monsieur so-and-so, Mr. so-and-so, or Mrs. so-and-so. I feel UNCOMFORTABLE when my elders, sometimes, tell me to call them by their first names.
I work in corporate and we are literally trained to NOT use "sir" or "man" as it is considered unprofessional and creates a hierarchy at work. We are trained to simple say Mr.Name or Ms.Name, no matter what their age is.
YESSS! I thought it was just my mom. Mom said ( i actually just backspaced when I was typing "she said" Don't be calling me a SHE! I'm not somebody on the street. And then I asked my sisters what was the use of pronouns then?
my friends mothers are like this but i never understood, if you’re talking to someone else about your mum, what else are you supposed to refer to her as?
Yeah because southerners believe it shows respect when actually its carried over from antiquated slave pleasantries...no disrespect. .up north ma'am isnt used
I absolutely love to hear kids say ma’am or sir. I’m 34 and if I recognize you as an elder I will at the least call you Mr, Mrs, or Miss, if not ma’am or sir. My kids will be taught to do the same. We need to Teach our kids respect for elders and authority.
No Ecuadorians do it too. It's a form of respect. I was shocked when I found that out because our cultures are very different. Dominicans say Sion and Colombians respond senor senora.
Everytime I say that in DC they say "oh, so you're Mexican?" Lol I'm like huh?? 🤷♀️ I'm from Texas too though, so I say yes and no ma'am. Our teachers were very strict on that too.
@@renaissancelight4971 not as an answer, 'cion is a short for bendicion which means blessing. We only say that when we are greeting a elder family member or leaving lol. When our parents call us we say "sí? (Yes?)", dime/digame (tell me) or "voy" (coming)
I was raised to never say Ma’am or Sir when I was a kid and finally I asked my mother why. She told me when my grandmother was growing up in Mississippi, “ma’am” and “sir” were terms that black ppl were forced to say to white ppl to show respect but the term was never reciprocated. So, my grandmother raised my mother not so say it and in turn she raised me not to say it. We’d use Ms. or Mr. instead.
Yes that’s how I was raised to My ancestors that were slaves and ran north taught there children that in freedom they were equal to white ppl so they no longer had to Use those terms there is a lot of things that linger down south from slavery and segregation that black ppl down south continued on after they were free however blacks up north wanted to feel A true difference between being enslaved and inferior and being free and human.... as a dark skin woman I never heard a joke about my complexion til I moved down south why because slavery taught blacks that lighter skin was better we have to realize these things in order to change them For everyone saying Northerners don’t have manners are using things that were in place to remind you that you were property and less than human as the justification
Exactly. Tamera was raised by military parents where "Yes, Sir! No, Ma'am" were instilled in them. Mama Nilda comes across as a very casual mom that let her daughters simply BE themselves.
Wow, PARENTS! Do your job! I raised my Children to Say "Yes Ma'am", "Yes Sir"...and for real that backhanded pop and "What did you just say" followed!!
I agree I was raised to say yes ma’am no ma’am yes sir no Sir not to be in grown folks business etc and still to this day I say yes ma’am to mom granny every elder n I’m teaching my daughter the same because that’s how I was raised !!
I will admit to saying “what” because a lot of the times my mom would keep calling us because she wanted us to get up and come to her and we knew it was just to bring her something she was too lazy to get up and get herself. I’ll admit, we were bad, especially us younger ones because my mom and dad was tired by the time she had us compared to by older siblings who had it harder.
I am like this too. My mom would be upstairs and I would be downstairs and she would yell for me from upstairs and I'd yell back What! And she usually needed me to get her something. Not cause she was lazy though, usually it was because she had one of our cats on her.
I'm from the south and not only do I not say sir or ma'am, but I also can not stand when people call me ma'am, it infuriates me to no end. I think it's because it has an "old" connotation to it (at least for me) and I don't want to call anybody else old and I damn sure don't want to be called old; I think it's just extremely disrespectful.
I was raised in LA. My father told me, "Don't you ever call me sir!" It was considered rude. Then I moved to backwoods Arkansas where it was expected. I felt like I was cussing people out just to be polite.
I wish my daughter would come around here calling me “Tiffani”... I let her pull it when she was 3 and then it got of hand and I checked it! She knows better
Ours is “Mande?” But my parents never wanted the “yes ma’am/sir no ma’am/sir” they didn’t like it lol. And we speak to other adults in “usted” but not my parents they don’t like that either lol
@@bmelendez1330 one time .iresponded difrently (r sayd sumthing) to my mom as an adult. (cause at this point it was more of a Friend feeling wen we talked but still) it felt UNeasy
My parents never forced me to say it. I picked up on it being in the South. I do use it because I can tell people feel respected and I always want to be respectful.
I live in FL and my sister and I were raised to call everyone "sir" and "ma'am". I do remember the first time a bagger called me ma'am at the grocery store and I had to do a double take, lol! I wasn't offended though.
Im 23 and from Texas I work with people much older than me and a few ppl younger. Doesn’t matter who they are we say yes sir , yes m’am it’s just habit for us in the south ☺️
I was actually raised like Tam was!!! My granny and family is from Shreveport Louisiana, and they all Baptist …. It’s definitely ‘yes or no mam’ and ‘lie’ is a bad word 🤣🤣🤣🤣
At home, I always called my mom “Ma” and when I couldn’t get her attention I said “Diane!” - it isn’t considered disrespectful at all in my household. Maybe it’s a New York thing? Idk! In the work environment I was taught to say “Miss” no matter the women’s age and “Sir” no matter the mans age
I’m like Adrienne, I honestly think it’s kind of a New York/Spanish thing cuz I grew up saying “What, mami” respectfully and my mom was always ok with it 🤷🏽♀️😂
de n, actually most blacks families from the south raised their children to say yes ma'am and yes sir. So I just always thought it was a southern black thing.
I’ve never said WHAT to my elders. Nowadays, I literally catch an attitude when somebody says WHAT to me. Just say “Yes?”, or if you didn’t hear what I said, say “Excuse me?” or “Can you repeat that?”
My dad has always been firm about yelling out "what" when we are called. He always said, if I call for you, walk your behind to where I'm at and ask what you are needed for. It used to annoy us but I get it now.
I grew up with a Puerto Rican from the Bronx Mother and a Honduran Dad. They never were big on yes mam or yes sir. But we sure had to watch our tones you go one octave to high on that what! You are getting an a$$ whoopin!!!.
I’m black and southern and my mom hates the whole sir and ma’am thing. She says that from her experience it’s not always respectful. Above everything she wants to be respected and it’s not about what you say it’s about how you say it. My immediate family all calls each other by first names or nicknames. We barely even say mom and dad. I usually only say mom or dad if I’m super excited or it fits in the situation. When I talk to people about my parents I say my moms first name or call my dad mr.(insert last name here) (I call my dad this it came from a joke a long time ago) .
My Kids say yes ma’am and no sir to their father and I , and always say thank you ma’am or sir at the grocery store . We Take a lot of pride in their great manners 💜
This is why knowing how to speak around different types of people is a key life skill. You have to known when it’s a “ma’am / sir” situation or not. But usually I call everyone “man or bro”
I got in trouble at work for calling a customer “Sir.” He went on this whole lecture on how it’s offensive, and then proceeded to tell my boss that I’m rude lol.
Answering a question with “what” or calling my parents by their first names was pretty much a death sentence when I was growing up.
It should be
patricia shutes: Agreed
@@knight7se7en much love and peace to you mate I hope you are having a good day or night as well 😊😙✌❤
Satan’s Spawn: I grew up in New England but my parents are African
@Satan’s Spawn much love and peace to you mate I hope you are having a good day or night as well 😊😙✌❤
I'm with Adrienne lol my fam was casual
who knowsss same lol
Javier Ruiz that’s not classless that’s just how certain places are. I’m from the Midwest and I never heard anyone using those terms until I moved down south. It’s just different
same
James King I live in Pa.and we use Mr.and Ms.to address older people.Manners aren’t only down South.
Same
Growing up in an African household, I had to call everybodyyyyy & they mama Auntie or Uncle lol
@@kjaddoh7564 Yesss!!
@Aji N yes, heard of that too lol
Same we Albanians
Michelle I know that feeling, but when the younger one started calling me uncle I felt odd and old, because I have been calling the older uncles and aunties for so long, that when I got called uncle for the first I was like really, but I like it though😅😅😅😅😅😅African families ain’t here to be called by their first name, by their children, nephew or nieces.
I felt this comment in my heart
I asked if i could call my mom by her first name and she said " in your dreams and when you wake up ima slap you".
Conswella Adams black parents in general, ain’t here for that😂😂😂😂😂😂
Your mom just gave me my entire life.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
that is soo funny omg
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀
I was not expecting this response 😂 literally laughed out loud 😭😂😭😂
When I was 12 I called my mom by her name she popped my mouth.
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Lol 😂
Haha!!
Mine too
Moma didn't play that
Me 2 carman.
I was raised like Adrienne lol. I think it’s because I’m Canadian. We’re not offended by things like this.
same, I'm european, I think it's cultural but it's ridiculous that they can't use the word "what" smh
It’s not about being offended it’s just considered respectful.Im sure there are things that Canadians do that people don’t do in other countries.It is what it is.
Agatha z Why is it strange? Do you call friends by there first name? You don’t think it strange the people that gave you life and that are called “Parents” don’t deserve to be addressed differently than an average friend or associate?
I'm Canadian and I was not allowed to call my elders by their first names. Everyone was Mr. Ms. or Mrs. If you were a close family friends then you were auntie or uncle.
No, it’s not, you’re not special. Almost every single culture in the world does not call their parents by their first name and find it incredibly disrespectful. Your family just doesn’t care. Canadians are plenty offended by the same things Americans are.
When I was 6 years old, I called my mom by her first name. At 6 years old, I was living on the streets.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣sorry about your predicament at such a young age. I believe it served it's purpose when you were finally taken back home
😂😂😳😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Trigger Fish lol 😂
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Andy 😂😂😂 I’m sure it was a joke. I hope so.
I don’t want to be that guy but I hardly hear anyone in this generation call people sir or madam
Not madam but definitely Sir and maam
Preach!!!! I call them the cardi b generation or sometimes the kylie jenneration.
I'm 25 years old, I grew up with a Haitian mother. I call my elders by a title, be it, madame so-and-so, monsieur so-and-so, Mr. so-and-so, or Mrs. so-and-so. I feel UNCOMFORTABLE when my elders, sometimes, tell me to call them by their first names.
Ma’am is slang/short for madam
I work in corporate and we are literally trained to NOT use "sir" or "man" as it is considered unprofessional and creates a hierarchy at work. We are trained to simple say Mr.Name or Ms.Name, no matter what their age is.
My mom nearly slapped me for mentioning her in conversation as "She".
My mum would say “she?! Am I a cats mother?!?!?”
YESSS! I thought it was just my mom. Mom said ( i actually just backspaced when I was typing "she said" Don't be calling me a SHE! I'm not somebody on the street. And then I asked my sisters what was the use of pronouns then?
my friends mothers are like this but i never understood, if you’re talking to someone else about your mum, what else are you supposed to refer to her as?
@@theelolicious9302 They expect you to say.... "my mother".... instead of she..
@Glen CoCo Haitian. lol.
I'm British and I absolutely love when Americans say yes Ma'am and yes Sir. I think it's so respectful and polite.
I love the way Adrienne says “Nilda” it cracks me up every time. Lol
I was interested in Tamera's "One time story".
Does Tamera even get to say anything?
Maybe she got to finish it in the full clip
Adrienne is a bit annoying when she talks over people sometimes, because sometimes she isn’t saying anything much. 😂😂😂
@@gabb5 Hopefully lol
@@tiffanymatsvai1929 right, she really wanted laughter for that being raised as a monstar comment
Me too!!! Adrienne is always cutting ppl off & she talks too much. Omg, so annoying!
I was raised in Alabama. We definitely say ma’am and sir.
Yeah because southerners believe it shows respect when actually its carried over from antiquated slave pleasantries...no disrespect.
.up north ma'am isnt used
@@ElleBrOw wrong
@@shantell4847 are u northerner or southerner?
@@ElleBrOw I am from the south
@@shantell4847 LOL, comment said NO disrespect but lady U just confirmed what I said 🥺
My parents called it manners 🤷♀️same as please and thank you. I was raised in Alabama and Kentucky.
I know that's right 💯
It's a southern thing, northerners use Ms or Mr for respect
I really miss my twin brother I just wish he hadn’t said “what!” when we were 12 then he would still be here...... so sad 😞
😂
That “hey/hay is for horses” line really took me back!
When I was 16, the kids I use to tutor called me ma’am . I was fine with it bc that’s just the norm.It’s just a sign of respect.
I didn’t even know what my daddy or mom’s first name until I was 10😂
Right!!
Sheesh Neeshh i still don’t know
Lowkey! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I absolutely love to hear kids say ma’am or sir. I’m 34 and if I recognize you as an elder I will at the least call you Mr, Mrs, or Miss, if not ma’am or sir. My kids will be taught to do the same. We need to Teach our kids respect for elders and authority.
Girl what elder, you a maam too😂
Are Mexicans the only that say “Mánde?” as a response? It translates to “command”
And when we’re frustrated “MÁNDAME USTED!” Lol
No Ecuadorians do it too. It's a form of respect. I was shocked when I found that out because our cultures are very different. Dominicans say Sion and Colombians respond senor senora.
Everytime I say that in DC they say "oh, so you're Mexican?" Lol I'm like huh?? 🤷♀️ I'm from Texas too though, so I say yes and no ma'am. Our teachers were very strict on that too.
@@renaissancelight4971 not as an answer, 'cion is a short for bendicion which means blessing. We only say that when we are greeting a elder family member or leaving lol. When our parents call us we say "sí? (Yes?)", dime/digame (tell me) or "voy" (coming)
@@flor7445 thank you for informing me. I must have had the two confused because I had several Dominican friends and I heard it a couple of times.
I was raised in south African so I never tried calling my mom by her first name coz we don't have child protection services or whatever y'all call it
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Hahahaha
I was raised to have manners, yes please, no thank you, etc. Where has that gone?
Thank u .
I was raised to never say Ma’am or Sir when I was a kid and finally I asked my mother why. She told me when my grandmother was growing up in Mississippi, “ma’am” and “sir” were terms that black ppl were forced to say to white ppl to show respect but the term was never reciprocated. So, my grandmother raised my mother not so say it and in turn she raised me not to say it. We’d use Ms. or Mr. instead.
True! But all the southerners get offended when its read 🥺🤪 Ma'am is said to EVERY female young or old so is sir in the south.
Yes that’s how I was raised to
My ancestors that were slaves and ran north taught there children that in freedom they were equal to white ppl so they no longer had to
Use those terms there is a lot of things that linger down south from slavery and segregation that black ppl down south continued on after they were free however blacks up north wanted to feel
A true difference between being enslaved and inferior and being free and human.... as a dark skin woman I never heard a joke about my complexion til I moved down south why because slavery taught blacks that lighter skin was better we have to realize these things in order to change them
For everyone saying Northerners don’t have manners are using things that were in place to remind you that you were property and less than human as the justification
I love Adrienne’s inpressions of herself hahahaha her ‘Nilda’ kills me everytime
I was raised like Adrienne lol I’m like “que dijiste ama??” Lol nothing wrong with that either! We all just raised differently lol
Exactly. Tamera was raised by military parents where "Yes, Sir! No, Ma'am" were instilled in them. Mama Nilda comes across as a very casual mom that let her daughters simply BE themselves.
I was just raised to say “ yes “ “ no “ don’t say “ yeah “ “ what “ or “ huh “ you will get slapped to next year 😂😂
Yep, I'm from the South (Louisiana). It's just what we do...lol.
Wow, PARENTS! Do your job! I raised my Children to Say "Yes Ma'am", "Yes Sir"...and for real that backhanded pop and "What did you just say" followed!!
"Hey is for horses" 😂😂 Nigerians don't play, so I have never said any of those things
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I agree I was raised to say yes ma’am no ma’am yes sir no Sir not to be in grown folks business etc and still to this day I say yes ma’am to mom granny every elder n I’m teaching my daughter the same because that’s how I was raised !!
I will admit to saying “what” because a lot of the times my mom would keep calling us because she wanted us to get up and come to her and we knew it was just to bring her something she was too lazy to get up and get herself. I’ll admit, we were bad, especially us younger ones because my mom and dad was tired by the time she had us compared to by older siblings who had it harder.
I am like this too. My mom would be upstairs and I would be downstairs and she would yell for me from upstairs and I'd yell back What! And she usually needed me to get her something. Not cause she was lazy though, usually it was because she had one of our cats on her.
I'm from the south and not only do I not say sir or ma'am, but I also can not stand when people call me ma'am, it infuriates me to no end. I think it's because it has an "old" connotation to it (at least for me) and I don't want to call anybody else old and I damn sure don't want to be called old; I think it's just extremely disrespectful.
Ma'am and sir are a must in texas
Yes, in most of the South, I haven't been to Texas yet, but I already know that it's a sign of respect.
When I moved to the south from NY it’s very serious. That’s apart of common speech to say yes ma’am and yes sir
I was raised in LA. My father told me, "Don't you ever call me sir!" It was considered rude. Then I moved to backwoods Arkansas where it was expected. I felt like I was cussing people out just to be polite.
Why TF would you move from LA to Arkansas?
@@jasi7313 My parents wanted to live in the country. It was a great experience and I would not be the same if I hadn't.
Lol i wanted to hear Tameras story!
You have to wait for the whole clip
I say Ma’am and Sir ALL the time. I was raised that way and I’m from Philly. I can’t help it 😩
I definitely can relate with Adrienne 😂
“MAAAAA WHAT U SAYYYYYY”
me yelling from my room when i didn’t hear her 😂
Adrienne I do the same thing (the mom case).
Anybody else.
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Dark #Flamingo vibes ...loving the outfit Adrienne!
My dad made me say yes sir and ma’am. He never went to the military thank God but his family is from the south.
Thats how I was raised. I sometimes even say yes ma’am and it’s not even an elder 🤷🏻♀️
Im diggin them earrings Adrienne...ima have to buy them.
I wish my daughter would come around here calling me “Tiffani”... I let her pull it when she was 3 and then it got of hand and I checked it! She knows better
I'm from Kentucky. Nuff said
I loveeeee this dress on Loni 😍
Adrienne at 5 seconds is me when someone/a customer calls me ma'am at work like I'm around your same age I'm only 20
I wish I would answer my mother "what?" Chileeee... I'll see y'all on the other side 🙋🏾♀️😂
Adrienne I feel you, girl
Ours is “Mande?” But my parents never wanted the “yes ma’am/sir no ma’am/sir” they didn’t like it lol. And we speak to other adults in “usted” but not my parents they don’t like that either lol
I talk to all my elders in Spanish using mande and usted, even to my mom, if u called her with "tu" I'd be dead. Lol
@@bmelendez1330
one time .iresponded difrently (r sayd sumthing) to my mom as an adult. (cause at this point it was more of a Friend feeling wen we talked but still)
it felt UNeasy
Yes exactly! I think it's weird that Tamera wants her kids to call her ma''am
Bridget Melendez Lol!
My parents never forced me to say it. I picked up on it being in the South. I do use it because I can tell people feel respected and I always want to be respectful.
At almost 30 years old, I still get reprimanded for saying "yeah" to my parents instead of "yes" 🙄😂
bnatrl88
Yikes
I was raised to say yes maam.....I teach it to my kiddos. It is respect.
Southerner
@@ElleBrOw actually, Ohio!
@@ashlieleavelle wow really 🤔 thanks for sharing
A FAN FROM NOW ON
“Hey is for HORSES!” LOL
Tamera’s Bahamian roots showing!!
My son (5) has started calling me by my name when he thinks I'm ignoring him /can't hear him. 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂
Shout out to all my fellow southern queens and kings raised with manners 💕💋
Most are raised with manners but southerners have a drawl & say ma'am or sir while northerners have accents & say ms. or mr.
im from the south and my mom never forced us to do that and im lowkey glad. i never really understood why it’s such an enforced thing.
I definitely think the rules changed once i got older but the respect is still there
I was raise to say Sir and Ma'am as well.
Adrienne is so pretty 🥺😭❤️
Adrienne’s make up looks so good!!
I live in FL and my sister and I were raised to call everyone "sir" and "ma'am". I do remember the first time a bagger called me ma'am at the grocery store and I had to do a double take, lol! I wasn't offended though.
I loveeeeee Adriennes look 😍😍😍😍😍
Same I call my mom by her name everyone goes in shock when I tell them
Im 23 and from Texas
I work with people much older than me and a few ppl younger. Doesn’t matter who they are we say yes sir , yes m’am it’s just habit for us in the south ☺️
I was actually raised like Tam was!!! My granny and family is from Shreveport Louisiana, and they all Baptist …. It’s definitely ‘yes or no mam’ and ‘lie’ is a bad word 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I was too afraid of my father to say anything but "sir" or "ma'am" so I still say it to this day.
D. L.
That’s sad. Please don’t raise your children to fear you.
@@thatthingyouseeatthecorner5249 Please don't assume I have or even want kids.
D. L.
I was speaking in general.
I called my mom by her first name about a year ago. and she yelled at me, and almost slapped me silly. I’m 32......
At home, I always called my mom “Ma” and when I couldn’t get her attention I said “Diane!” - it isn’t considered disrespectful at all in my household. Maybe it’s a New York thing? Idk!
In the work environment I was taught to say “Miss” no matter the women’s age and “Sir” no matter the mans age
Yesssss & that's the point I've made ! That sir & ma'am is deep south talk...we dont say that up here
@@ElleBrOw really? Where are y’all from?
I agree with Tamera. The way I was raised.
I’m like Adrienne, I honestly think it’s kind of a New York/Spanish thing cuz I grew up saying “What, mami” respectfully and my mom was always ok with it 🤷🏽♀️😂
That's very PuertoRican of Adrianne. We call our mothers by their name when they don't answer after we have been calling them Ma' a thousand times. 🤣🤣
It’s a sign of respect my family from texas tho. Plus I’m Mexican so it might have to do with that too.
de n, actually most blacks families from the south raised their children to say yes ma'am and yes sir. So I just always thought it was a southern black thing.
Kathy W. It is a southern black thing. Other cultures adopted it
We moved from New York to Texas and had to learn to say “ma’am and sir”
Yesss u are the perfect example of my argument btw northerners & southerners...we dont say ma'am up north AT ALL...
The ladies are🔥🔥🔥
I’ve never said WHAT to my elders. Nowadays, I literally catch an attitude when somebody says WHAT to me. Just say “Yes?”, or if you didn’t hear what I said, say “Excuse me?” or “Can you repeat that?”
My dad has always been firm about yelling out "what" when we are called. He always said, if I call for you, walk your behind to where I'm at and ask what you are needed for. It used to annoy us but I get it now.
Ana Castillo
Lol What if you’re in the shower or something?
@@thatthingyouseeatthecorner5249 Then we could yell "I'm in the shower" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Dead ass truth @0:45 🤣🤣
I grew up replying "what?" when addressed by my parents. They only got upset if my tone was disrespectful.
I’m from New York City like Adrienne , I use to say yes ma or don’t say anything at all before she hits me for talking 😂😭
Haha I can relate with Adrienne. That's how I am with my mom😂
If i called my mom with her first name that would be my end😂🤣 i am Ethiopian 🇪🇹
I grew up with a Puerto Rican from the Bronx Mother and a Honduran Dad. They never were big on yes mam or yes sir. But we sure had to watch our tones you go one octave to high on that what! You are getting an a$$ whoopin!!!.
Y’all remember when we used to say “Mister” to grown up men?
I’m black and southern and my mom hates the whole sir and ma’am thing. She says that from her experience it’s not always respectful. Above everything she wants to be respected and it’s not about what you say it’s about how you say it. My immediate family all calls each other by first names or nicknames. We barely even say mom and dad. I usually only say mom or dad if I’m super excited or it fits in the situation. When I talk to people about my parents I say my moms first name or call my dad mr.(insert last name here) (I call my dad this it came from a joke a long time ago) .
I yell "what" not in a bad way only when I far away or "what do you need" or "yes?"
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Just the difference between the North and South. Southern folks like me we was just raised to say Yes Ma’am No ma’am yes sir no sir PERIOD POINT BLANK
I just moved to Houston from California and the first time I was told yes m’am I was shook, m’am?? I’m only 22!
Right bc every female is ma'am in the south young & older but up north it dates people & offensive
I was raised like Tamera but acted like Adrienne. Mom wasn't a fan lol.
At my age, I say "Mamm" or " "Yes Sir"! Guess I will never outgrow it!
My
Kids say yes ma’am and no sir to their father and I , and always say thank you ma’am or sir at the grocery store . We
Take a lot of pride in their great manners 💜
My kids know not to call me by my name i am MOM TO YOU LITTLE MONSTERS! ooooooooo chileeee if they try me with my name they will meet my backhand LOL😂
This is why knowing how to speak around different types of people is a key life skill. You have to known when it’s a “ma’am / sir” situation or not. But usually I call everyone “man or bro”
I got in trouble at work for calling a customer “Sir.” He went on this whole lecture on how it’s offensive, and then proceeded to tell my boss that I’m rude lol.
Probably rather a female preference that's why..Ugh what MAN wouldn't wanna be addressed as such
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I do it, but wasn't raised that way. Matter of fact, my mom hated us calling her ma'am and she's retired military.