Have you ever actually said “Please! Mr. [Surname] is my father. Call me [Nickname]” in real life?

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1. I have said this in jest, usually not with real names. More like a joke, or sarcasm. It is a fairly commonly known phrase, but I don’t know if I’ve ever heard it in serious conversation.

2. Yes, but more casual.

   “Just call me Tom. Mr. Smith makes me feel like my father.”

3. Not me, but my father-in-law said exactly that to me the first time I met him when I was still dating my partner

4. No, I enjoy formality and want to encourage anyone who still wants to use it. If I felt they were only doing it because they were afraid of using my first name, I’d probably intervene, though.

5. Mr. Ghost is my father.

6. No, because as a teacher people do call me “Mr. Cleary” (except with my real name, of course. ) I rarely ever heard people call my dad “Mr.” because he was very informal with most people and didn’t have a job where “Mr.” was the standard.

7. No but my history teacher freshman year of HS used to. He was a Jesuit brother at the time, now president of the school. Would always say “Mr. boynton is my dad” since you should call him brother boynton lol. Miss that guy

8. Yes. My son’s friend called me “Mr. (Last name)” and it just felt weird cause I’m not that formal and my Dad is a teacher so all my life HE has been Mr. (last name) to everyone besides my immediate family. So I may not have phrased it exactly that way, but it was the same jist.

9. For me it’s only a line for movies. I’ve never heard (or said) that line in real life.

10. Yeah and in multiple situations, but never in a serious way. Just as a cheesy thing to say.

    – “My Dad is Sir, please call me Tom.”

    – “Mr Smith is my dad, I’m Tom.”

    – “Thomas is my Dad, I’m Tom.”

11. Never.

    But I’m also a woman so nobody calls me Mr. in the first place.

12. No.

13. Yes but more so ironically.

14. No but I will not answer to my real 1st name (out of habit), sir (usually), or mr “last name”

15. No. Neither have I said “Mrs surname is my mother”, which is a much more likely scenario.

    I introduce myself with my first name and that’s what people call me.

16. I can’t do it because my dad’s a doctor!

17. In the south, kids are generally taught to address you more formally as a grownup, but now they do first names, so they’ll call me Miss Tammy. I don’t know any people that use last names anymore as a greeting.

18. Nope. But I have told a kid that my name is Mr. [Surname].

19. I have had that said to me at least once.

20. Not me but one of my professors has us call her by her first name for this reason

21. I’ve had that said to me if I remember correctly.

22. No, but I believe I’ve used “call me whatever you like, just don’t call me late for dinner” a time or two.

23. No, but I once had a PhD physicist threaten to throw me out of his office if I called him Dr. [Surname] again.

24. No, my dad doesn’t like to be called Mr either

25. That’s the only way I introduce myself.