My toddler calls my ex’s new wife ‘mom’ and husband lets it – am I wrong to be upset?

A mum has taken to TikTok to vent after discovering her toddler had called her ex-husband’s new wife ‘mummy’.

“I just met with my ex-husband to exchange our son and found out that my little girl has been calling my ex-husband’s new wife ‘Mama,'” Michelle Kimball says in the clip, which has since. racked up thousands of views and comments.

“So when he said that in the car, I was like huh? So I marched my butt over to the car where he was and asked, ‘Did Ryder call her mom?’

“And he said yes because she’s his mother when you’re not there.”

“I gave birth to him”

But Michelle sternly told him that she was note his mom as she is the only one who gets that “privilege”.

“I just want to know how you feel about it. Am I just in my emotions that I’m upset about this?

“Because I gave birth to him. Because personally, I’m the only one who calls me [mom].

She also reveals that her parents didn’t stay together when she was a child and she “couldn’t imagine” calling anyone else mother at the time.

“Way Out of Line”

The comments were evenly split, with some saying they too would feel hurt, while others shared the experiences of being called their stepmother’s ‘mum’.

“I’d lose my st,” one comment bluntly amassed 29,000 likes.

“His response to you was disrespectful,” someone wrote.

“Yeah, way out of line,” agreed a third. “It doesn’t matter if she’s around or not. She is always his mother and should be treated as such, regardless of whether mom or dad are together.”

“She is NOT his mother!” another viewer supported.

Others pointed out that the young woman “shouldn’t be okay with this.”

Michelle replied: “I agree! She has kids!!!!! She’s good with Ryder so I’m not trying to coddle her but I’m so hurt. How would she feel if her kids should they call someone else mom?”

Then others tried to get Michelle to see another point of view.

“My boys call their stepmom Mama, and I’m totally fine with that. She is there when I can’t be and treats them like her own. It might seem like the worst thing in the world, but those babies are loved,” one person offered.

Another said: “As a child I got in trouble for calling my one mom, mom. Don’t take that to your son. My step mom was literally a second mom to me and it hurt that my mom wants to be angry with me for it.”

“It depends on whether your son wanted to do it or your ex told him to. “If it was your ex’s idea, it’s okay, but if it’s your kid’s idea, I think you should respect that,” one person advised.