My parents prefer I call them by their real names, is that weird?

I was discussing it with a friend earlier who said his mom is the same way. My parents actually prefer that I call them by their first names and I have since I was growing up. They said using mom and dad didn't make sense to them because they don't just call me daughter.

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GerOttman · 61-69, M

My children called me dad growing up but most of their friends used my first name. I was never fully on board with being Mr. O. Sounded too much like my father.