to want to scream everytime someone refers to their daughter as "princess"

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and want to scream even more everytime someone refers to my daughters as princesses, as though that's a normal epithet for 'girl' or 'daughter'?

Argh.

Is it a south of England thing?

One of the parents at the school where I listen to the DC read always puts stuff like "weel done, princess", "another confident read, daddy's little princees" in the reading record.

It's meant as a compliment is it not...a term of endearment?

Are you anti Royal? Is that it?

I know a call, whose name is actually "princess" , she's a lovely girl though.

Is Dirty Den a family friend?

Is this an anti-arrogance thing, an anti-royal thing or an anti-disney princess thing?

We have referred to DS as King of all the Maths, sung to the tune of A Starry Night, as in:

'And all the angels sang for him, the bells of heaven rang for him
for a boy was born, king of all the maths.'

I call dd princess so yaboooooooooooo!

I also call her sweetie, my lovely, sweetypie, sausage and a variety of other things that may make people want to sick up their dinner but she likes it so I don't give a shit!

Yuk! But i do not have a DD. Possibly be guilty of saying it if i do.

Oops sometimes i call my son my handsome little Prince (he is SN)

(confusing)

I've no problem with people whose children actually are princesses calling them that. But I guess they're probably least likely to.

And it's mostly anti-Disney-princess sentiment which fuels my rage.

I'm a grown adult and still get called princess

I would draw the line at calling ds "prince" though, it reminds me of pam from Gavin and Stacey.

Yabu because I love being a "princess"

I sometimes do this. Then want to slap myself!

I'm 42 and lots of people I know call me 'Princess' or 'Flower'....it's a Cockney culture thing around here.

I've never even given it a second thought.

YANBU. Only thing worse is "little man" for a boy

I think its alright when the child is very young, maybe up to age 5 but after that, hearing a man Especially calling his 11 yr old daughter "princess" just sounds creepy.

By that age mums have begun to realise their dd is no princess at all

I only call DD 'my little princess' when I am very, very pissed off. If fact I hiss it like Vincent Price. The line is 'what is it my little princess?'. It stops me saying the terrible, terrible words I really want to say. It chills everyone to the bone apart from DD who still creates merry hell.

in fact not if fact

Its definately a london thing at the very least. I hear it all the time to women of all ages down here. Its as normal as calling someone "love" or "chicken" if you are up north. Not insulting, or abusive, or derogatory... just harmless chat.

or in Scotland "the wee man" Boak!

I keep getting called princess by people on here. I'm affronted.

I say it to my DD...we call her Princess Pea!

I am originally from London,maybe thats why?

I want OP to explain why it it really annoys her please

Oh just saw, its the Disney thing again...

Well I am 38 and I still call my father "Daddy" and he still calls me "Princess", and I like it so there!

I'm sure people were referring to their daughters as 'princess' years before disney princesses were even invented

One of mine and my DD's favourite films is "The little princess" (the one where the girl ends up having to work as a servent because they think her fathers dead). I like the sentiment behind it, "every girls as special as a princess".

OP-If you had grown up with verbal abuse and listened daily to how some parents spoke to their children, this certainly wouldn't get on your nerves. Step out of your own ivory tower into the real world, were you will come to apprieciate how much terms of affection, mean to some children, who never hear them.

I'm a Londoner as well, maybe that's why.

Wtf is a Disney Princess?