My ds is 2 and fil look after him one day a week. We saw them this weekend. I have written before about fils controlling and patronising attitude towards mil, well this is exemplified in his latest catch phrase where he says "come along old girl". He thinks it's hilarious and mil responds with mock outrage.
The the thing is, fil is encouraging ds to copy it and say it to mil. Ds is at the age where he copies everything and thinks it is hilarious, but I hate it! Maybe I'm a humourless harpie but if dh ever spoke to me like that I would be not be amused at all. Is it just a bit of gentle ribbing or should I be concerned that fil is encouraging ds to mimic his patronising and sexist tone.