to get a twitchy eye when women refer to their husbands/fathers of their children as 'Daddy'.

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He's not your daddy. He's your husband/partner/father of your kids. Call him by his name when you are speaking about him to me. Purlease.

"my dilemma is what to call him when I'm talking to the dog" - how about 'your master' if you want something to distinguish him from anyone else's daddy

I call my husband daddy when dd is around, but when in bed or with godmother i call him by his first name or a pet name. I dont want my dd calling my dh by his first name and nor me either so this seems a good way to go about it. In Malta where my dh is from they do that, i am meant to call my IL's mum and dad They are lovely but i have a mum and dad already

It depends how you mean 'Daddy'- if it's "Ask Daddy for the remote" etc, fine. If it's "Spank me again Daddy", when your kids are in bed, then it all gets a bit dark...

I know what you mean. I have a very dear lovely friend who does this and it makes my teeth ache.

I can't help but laugh at the juxtaposition of those last two posts

I call him Daddy when I'm addressing him directly in DS's presence, if it's pertinent to DS and he's listening, otherwise I use his proper name. I never call him Daddy when DS isn't around - I agree, that is yaksville and not my scene at all.

Also can't bear "hubby" in any context - cringe

my mum still does this when talking to me and my sister. She'll even correct herself- 'Alan, sorry, I mean Dad' - I'm 29 years old mother, I know who Alan is! At least she doesn't say Daddy though. That would be creepy!

I knew a woman who constantly called her son her 'little HUSBAND'...

Her husband was rather put out by that one as well. Talk about being dropped like a hot potato once the swimmers have done the deed! Poor, poor man...

In the house when I talk to DH I do call him Daddy sometimes, when the dcs are around as in 'Daddy did you see dc1's homework?' I also call him by his name too!

Agree, couples addressing each other as mum and dad are strange, especially older couples whose kids have left home. It's like they are actors who can't relinquish their role. Does sound incestuous.

WebDude but would that make me mistress? that has a real edge of creepiness.

LOL hatwoman 'only' in the commander sense for the dog, surely not creepy?

YANBU shudder.

Even wronger, imho, is when people call you Mummy while speaking to your DOG.

Yes I agree, people who refer to themselves as their pet's "mummy" are as barking as their pet, very sick imagery involved there.

I call DH 'daddy' when I am talking to the DC. Is that OK?

I sat through a whole Milkshake live thingummy with Mr and Mrs Twee from Tweeville behind me....
"oh Mummy!" (says Mr Twee) "It's Peppa and George"
"Oh Daddy" (trills Mrs Twee) "Isn't this lovely!"
"Do you remember, Mummy, when we went to see the Tweenies?"
"Oh I do Daddy! Wasn't it a fun day!"
All the while shrieking like cbeebies Very Jolly Presenters...(their 2 small children incidentally, sat struck dumb with mortification throughout the whole show.

T'is worse here....I spent years looking round for some mysterious third person when mothers referred to their children as "mamma" "Oh, come and get a tissue mamma" (and I'm looking round for the mamma of the mamma as it were....)

calling your dh/dp (and sexual partner) daddy.cycling christ freudians would have a field day with that

he is not your fucking daddy,wet boak
use the forename not the creepy name

'little HUSBAND'... wtf? I'm going to have nightmares about that one.

Must tell Daddy when he gets home.