What do you call your partner…

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in front of your children?

So for example your in the room with your children and calling to their dad in another room. Or just in general conversation with each other but dc are around.

dc is 10 months and I’m starting to feel like I should call him daddy in front of dc not his name but I feel silly. We both use each others first names to get each others attention. But if we were talking to dc then it’s mummy and daddy I.e. pass the ball to daddy

Sometimes his name, sometimes daddy. Mostly just babe.

Which has lead to DD also calling him babe. She's 3. It's hilarious.

Daddy when they were little- Dad now they’re older.

I know of an older couple who call each other ‘mother’ and ‘father’… Kind of makes me cringe 😬

I imagine it stated when their son was born and the names just kind of stuck (their son is an adult now)

Go and tell Daddy you need a new nappy

Babe can you make me a coffee

Omg Steve have you really just sent the kids out dresses like that?

I just use his name (or embarrassing pet name).

I will say “give it to daddy” or “maybe daddy could put your bib on/wipe your hands” etc if DH is closer than I am.

But when I’m speaking directly to DH I will still call him by his name - kids are clever enough to realise the difference.

My MIL sometimes calls me “mummy” and it makes my skin crawl.

Yeah we call each other mummy and daddy even when DS isn't around. It has a kind of sexy quality to us 😂

I used DH's name when talking to him, and 'daddy' when talking about him to DC.

Dad. Never babe hun darling. Never said any of those.

His name if I’m talking to him. Or Daddy or Dad if I’m talking to the kids about him. Occasionally dickhead under my breath and in a different room so no one else can hear. He isn’t a dickhead but is occasionally annoying as we all are.

Papi.

He wishes!

In reference to him, Daddy or Dad.

Otherwise out loud always 'baby 'my love' 'dude' or 'honey'.

In my head twat or dickhead 😁

I only use his name when I'm annoyed with him.

Babe. Not sure why but we never really say each other’s names unless talking about each other to other people. If I’m talking about him to baby or he’s close by, I’ll call him daddy and he calls me mummy.
Little one is 15 months now and often says “baaabe” which is adorable.

I just can’t bring myself to call upstairs ‘daddy can you bring down a muslin when you come down please’ 😂

Love

Oh I read it wrong. I'll just say his name. In 17 years I've only called him by his name. I call my kids baby / babba but can't bring myself to use a pet name with DH. I'm autistic I think that may have something to do with it? I don't call people love hun darling chick etc

I call him his name or darling if directly addressing him.

If I'm talking to the kids. I'd say... "go and ask Daddy where the key is..." for eg.

Why would you? He's not your dad.

@Tootels I'm not autistic but I don't use any of those terms either, for anyone, they make me cringe. Babe, Hun, sugartits 🤢

DH I call by his name, if I'm speaking to DS I will say oh go and show that to daddy, for example

His name to other people,
Dad to the children,
Mate or love to him

We both hate the words daddy and mummy, we used to live in a flat above a couple who lived their fetish loudly all the time and always called each other daddy and mummy. Hear that through the floor enough and it ruins the words for you. Our children went from mama/daddad to mum and dad at about 3

I call my DH by his name unless referring directly to the children.

Eg 'ask your dad where you coat is'
"Your dad will pick you up from cubs'

When the kids were young, we’d use Mummy/Daddy or each other’s names depending on the situation.

The kids are older now but we still do the same when we talk to each other about something the dogs need. ‘Mummy, we’d love to go for a walk’ or ‘Daddy, can we have dinner now’. 😂 😬 The kids do it too for the dogs.

We are completely normal. 😬😂

I used a mix of Daddy and DH's real name. Think of it as training the baby to say daddy.

If talking to the baby about him, it was always Daddy.
Calling upstairs to DH, I'd use his own name but if for example, he was bringing something downstairs as a result, I'd say thank you daddy in front of the baby.

If DC involved in conversation it would be daddy/dad. Otherwise his name, Husband or whatever I feel like at that time

Refer to them by their name or nucknamexwhen speaking to them generally, say daddy when talking about them or when you are referencing them to your child.

Yer da when I'm referring to him to the kids. It's meant to be funny, but they probably find it embarrassing. His own name the rest of the time (and the odd expletive under my breath)