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[Rushersauce]

I don't think so, but I do it­—with a Filipino accent. It sounds similar to how "papí" is pronounced in Spanish.

It's not "papí", it's just "papi". NO TILDE.

 

[Einchy]

I've always called my parents by their first names. Both of my sisters called them mom/dad, but for whatever reason, I've just never been comfortable using a general title to address my parents. To their credit, they just went with it.

My nickname for my mom is her actual name. It's done more as an in-joke between us than me actually just calling her by her first name.

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

lol..First time I tried that with my mother, she asked what side of my face I wanted hit..😂

Lmao this right here, never tried it though.

 

[Fat4all]

It's not "papí", it's just "papi". NO TILDE.

what about puppy?

 

[playingwithfire]

It's a romantic pet name for men. It started as a gay thing, I think.

Yeah it's fairly common for a younger gay guy to call an older partner Daddy. I'm 30 and I've been called daddy more times than I'd care to admit.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Lmao this right here, never tried it though.

Carbón..and she was a tacón throwing expert..lol.

 

[Measley]

Daddy is fine.

Big Daddy is not fine.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Daddy is fine.

Big Daddy is not fine.

LMAO..Yeah. No argument from me..

 

[CopperPuppy]

You tell me:

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Hold on..that's the same dude? I'm sloshed, so I have to ask

#Irma

 

[PingPongvonLaserstein]

lol..First time I tried that with my mother, she asked what side of my face I wanted hit..😂

The looks of sheer bewilderment I would get from visiting friends the first time they heard me address my parents were always good for a laugh. It always felt normal to me though.

 

[DrkSage]

We can go deeper

Ok that's too deep

 

[Extra Sauce]

It wasn't from any outside influence.

Social conditioning never feels like outside influence even though it is.

 

[Dishwalla]

I call my dad "father" or "pa".

 

[Zasa]

I call mine "viejo", which means "old man"

 

[Opto]

Maybe it's the picking up on social cues that tell boys they shouldn't be as emotionally attached to their fathers.

But yeah, now it's been taken over as a sex thing so good luck reclaiming that, people who want to break down the wall of emotional distance between men in order to prevent toxic masculinity.

 

[Earthbound64]

What's your name?
Who's your daddy?
Is he rich like me?

 

[Stinkles]

You tell me:

Hayward Gordon.

 

[Kickz]

When you hit 13 it sounds weird.

I've heard 10 year olds say it and it never sounded too odd, but when in the teens it sounds really odd.

Yea at some point it becomes just dad.

People who say their fathers name are the weirdest though..

 

[Luminaire]

Tumblr also ruined "squishy princess".

 

[Ban Puncher]

Is this that cummies thing?

 

[Earthbound64]

Tumblr also ruined "squishy princess".

Is this that cummies thing?

 

[Sunster]

if you're ok with your daughter calling you daddy but not your son because sexual connotations then that's weird.

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

Maybe it's the picking up on social cues that tell boys they shouldn't be as emotionally attached to their fathers.

But yeah, now it's been taken over as a sex thing so good luck reclaiming that, people who want to break down the wall of emotional distance between men in order to prevent toxic masculinity.

Nah I just went to calling my dad my old man it feels like a coming of age thing. My mom hates it when I call my dad by his name I just laugh. Calling my dad my old man is a grown up version of saying daddy.

 

[Subpar Spatula]

I'm 27 and still call him daddy.

 

[Attack You]

Daddy is fine.

Big Daddy is not fine.

 

[SmackDaddy]

I call my dad daddy sometimes. It's really quick "dadeh" and it doesn't sound weird. I don't think.

I'm 28

 

[Kickz]

if you're ok with your daughter calling you daddy but not your son because sexual connotations then that's weird.

If they are children at most preteens it should not be weird.

 

[SystemShock2]

I think that papa feels a little more normal than daddy but still gets the point across. I call my dad Dad though.

 

[Replicant]

Is this because of this?:

IM DELETING YOU, DADDY!😭👋 ██]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 10% complete..... ████]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 35% complete.... ███████]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 60% complete.... ███████████] 99% complete..... 🚫ERROR!🚫 💯True💯 Daddies are irreplaceable 💖I could never delete you Daddy!....

....and you know the rest.

 

[v1lla21]

No.
I call my dad pa, apa, and pops.

Sometimes when we at the store I like to yell poppa in an old timey accent and he gets mad.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

My brothers called our grandfather grandaddy when he was living.

 

[Earthbound64]

For what it's worth, when talking to him I call my father "Dad," but when talking about him I call him "My father."

 

[Angelus Errare]

Ain't you Dominican? Tell me..how odd is it to hear a child of any age call their pop's papi? Just for an anecdotal laugh..

Yea my mom's side, it doesn't ever really register with me. Though one time this non hispanic white family was eating lunch behind me and the girl called her dad papi which threw me for a loop.

Hell I hear adult hispanic women calling their dads papi, their daughters mami and it's par for the course.

 

[NotMyUsername]

I say mother and father for my parents. Wasn't raised to do so as my siblings say mom and dad. Just started doing it when I was 12 and twenty years later I still do it.

My father did have an employee of his get upset because of religious reasons (he should only have one father!) but my father told him I could call him father if I wanted.

Mommy and daddy just sound silly to me. I also can't stand hearing ma, pa, mama, and papa. The latter two my step family uses to refer to grandparents and it's like nails on a chalkboard.

 

[Nightwing123]

The words daddy and papi have been completely ruined for me since I was in middle school.

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

tumblr ruined the word "daddy."

This is a tumblr cummie ❤ that means you make somebody really squishy! uwu (≧ω&#8806 Send this to 10 daddies that make you squishie ishie and don’t break the chain! ∩(︶▽&#65078∩

.

 

[jgwhiteus]

 

[Fat4all]

.

 

[Sami+]

My parents are Syrian so I call my dad "Baba" and that's what my kids are gonna call me

"daddy" is weird

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Yea my mom's side, it doesn't ever really register with me. Though one time this non hispanic white family was eating lunch behind me and the girl called her dad papi which threw me for a loop.

Hell I hear adult hispanic women calling their dads papi, their daughters mami and it's par for the course.

Exactly my point. Certain cultures just do it. Again, was never MY thing, but till this day, my step sister/brother always refers to my pops as papi..he's been dead and gone for over two decades (they're from PR, btw).

 

[Henchmen21]

When you're 8: Sure
When your 18: No

You tell me:

When did the Jazz go green/gold? Bear in mind, I haven't watched since Stockton was still playing.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

When you're 8: Sure
When your 18: No, depending on where your family is from.

Agree..

 

[phaonaut]

Its fine, I use all the terms based on importance. Especially the variations of mom. Sometimes you need to cycle through them.

 

[Zolo]

For some reason, it was pronounced 'Deddy' where I grew up.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

For some reason, it was pronounced 'Deddy' where I grew up.

Where's that?

 

[Henchmen21]

Agree..

I stand by what I originally posted.

 

[broncobuster]

This thread...

 

[Zolo]

Where's that?

South. Urban dictionary seems to go with it too. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=deddy

 

[Sunster]

If they are children at most preteens it should not be weird.

it should never be weird. I recognize it already is for most fathers in the US. Just something they need to check themselves on. Because it is weird if say your 20 something daughter calling you daddy is A-OK but not you 20 something son because in your mind daddy means incest. That is sooooo weird. Trump/Ivanka weird. Stop thinking of it in that way. If you can't then you REALLY shouldn't have your daughter call you that.