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Cambion
The kid (who is 23 now, I think?) just got moved out at the beginning of July, like my aunt and her husband just got back from moving the kid into their new apartment right before the fireworks display. So maybe they just didn't adjust to being empty nesters on the way back home and were still in mom/dad mode or something.
But still, why refer to your partner as "Mom" or "Dad" when you're talking right to them? They have a goddamn name! Most couples come up with pet names for one another too, that's an option because it's a term of endearment. I have never heard my aunt call her husband "Dad" before, she always calls him by his first name. I guess he deserves an identity, but she doesn't?
Re: Loss of identity August 04, 2022 | Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 9,973 |
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Some parents refer to their partner that way to set an example for the kids and the habit sticks. If younger kids hear the parents using the actual names, they'll copy it instead of saying Mom or Dad.
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Re: Loss of identity August 07, 2022 | Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 3,712 |
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Some parents refer to their partner that way to set an example for the kids and the habit sticks. If younger kids hear the parents using the actual names, they'll copy it instead of saying Mom or Dad.
That's very true. I know when I was very young, I called my mother by her first name rather than "Mom" because nobody taught me that you call your mother "Mom." I wasn't around kids my own age until I went to kindergarten, so I had no idea and just called her what everyone else called her.
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