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Calling your partner Daddy/mommy has always been so strange to me. Mind you, 9/10 these are the same ppl who say they wouldn’t date someone with the same name as their parent. Is 2+2…10???
46 upvotes, 19 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in Hot Takes. "Calling your partner Daddy/mommy has always been so strange to me. Mind you, 9/10 these are the same ppl who say they wouldn’t date someone with the same name as their parent. Is 2+2…10???"
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Anonymous 1d

what if you never had a dad

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Anonymous 13h

i always pictured it as like daddy/mommy of our (potentially hypothetical) child but this thread has shown me just how far off base i was with that

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

It’s still strange. Everyone has 2 parents, whether they’re present or not. Mommy/daddy are just diminutives, they’re easier to say than mom and dad when in early stages of development…cough cough children. It just seems pedophilic. Even if it’s not meant to be. I’ve also wondered, why don’t people refer to their partners as “Brother/sister”?? They’re all familial titles

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

wait this is a good explanation and makes sense.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

lol that shit is weird man

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

Wow, how does the explanation make it sound even worse????

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

it can be weird if you don’t understand it but that screenshot explains it pretty well. sex experts agree that it’s not about parental or biological relationships. it has nothing to do with pedophilia. personally i’ve never thought about kids or my family during sex that would be weird.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

It’d be weird to think about them during intimate acts but not using a word that means exactly that, family? Security and safety, the typical attributes of a FATHER then this being the reason of attraction/arousal is still strange. Now I’m genuinely curious, say you didn’t have a father physically present but you had a brother growing up who did provide a sense of security and masculinity in your home, would you then call you sexual partner “Brother”?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

it doesn’t sound worse. youre just not freaked out enough and that’s okay

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

And again, it’s quite literally stating the typical attributes of a fatherly figure/parent are what provides the sense of attraction, “safety and masculinity”. It’s weird.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

i call my partner “baby” am i thinking about an actual baby? no

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

it’s almost like words can have multiple meanings

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

Baby is highly noted as a cute/affectionate term. Whereas daddy is a child’s term. It’s sad that adults sexualize and shift things that are innocent. Once children hit a certain age, they’re encouraged to shift from daddy to dad due to the sexualization of the word. It’s weird, I said what I said

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

no, per the merriam-webster dictionary daddy is highly noted as having different meanings. it’s not only a child’s term. if you’re triggered over “daddy” being used during sex you should be triggered by “baby” being used during sex. i haven’t experienced children being told to say dad instead of daddy. im sorry you experienced that!! people shouldn’t sexualize children saying daddy that’s mad weird

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

I’m guessing. You’re a heterosexual woman. Heterosexuals and the pedophilic verbiage and behavior, it’s unsurprising. Truly

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

if you call your partner baby you’re enabling pedophilic verbiage and behavior. i can throw out senseless claims too

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

I don’t call my partner either, so you can throw out the “senseless” claims into an abyss or back at yourself

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 14h

You say daddy is a child’s term but in the bedroom it’s used for someone showing dominance. Words can have 2 meanings

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 13h

i still call my folks daddy and mommy and i'm a grown man. but i don't think abt my parents when people use those words sexually. same way i don't think about a toilet when i meet a guy named john. its about the context around the word

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