What do you call your dad?
My dad died over 15 years ago. He was Pops to me. He was so laid back Dad seemed too formal. Daddy was too childish of a thing for me to say, and also I didn't see him much when I was a young boy.
D-Dad
This is the correct answer.
If you're interested, there's this whole thread about calling your parents by their first names. Surprisingly, there's actually some interesting discussions in there. It wasn't till I found it that I remembered I was the creator.
http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/off-topic-31/if-you-re-over-20-y-o-do-you-call-your-parents-by--1757238/?page=3
D-Dad
10/10 sir.
John.
His name is William though. I call him John, he calls me and my brother John.
None of us are actually called John.
For some reason when I was a kid instead of saying Dad I would shorten it by one letter and call him Da. At least in private I still use that nickname but I say it the normal way in public.
I chose "Dad", because that is the closest. I think at least. What I actually say is "pappa", which is dad in Norwegian. The thing is, you also have what I see as a lot more formal which is "far". Which equates to "father" in my ears. Then again, had I spoken my local dialect I might actually have said "far" myself, and that dialect is far from formal.
Its funny because I called my father dad and my mother mom until they were in their 70s. Now I call my mother nanna because the grandkids are around and they call her nana. But I call my father "dad" still, the grand kids are supposed to call him "pops" but don't. (My brother-in-law's father and mother were 'grandpa' and 'grandmother', but my parents are 'nanna' and 'pops')
I call him "dad" like a normal human being.
I haven't seen anyone call their dad "father", other than rich families with old money.
I called my parents Mommy and Daddy pretty far into middle school. I eventually realized this was weird. It never felt right to just call either of the "mom" and "dad" directly so instead I started calling them a bunch of things. Mostly because I thought it sounded funny but also to condition myself from saying mommy or daddy.
If no one is in a terrible mood, I generally him "father" and he calls me "son". We both say it with faux sincerity and enthusiasm. Its kinda weird when I think about it ,but we both think its kinda funny. "Parent" works similarly. Sometimes Papa or Pa. Basically everyone calls each other names in my family.
It's pretty even between two of them. When greeting him I call him Daddy, when I'm talking to or about him I call him Dad. So I voted "Daddy" since I'm apparently a 7 year-old girl :)
(I'm not actually 7 years old, but I am a woman if that makes a difference, which I don't necessarily think it should.)
Sir Charles (his first name and a Charles Barkley reference), Charles Evans (his first and middle name), and Dad
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