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#2006113 03/06/23 04:38 PM
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what did you call you father growing up?

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Nobody on this one? I just thought it was an interesting question.



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I think there's a huge difference between being a dad and being a father. A father includes every man who can produce a child. Many fathers aren't even in their childs life. A dad by contrast is a man who is there for that child every day. A man who raises that child. Many men are dad's of children of whom they did not father.


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I called him Dad for about 12 years, then went back and forth between Dad and a-whole for the rest of his life.

Regardless, I loved him very much.

Father/Son relationships can be weird sometimes.

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I agree with you, except I usually just say sperm donor... I still have some respect for the term father, but 100% agree with where you're coming from...

I typically call my dad, 'dad'... occasionally I've referred to him as my father when talking to others... but it feels to formal for my dad... I call him papa now frequently because that's his granddad name...


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Hard/ a not simple question- societal differences and complicated. Growing up- what ages? Which generation were you born into? Short explanation- I'm a baby boomer- born to a young, WWII veteran, who joined military- he was just like Robert Duvall in "The Great Santini" or worse. I called him- SIR all thru my teens. In later life, when he'd matured and I had it finally became Dad. I'd bet lot of racial and cultural differences too. Good question, all things can be complicated.


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Wow, sir never entered my mind. We are similar age. I was one of the few not calling him dad. It was Pop all his life.



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