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Do you call your OH "dad"?

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janeainsworth Thu 17-Dec-15 08:32:53

Oh maggie you've brought a tear to my eye.
I've got a lovely photo of my Dad, in RAF uniform, sent to Mum during the war, before they were married.
It's inscribed 'Hello Buggerlugs xx'
sad

Maggiemaybe Thu 17-Dec-15 08:23:12

Not even all the DC call him dad. For some reason DS used our first names from an early age, and this has been handed on to his DC. So we're now the full Nana Maggie and Grandad ---- to them, which seems somehow more formal. confused

I do call him Buggerlugs a lot. Also a Northern one, I think?!

annsixty Thu 17-Dec-15 08:19:44

Well on a public forum and in difficult times I can't say what I occasionally call him under my breath but Dad, never.

Katek Thu 17-Dec-15 08:17:48

That's cards to my children and their respective spouses. Too early yet!!

Katek Thu 17-Dec-15 08:15:56

Problem I find is how do you sign joint cards to SIL//DIL? Mum & Dad or name and name....or both?

Pittcity Thu 17-Dec-15 08:15:21

I call him all sorts of things but not Dad, that is my Father. DH and DS, who is still at home, have the same name so even that is sometimes confusing. I do call him Grandad when he is forgetful or complaining! We are called whatever suits the situation.

ninathenana Thu 17-Dec-15 08:09:16

No, way !
To me that is an old fashioned Northern thing.
Obviously I talk about "Your dad" to DC but it's X or darling when speaking to him. Or "grumpyguts" under my breath sometimes tchgrin

cornergran Thu 17-Dec-15 07:57:12

Not in conversation with him. I'd be cross if he didn't use my name when he spoke to me. Sometimes we feel like we're parenting each other though!

Bellanonna Thu 17-Dec-15 07:53:46

Only call him Dad if speaking to the DDs. My husband always called my mother Grandma, once she became one.

Leticia Thu 17-Dec-15 07:41:49

Only very occasionally as a joke. It would be obvious to all that it is a joke.

kittylester Thu 17-Dec-15 07:19:40

I call my husband 'dad' or 'pa' when referring to him to the dc or svc but I call him by his first name - he isn't my father!

suzied Thu 17-Dec-15 07:14:05

Following on from the cats mother debate, I wonder if anyone calls their husband "dad" ( or wife "mum"?) I think this used to be quite common in the past. I tease my DH for calling his mother "Nan" , and I received a card from one of my DDs which was written( by her) " to Nanny" .... Am I alone in finding this weird?