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Do you call your Dad 'sir'?

Blue Velvet said:
Do you call you Dad 'sir'?
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prefer a****** or idiot at the moment. long story.

on the brighter side, i gave up 6 figures to stay home and take care of my two boys to insure;

a. happy, smart, well adjusted boys who don't hang out on forums.

b. breaking the cycle, and giving my kids a better life than i had.

cheers.
 
No sir! 😉

I call him "dad". I don't think he's knighted, so there's no reason to call him sir anything.
 
I call mine "Dad" very rarely only because I see him very rarely.

I don't address my step-father with anything. That would be sign of respect and I don't respect him in the least. I talk to him as little as possible.
 
iSaint said:
When I was younger I said sir. My kids respond yes sir and yes ma'am to adults, at least they're supposed to.
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This sounds like my experience, too. I was raised to answer "Yes, sir" or "No, sir" (or "Yes, ma'am" and "No, ma'am") out of respect to my parents and other adults -- and that's how I'd raised my (as yet non-existent) kids

But outside of those kinds of exchanges, I called my parents Mom and Dad. As in, "Dad, can we go to the movies?" and not, "Please sir, may we go to the movies?" 😉
 
I find it weird calling my parents by their first names. I stick to mum & dad. and I would find it weird calling my dad "sir".

EDIT: 1000th, post. w00t!
 
Only ironically.

My dad's a philosphy prof, so I would call him Dr. and/or Sir when I felt like taking the piss out of him. I still call him Doctor Father (or doctor grandpa now that I have a daugter) on occassion.
 
I call my father by his first name; have done since I can remember.

Anycase, now that I am 43 🙂eek🙂 it seems more apropriate. We've always been friends first — none of that "Yes, Sir!" stuff. Although I always thought that just happened in US movies? 😉 😀
 
Just Dad here. I never call people "Sir" either, although I will use Señor and Signore in the relevant countries. Some nations just like formality more than others I suppose.
 
If I called my dad 'sir' I'd never live it down.

The only people I've called 'sir' are teachers and knights of the realm.
 
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