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Meet epic homophobes (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Aug 2020 OP
Freeks. (I don't want to insult real freaks) LakeArenal Aug 2020 #1
LMAO! LeftofObama Aug 2020 #2
The Mother/Father thing is not as unusual as people here think rpannier Aug 2020 #3
Southern thing, too. Lars39 Aug 2020 #6
My parents did it (rural IL). They didn't want us kids calling them by their first names. Midnight Writer Aug 2020 #7
Mother by Pink Floyd spike jones Aug 2020 #4
I think you will like this....they did a fantastic job Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 #5

rpannier

(24,329 posts)
3. The Mother/Father thing is not as unusual as people here think
Sun Aug 23, 2020, 09:06 PM
Aug 2020

I think its an antiquated thing, probably somewhat common at one time in the upper Midwest
My grandparents and many of their friends (rural Illinois and Iowa) used the term for their wives and husbands
It's not as weird a thing as people are trying to make it out to be

Lars39

(26,109 posts)
6. Southern thing, too.
Sun Aug 23, 2020, 10:32 PM
Aug 2020

I think it gets started by new parents trying to teach and enforce the “mother and fathers” to their young kids.

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