Why do some females call their partners 'DADDY"?

Maybe they're used to it already.. Like, when kids were little they tend to follow what the people around them (parents) would act and say. So one way of getting the kids to say daddy or mommy to their parents, the wife and husband call each other daddy and mommy. Well, that's just my theory.

As I'm reading your post I can think of 2 people who call their husbands daddy. I don't like it myself. I think it's a little gross. But that's just my opinion. I call my boyfriend by his first name, sometimes I call him hun, or sweetie but NOT daddy. Maybe one of these days I'll be bold enough to ask one of the 2 why she calls her husband daddy.

I know wives who call their husbands daddy and when I question them about this they all assured me that calling their husband 'daddy' was to help their children to call their father daddy. Personally I hate to do this. My partner is my husband not daddy.

Yes, This does sound strange to me too. I have figured out one case. There is a man with lots of kids. He calls his wife Ma. I figured out the only reason is that he hears his children call her Ma so much that the name stuck. I can't say about daddy but maybe some of the same is involved unless it is just short for sugar daddy. Of course, I will never have this strange habit.

Here it happens all the time, but it's far more common in the opposite way, that men call their partner mommy. It has nothing to do with parental linking or so, but instead it's used as an expresion of desire. Say one is walking on the street and a nice women passes near, many people will tell and shout her "hello mommy!!" or worse things, but those are a way of telling she's nice and we desire her. The same for the girl calling daddy. I'm not so used to say that, but I may say that to my partner from time to time when we're hot, but not on a regular basis.

Ok, I think this is definitely a cultural thing. There may be several explanations for this. One is when a couple has young children, you usually will say, Mom or Dad when they are around. It does help to reinforce familial and societal rules. Also Hispanic traditions have long used Papi or Ma (or some form of Mami/Mama). In the Northeastern region of the US, NY in particular, young men have long called girls, Ma (in a "somewhat" endearing way). There is also the sugar daddy syndrome with guys promoting...."Hey, I take care of you, who's your daddy?" Conjecture: It may be very easy to assume some women who may not have grown up with a dad, to easily get sucked into this line of thinking. Hip-Hop and Rap videos also heavily promoted this idea and it was only a matter of time before it has made its way down into mainstream culture. Mommy has now made her way also as women become more independent and sometimes the financial caretaker or breadwinner, hence....who's your Mommy, now?

I guess it goes back to the 50's. Teens used to call guys Daddy-o. It is just a pet name. I don't call my guy Daddy and I would hate it if he called me Mommy.But I guess other couples must find it cute.

i don't understand this part either .

For some females this may just be a term of affection for the man in their life. Some females might call their partners daddy because they are still a little girl needing someone to protect them.

Hmm don't really get that either it's kind of weird to call ones partner mommy or daddy. Maybe they like to do that because they are sweet talking their partner or something who really knows. Still I know what you mean I have seen and heard people say that to one another and I just find it really strange. Maybe it's a habit or something I guess I will never really know unless I ask somebody why they do that, but than that would just be awkward.

we did called each other that mommy and daddy so our baby can easily follow the word..and now he is doing it..! but if we are by ourselves he called me honey and I called him love!

i dont know why they do, i have done it

well before i also found it a weird thing when i first learned that some women call their partners daddy but eventually i find it sweet!! my dad dont call my mom mommy or mama but sometimes my mom call my dad papa!!perhaps my dad was not that sweet compared with my mom. for me its not a big thing or issue. for me its our prerogative to call out partners to names that we want to call them!!=))

Hi Priestesslong, My Mother got into the habbit of calling my Father Daddy, so I would refure to him as Daddy. She said that at first she would refure to him as "Your Daddy", but as time went on it was just easier to say "Daddy this, Daddy that." My Dad would at times refur to my Mother as Mommy or Mom. To me it is just a wonderful and very enduring thing to hear a man or woman refure to their partener as Mom or Dad. It just testifies to the oneness of heart mind and soul that has come to that couple...something most couples sorely lack. Johnie84

Hi, I guess why they call each other daddy and mommy is that they are committed already and soon to marry. And they are expecting each other to be a good daddy and mommy of their future son and daughter. Happy Posting!

I guess that is only for words of endearment. We can call our spouse "tatay" meaning dad and so is the hubby can call their female spouse to "nanay" which means mom. I don't know the history how it started that way but we got used of that in our country. It is also a way of respect to each other, deeper meaning I guess that other nationalities would not even understand why.

I am Hispanic and in my Spanish language we use Papi for our man and Mami when the man calls upon his woman. These are simply words of endearment and not meant in parental gestures in any way, as the parental ways they are spelled differently.

I met the same thing when I was a senior high school student.I couldn't get it either but my classmate explained to me that it showed the close relation between her bf and her.I think this may be the same.

You are right Daddy really sound funny and strange, i call my parents father and mother. But the problem most of the time they come even when i don't call their name.. :)

i call my father is bapak and my mother is emak :D