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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s always infuriated me / made my skin crawl when people drop the “my” when telling a story or talking about their own family. Your dad is not my dad, my dad is not your dad. Dad isn’t sufficient and sounds weird. “Dad and I went to a nats game” implies you and I share a father. I’ve noticed it’s mostly with super cliquey awkwardly close, southern baptist type families. [/quote] Fascinating. These things bug me, too. When my alcoholic dad would start saying, “your mother,” I knew the shit was about to hit the fan. Somehow hearing someone else’s female parent as Mother seems creepy. “Mother always liked to keep a clean kitchen.” I also find it odd when my MIL refers to my mother as “Lois” to me, in conversation. “Lois says you’ll be there for Thanksgiving.” Stranger, MIL only ever calls my only sibling my “sister” and never by her name. I always hear, “is your sister here?” And yes, MIL knows my sister’s name and I’m not a newlywed.[/quote]
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