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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your daughter prefers Sarah, you and DH should call her Sarah. If your daughter is a people pleaser, maybe the pet name annoys her when YOU use it, but she's pretending it doesn't.[/quote] If OP calls her child Doodlebug or whatever and that’s an endearing term she has used since she was a baby to express intimacy and love, that pet name has an emotional value and signifies that relationship and the intimacy of that bond. The kid does not have that bond with Grandma and never will, she rolled her eyes. Most children are not good at verbalizing nuanced feelings or setting boundaries. Mom is old enough to understand Grandma is stepping a bound. In a healthy relationship, Grandma would stop using that pet name when asked, even if it’s just to please the parent to whom it means a lot. [/quote]
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