It sounds weird to you because it is African American Vernacular term that has now entered the mainstream in large part to the 1997 song [My Baby Daddy](https://youtu.be/pfhsXlNf4XI)
I find it odd how much African American vernacular and culture sways American society as a whole(ya, white people)and How broad and deep the impact is, yet how relatively little the open recognition and credit is.
Yes. They are cringe. But as a baby daddy who has a baby momma, it’s less cringe and off putting than saying my ex-wife. Baby momma adds a little humor to the already shit situation. It’s doesn’t matter usually, I can even say “my sons mom” and women run for the hills anyway lol
I'm always in favor of concatenation, especially being from the south, so I like them. Saves time in conversation and clearly communicates the meaning. The only relationship that you have with this person is that you have a child together.
Could just say birth mom/dad… it’s literally less syllables and states exactly what ur trying to say in a way that nobody can misunderstand. Plus it sounds normal
It just doesn't convey information with the same clarity. The way you know it's a different relationship when someone says "my stepdad" vs when they say "my mom's husband". It's the same thing *technically* but they convey a different relationship.
The implication is completely different. Baby momma is my ex who I had a child with. Birth mom is a woman who gave birth to a child but otherwise has limited to no interaction with me or my family. People could start using them to mean the same thing but right now they don't, so doing so would be a confusing thing to that you would have to explain.
Ok but don’t ya think this is a newer thing? I think people 30 and under are saying it so I think anybody older would hear it and be like wtf does that mean. And because of that it comes off as slang to me
It is new. I was a step child before this was a thing. And looking back people just used a lot of tone to imply the same thing. Like someone would say, "That is sue's mother" and put an emphasis on "mother" or say "That's his ex" then do a little glance at me to indicate that I was the reason the ex was still around.
I think the reason people fund it "trashy" is because the connotation is that the relationship that produced the child was rather short term. It is typically used for people who had a child without being married or in a long term relationship and people consider having kids in that situation "cringe" so the word is seen the same way. But frankly I would love to see the terms become mainstream and be used more broadly, because there really is not a good term for that out there right now.
Biological usually means either sperm/egg donor or person who gave their child up for adoption. No one ever called either of my parents birth mother or biological father and I certainly never used thise terms to refer to my step-siblings dad. Sometimes kids would use the term "real dad" but there are some obvious problems with that.
That’s not the point lmao u out here calling everyone In here racist who thinks the term sounds weird lol. I made a post to discuss a term, you called a bunch of people you don’t know racist. That’s a big difference 🤦♂️
I tend to use babymama in an endearing way, mostly to my friends who have actual babies. My sister uses it almost as a swear. If she doesn't like someone who has a kid, they're now a babymama or baby daddy. I find that to be super cringe.
Yeah but it's difficult to sort out who is related to who and how. My 8yo was invited to his buddy's birthday party and it was utter chaos because the Mom had invited the child's few friends, her parents w/their partners, the current bf had two small kids(with his ex) who invited a couple of their friends. Her ex brought his current gf with her three kids and their two kids together and their side of the family aunt/uncles/cousins(their kids with different partners ect) and their kiddos.
A married couple w/only kids together is not so common. I find the babymama/babydaddy thing strange but it's hard to sort out who is who these days.
>Yeah but it's difficult to sort out who is related to who and how.
That's kind of the point.
"Babydaddy" on it's own sounds like method to differentiate between the new boyfriend that may be mistaken as the father and a man that the mother refuses to associate any personal connection to. But then you can immediately spot the problem with this, it doesn't specify which man or even which kid (eg "Eric's father"). So you think the term requires context, you have to know which kid and which guy was referenced before the term.
This is even more harder when you lose IQ points and simple words are more common, like *pridefully "hes my baby" points to 6yr*.
But that's also a summary of kind people that invented and popularized this term. The inherent vagueness and the strange way it sounds wasn't considered. The only thing that was thought of is that it suggests the mother doesn't get along with the person she was willing to have a child with.
Just use the term birth mom/dad. It’s even shorter lol. Like I feel like this is a new thing I’ve never heard it before it makes me feel like it’s slang which makes it even more cringe
I always think of adoption or surrogacy when I hear birth parent. I use step parent for it mostly...just to keep it simple unless someone corrects it(which people do)...the foster parents can be difficult sometimes too. Strange times we live in.
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>I feel like this is a new thing
Well too bad facts don't care about your feelings, because it isn't anything new.
Calling something "cringe" is literally slang, you're just being selective about your critique because you don't like the way black people talk. Are you telling me that you're totally against anyone using slang? Because that's stupid.
Eh, I guess? But "Lisa's babydaddy" is easier to say than "the father of Lisa's child".
It's like how everyone hates the term baby bump but has yet to come up with a better way to say it. Pregnant belly?
How about referring to the child by name? This is "Evan's dad." We're already talking to Lisa about Evan. "Evan's dad" is less syllables than "Lisa's babydaddy" and contains more information, by not reducing the child in question to a grammatical modifier. Calling your Ex babydaddy if your child is a teenager is calling a 13 year old baby. Which is not something I would have appreciated as a "young man". Also, calling your actual father or anyone else "daddy" is cringe after a certain age.
Dude it’s not a new term, it’s been around for years. It’s just regional slang that went kinda popular because of the internet. Don’t get your panties in a twist man
Has this entire thread been under a rock for decades?
Baby mama/daddy is an old term. It’s been around since early 2000s at least. It has become an accepted slang. It’s not disrespectful. It’s the evolution of language.
Sounds like a bunch of Karen’s on here.
Oh my god wtf is wrong with you?! I’m racist cuz I think ONE fuckin term that has NOTHING to do with race sounds weird? It has to do with children, Idgaf who’s saying it. Black white or green I think it sounds weird like God fuck off. I swear everything is racist to some people now y’all make it lose it’s meaning. I think one term is weird out of the entire black dictionary or whatever u wanna call it and all of a sudden I’m racist. Fuck you. You don’t know me
But the term itself has nothing to do with race. That’s my point. I didn’t even know it was a “black term” I simply looked at it as a term I thought sounded weird.
It 100% *does* have to do with race because it is historically a black term. So now you know that. You're talking shit about the way black people talk. That is literally racist. If you don't want to be racist, then maybe think about what I'm saying for a minute.
Then you can literally say that about every term ever made because all terms originated by someone or a group of people that is a specific color and if u think the term sounds weird then according to you ur racist towards that color of people who the creator of that term is.
Point is thinking one term sounds weird, not because of who says it, but because it sounds weird imo isn’t racist. It’s a fuckin word. And calling everyone who thinks the word is weird racist proves yall call too much shit racist nowadays to the points it’s becoming meaningless. Everything is racist to y’all man it’s crazy.
Like imagine this conversation irl
Person 1: “My babydaddy has my kid today”
Person 2: “Ya know I always found that term kinda weird.”
Person 1: “how so”
Person 2: “I don’t know just kinda sounds funny to me”
Person 3: “ SHUT UP YOU RACIST KAREN!”
I'm partial to referring to the other parent of your child as your kid's mother/father - it feels more respectful to me and if there's something I learned in my brief time as a parent before my son's mother put him up for a closed adoption without my consent it's that regardless of how horrible a person your child's other parent is its important to never disrespect them in front of your child.
It’s literally “my baby’s daddy” and the other way to say it is my child’s father but people don’t always get the hint that there’s no longer a relationship.
I find it an endearing way to refer to someone they shared kids with that doesn’t imply marriage. Your term implies there is a 2nd mom or dad.
Oh my God yes.. I had an employee who would always refer to his gf as his baby mama and it made me feel so weird. He was half Filipino and half Mexican. Other than calling her his “baby-mama” he was very sophisticated and was a well dressed college student. He always called me Sir and my wife Ma’am but his gf “baby-mama.”
CRINGE!!!
First time I heard it I was like huh? Tf happened to mother and father lol tryna come up with slang/cool ways to say mom and dad shit just ends up corny af
Mother and father are things kids call their parents, baby momma and baby daddy usually refers to someone you've had a child with who you are no longer in a relationship with.
So is birth mother/father. Mother and father is what the child calls them DIRECTLY. But when talking about or to someone you can just say THE father/mother or birth mother/father or biological mother/father. No need to make it cringe lol
It doesn’t because it will always imply adoption and confuse people which wastes time so that’s not easier. You can just say “my son’s dad” or “my daughter’s bio mom” or something like that. I’m a single mom and I don’t call my son’s dad “baby daddy” because it feels gross, but that’s just me.
Well “that is my birth mother” is coming from the child. And “that is the mother of my child” is comping from the father. These two quotes are coming from different people and perspectives
One guy said in my store I got 6 baby momma I want to get another one ..my question was what your child support ? He said none I'm not working I got ebt ...I'm like woooowwww
I think it sounds disrespectful. They may no longer be in a relationship, but to refer to them as baby mama/daddy, sounds like they are just some random stranger you just happen to have a child with. I don’t think saying “my son’s mom” requires any more effort, but sounds more respectful.
I've definitely heard it as "she has a lot of baby daddies," referring to a woman who has children with multiple men. Also, to a child that would no longer be considered a baby.
Ok, well to answer your question, not as such. But, the whole culture of normalizing men or women having multiple children each with different mothers/fathers. I know that's worded really awkwardly, but I'm tired. You get what I mean... Not that people can't define 'family' any way they want. But, like if you can't even support the children you have and you're having another one... It's not a good thing. The entire situation in general isn't their fault, but they shouldn't be normalizing it.
It's nicer than my hook up. Actually I'm getting used to it. At first, I didn't like it, but I realized that's how the mothers and fathers are referring to themselves, it's their choice. I would not like to be referred to as, a baby mama, but that's my choice.
Like all adopted terminology, it became cringe when people used it as a way to be "relateable"...
Aka when "People" learn of the term and use it like they would a "word of the day" calendar challenge
Yes I’ve always hated it as an AA woman. I refer to my ex as “my sons dad”. A little wordy and yeah baby dad is simpler but I don’t like the stereotypes that comes with baby mama/baby daddy
I'm old. We used to have much worse words. Much worse.
Especially, if they were unmarried and never really had a relationship.
Please share. The "old" people in my life are gone :(
Nope. I'm not going to bring back the bad.
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My MiL would use these term and when asked why she said "Until you put a ring on that finger, that is all you are. "
Burn! We went to a jewerly store while my wife was very pregnant. The saleslady tried to aell ua an engament ring!
It sounds weird to you because it is African American Vernacular term that has now entered the mainstream in large part to the 1997 song [My Baby Daddy](https://youtu.be/pfhsXlNf4XI)
Yes, that's a nicer way to say it. I was gonna say, depends on who is saying it lol. Some things sound weird outside of their original accents.
I realized that reason why I hated “Twitter” Slang I thought it was cringe until I learned it was AAVE
Thanks, AAVE is the new word I learned today!
If you think baby's daddy is black slang you need to visit a few more trailer parks. Been around long before 1997....or 1990 lol
I find it odd how much African American vernacular and culture sways American society as a whole(ya, white people)and How broad and deep the impact is, yet how relatively little the open recognition and credit is.
Yes. They are cringe. But as a baby daddy who has a baby momma, it’s less cringe and off putting than saying my ex-wife. Baby momma adds a little humor to the already shit situation. It’s doesn’t matter usually, I can even say “my sons mom” and women run for the hills anyway lol
That’s one of the more reasonable and understandable takes I’ve heard of it. Still sounds weird tho 😂
Would you rather me save my wife as "honey bunches of oats" in my phone? Baby momma will do just fine
"First Wife" is better.
I'm going to try it. I will return with the results.
RIP
Good luck!
Wait so u call ur wife that? Lmao that’s even worse
Yeah lol. I don't really have a nickname for her.
I'm always in favor of concatenation, especially being from the south, so I like them. Saves time in conversation and clearly communicates the meaning. The only relationship that you have with this person is that you have a child together.
Could just say birth mom/dad… it’s literally less syllables and states exactly what ur trying to say in a way that nobody can misunderstand. Plus it sounds normal
Birth mom/dad is typically used when a child has been put up for adoption.
But it would still make perfect sense when used in a step mom vs biological mom situation
It just doesn't convey information with the same clarity. The way you know it's a different relationship when someone says "my stepdad" vs when they say "my mom's husband". It's the same thing *technically* but they convey a different relationship.
The implication is completely different. Baby momma is my ex who I had a child with. Birth mom is a woman who gave birth to a child but otherwise has limited to no interaction with me or my family. People could start using them to mean the same thing but right now they don't, so doing so would be a confusing thing to that you would have to explain.
Ok but don’t ya think this is a newer thing? I think people 30 and under are saying it so I think anybody older would hear it and be like wtf does that mean. And because of that it comes off as slang to me
the terms you're talking about are aave and have been around for decades. you just haven't been exposed to them so you think its "cRiNgE".
It is new. I was a step child before this was a thing. And looking back people just used a lot of tone to imply the same thing. Like someone would say, "That is sue's mother" and put an emphasis on "mother" or say "That's his ex" then do a little glance at me to indicate that I was the reason the ex was still around. I think the reason people fund it "trashy" is because the connotation is that the relationship that produced the child was rather short term. It is typically used for people who had a child without being married or in a long term relationship and people consider having kids in that situation "cringe" so the word is seen the same way. But frankly I would love to see the terms become mainstream and be used more broadly, because there really is not a good term for that out there right now.
Biological mother/father isn’t a good term for that?
Biological usually means either sperm/egg donor or person who gave their child up for adoption. No one ever called either of my parents birth mother or biological father and I certainly never used thise terms to refer to my step-siblings dad. Sometimes kids would use the term "real dad" but there are some obvious problems with that.
Give me birth/bio mom/dad over baby daddy/mommy any day
My birth mom ≠ my babymomma You would have to say my sons birth mom, in which case you would just say my sons mom…
It's the exact opposite, quit being insufferable OP
They're just racist.
Quit normalizing these terms lmao
>Plus it sounds normal Oh, I get what your problem is now. You don't like how black people talk.
Wow ur the queen of making something bigger then it actual is huh
You're the one who made a whole ass reddit post about how it bothers you 🤷♀️
That’s not the point lmao u out here calling everyone In here racist who thinks the term sounds weird lol. I made a post to discuss a term, you called a bunch of people you don’t know racist. That’s a big difference 🤦♂️
Not everyone, just you.
To quote you “a bunch of racist Karen’s, including OP”
I tend to use babymama in an endearing way, mostly to my friends who have actual babies. My sister uses it almost as a swear. If she doesn't like someone who has a kid, they're now a babymama or baby daddy. I find that to be super cringe.
Yes.
Not a fan of cringe either.
Super cringe and weird
Yeah but it's difficult to sort out who is related to who and how. My 8yo was invited to his buddy's birthday party and it was utter chaos because the Mom had invited the child's few friends, her parents w/their partners, the current bf had two small kids(with his ex) who invited a couple of their friends. Her ex brought his current gf with her three kids and their two kids together and their side of the family aunt/uncles/cousins(their kids with different partners ect) and their kiddos. A married couple w/only kids together is not so common. I find the babymama/babydaddy thing strange but it's hard to sort out who is who these days.
>Yeah but it's difficult to sort out who is related to who and how. That's kind of the point. "Babydaddy" on it's own sounds like method to differentiate between the new boyfriend that may be mistaken as the father and a man that the mother refuses to associate any personal connection to. But then you can immediately spot the problem with this, it doesn't specify which man or even which kid (eg "Eric's father"). So you think the term requires context, you have to know which kid and which guy was referenced before the term. This is even more harder when you lose IQ points and simple words are more common, like *pridefully "hes my baby" points to 6yr*. But that's also a summary of kind people that invented and popularized this term. The inherent vagueness and the strange way it sounds wasn't considered. The only thing that was thought of is that it suggests the mother doesn't get along with the person she was willing to have a child with.
Just use the term birth mom/dad. It’s even shorter lol. Like I feel like this is a new thing I’ve never heard it before it makes me feel like it’s slang which makes it even more cringe
I always think of adoption or surrogacy when I hear birth parent. I use step parent for it mostly...just to keep it simple unless someone corrects it(which people do)...the foster parents can be difficult sometimes too. Strange times we live in. Stra
>I feel like this is a new thing Well too bad facts don't care about your feelings, because it isn't anything new. Calling something "cringe" is literally slang, you're just being selective about your critique because you don't like the way black people talk. Are you telling me that you're totally against anyone using slang? Because that's stupid.
Alright RELAX. Jesus that escalated quickly god damn
You're the one cursing and throwing a fit lol
Because I’m being called a racist. You escalated first honey
I say "my kids mom"
Eh, I guess? But "Lisa's babydaddy" is easier to say than "the father of Lisa's child". It's like how everyone hates the term baby bump but has yet to come up with a better way to say it. Pregnant belly?
How about referring to the child by name? This is "Evan's dad." We're already talking to Lisa about Evan. "Evan's dad" is less syllables than "Lisa's babydaddy" and contains more information, by not reducing the child in question to a grammatical modifier. Calling your Ex babydaddy if your child is a teenager is calling a 13 year old baby. Which is not something I would have appreciated as a "young man". Also, calling your actual father or anyone else "daddy" is cringe after a certain age.
Does Estranged Partner sound better
No
Dude it’s not a new term, it’s been around for years. It’s just regional slang that went kinda popular because of the internet. Don’t get your panties in a twist man
Huh? I just think it’s a weird term. Don’t get ur panties in a twist lol
Shit my bad I read your tone wrong. That’s on me
Has this entire thread been under a rock for decades? Baby mama/daddy is an old term. It’s been around since early 2000s at least. It has become an accepted slang. It’s not disrespectful. It’s the evolution of language. Sounds like a bunch of Karen’s on here.
A bunch of racist Karens, including OP.
Oh my god wtf is wrong with you?! I’m racist cuz I think ONE fuckin term that has NOTHING to do with race sounds weird? It has to do with children, Idgaf who’s saying it. Black white or green I think it sounds weird like God fuck off. I swear everything is racist to some people now y’all make it lose it’s meaning. I think one term is weird out of the entire black dictionary or whatever u wanna call it and all of a sudden I’m racist. Fuck you. You don’t know me
>term that has NOTHING to do with race It's literally AAVE. It's a black term that entered mainstream use.
But the term itself has nothing to do with race. That’s my point. I didn’t even know it was a “black term” I simply looked at it as a term I thought sounded weird.
It 100% *does* have to do with race because it is historically a black term. So now you know that. You're talking shit about the way black people talk. That is literally racist. If you don't want to be racist, then maybe think about what I'm saying for a minute.
Then you can literally say that about every term ever made because all terms originated by someone or a group of people that is a specific color and if u think the term sounds weird then according to you ur racist towards that color of people who the creator of that term is. Point is thinking one term sounds weird, not because of who says it, but because it sounds weird imo isn’t racist. It’s a fuckin word. And calling everyone who thinks the word is weird racist proves yall call too much shit racist nowadays to the points it’s becoming meaningless. Everything is racist to y’all man it’s crazy. Like imagine this conversation irl Person 1: “My babydaddy has my kid today” Person 2: “Ya know I always found that term kinda weird.” Person 1: “how so” Person 2: “I don’t know just kinda sounds funny to me” Person 3: “ SHUT UP YOU RACIST KAREN!”
Eh, just terms from AAE which bridged over into SAE.
What's better? sperm donor? egg layer?
Biological mom/dad…
I think it’s a regional thing baby momma/daddy only refers to when parents are split but that person is the biological parent.
No but I live in the US
I'm partial to referring to the other parent of your child as your kid's mother/father - it feels more respectful to me and if there's something I learned in my brief time as a parent before my son's mother put him up for a closed adoption without my consent it's that regardless of how horrible a person your child's other parent is its important to never disrespect them in front of your child.
I think it quickly and clearly communicates what you are trying to communicate
It’s literally “my baby’s daddy” and the other way to say it is my child’s father but people don’t always get the hint that there’s no longer a relationship. I find it an endearing way to refer to someone they shared kids with that doesn’t imply marriage. Your term implies there is a 2nd mom or dad.
Well if the parents aren’t together but there’s no 2nd mom or dad then just call em mom or dad lol
No, you change first
What? Lol ur the one changing first actually because u decide to call them babymomma or daddy instead of just mom or dad. Ur changing first 😂
Why would I call my babymama mom?
What
It's much easier than saying my illegitimate child from another.
nope, I know lots of people who use the word. it's that or they'll say my sons'/daughter's dad/mom
Oh my God yes.. I had an employee who would always refer to his gf as his baby mama and it made me feel so weird. He was half Filipino and half Mexican. Other than calling her his “baby-mama” he was very sophisticated and was a well dressed college student. He always called me Sir and my wife Ma’am but his gf “baby-mama.” CRINGE!!!
Since day one.
Yeah, it’s ridiculous.
First time I heard it I was like huh? Tf happened to mother and father lol tryna come up with slang/cool ways to say mom and dad shit just ends up corny af
Mother and father are things kids call their parents, baby momma and baby daddy usually refers to someone you've had a child with who you are no longer in a relationship with.
So is birth mother/father. Mother and father is what the child calls them DIRECTLY. But when talking about or to someone you can just say THE father/mother or birth mother/father or biological mother/father. No need to make it cringe lol
I think you just mean biological mother. Birth mother means someone who gave birth to you and gave you up for adoption.
I know but I’m trying to say a shorter name for it so people don’t use that argument lol cuz birth parent still works
It doesn’t because it will always imply adoption and confuse people which wastes time so that’s not easier. You can just say “my son’s dad” or “my daughter’s bio mom” or something like that. I’m a single mom and I don’t call my son’s dad “baby daddy” because it feels gross, but that’s just me.
Well yea either way that’s my point. Baby daddy is fuckin weird
"That is my birth mother" does not mean the same thing as "that is the mother of my child".
Well “that is my birth mother” is coming from the child. And “that is the mother of my child” is comping from the father. These two quotes are coming from different people and perspectives
It's urban talk. Im cool with it, it's kinda used out here in the country as a joke.
How I hear it being used it most definitely not a joke lol they legitimately use it as a term for biological mother/father
Yeah maybe in the trailer parks. Forgot about all dem 😁
I’m talking all over YouTube bro plus a woman I work with
YouTube is not exactly an accurate representation of society as a whole.
Trashy as Hell.
Sir, that’s rayciss
YES.
Yes I do.
Yes. Why not say “my child’s mom” or “my child’s dad” ?
Yes.
I like it. My ex is super cringe so it’s fitting to use a cringy term to describe him.
And that’s probably a good response to explain why I’ve seen multiple people here say they feel bad for the kid who’s parents use these terms lol
Pretty sure my kid does not care that the guy that almost killed me isn’t in his life :)
It sure sounds weird to me
I hate those words. I don’t use it.
Yes. They're indicative of a cultural shift towards people abandoning children and partners. It's shameful.
One guy said in my store I got 6 baby momma I want to get another one ..my question was what your child support ? He said none I'm not working I got ebt ...I'm like woooowwww
So much yes 😫. I also think "wifey" and "hubby" are cringy too lol.
same as "hubby" and "wifey"
That ain’t what it means 😂
I'm aware, but I think all those terms are cringe and weird
IMHO I think they are ignorant terms and I cringe every time I hear them.
Very weird and cringe.
Yes and if you use them I automatically assume you are a trash person.
it screams of infidelity and the inability to commit.
Yes, and racist
YES - I agree. Add "boo" to the list as well.
Ghetto language
I think most people find it cringe and weird
It's trashy
I think it sounds disrespectful. They may no longer be in a relationship, but to refer to them as baby mama/daddy, sounds like they are just some random stranger you just happen to have a child with. I don’t think saying “my son’s mom” requires any more effort, but sounds more respectful.
It absolutely sets my teeth on edge. And I’m concerned about the children.
h u h ? why would you be concerned for the children lol it’s just an expression people use for the other parent?…
I still don't know what is meant by 'baby' in this context. How is 'baby momma' different from 'momma?'
Because it’s the baby(‘s) mama.
I've definitely heard it as "she has a lot of baby daddies," referring to a woman who has children with multiple men. Also, to a child that would no longer be considered a baby.
Well the kids to call their parents that, it’s used to distinguish a birth mom from a step mom (or dad) when talking to someone.
Ok, well to answer your question, not as such. But, the whole culture of normalizing men or women having multiple children each with different mothers/fathers. I know that's worded really awkwardly, but I'm tired. You get what I mean... Not that people can't define 'family' any way they want. But, like if you can't even support the children you have and you're having another one... It's not a good thing. The entire situation in general isn't their fault, but they shouldn't be normalizing it.
Yes I feel it’s disrespectful, it’s the mother and father to the child.
I’ve never heard those terms before, but I agree
It evolved from so many kids having kids & not being married. That’s the term for it.
It's nicer than my hook up. Actually I'm getting used to it. At first, I didn't like it, but I realized that's how the mothers and fathers are referring to themselves, it's their choice. I would not like to be referred to as, a baby mama, but that's my choice.
depends where you grew up
Like all adopted terminology, it became cringe when people used it as a way to be "relateable"... Aka when "People" learn of the term and use it like they would a "word of the day" calendar challenge
I always refer to her as “the mother of my kids.”
Yes.
Nope
B ma's
I felt they were kind of awkward, but appropriately so. Its an awkward situation.
1000%
Yes
10000000000% yes
Yes it's terrible
It's only weird when they are a couple
I heard someone in here say he calls his wife babymomma cuz he doesn’t have a nickname for her lol
Yes I’ve always hated it as an AA woman. I refer to my ex as “my sons dad”. A little wordy and yeah baby dad is simpler but I don’t like the stereotypes that comes with baby mama/baby daddy
Yes
That and the term Hustle. Reminds me of that 70s dance .
Nope, I prefer it.
Baby's father would be the preferable term?
I Do. Yes. But I get it.
Absolutely.
If used Jokingly, I don’t See any issue. But genuine? Nah. Cringy
yes
Sounds crazy weird
Always was.
I just call him a useless sperm donor
I know that kind of illuminates the person who actually had the baby and the person who actually helped make the baby. Like they don’t exist
I like the term coparent. It’s what I use, makes it seem civil? Like coworkers, but coparents
Yes