My Thai girl calls me this all the time. It has become so regular, that I dont even notice it anymore. My friends laugh a little when they hear it. ...I like it! Does that make me weird?... I can accept that.

Surely, no big deal? My Filipino wife and I have been married for 20 years. She's 51 and I'm 67. Our daughter is 25. Both call me "Daddy" because they see that as my primary role in the family. Likewise, I call my wife "Mum" for the same reason. None of us finds it strange. To the contrary, we think it's kind of cute. Others have also commented that it makes us sound like a very loving family, which we are.

Try calling her "Mum", or even "Mom", if you're from across the pond, and see how she responds to that.

Edited December 19, 201312 yr by Honkytowner

I have heard our married Thai and Lao friends and relatives call each other "mom" and "dad" in both their own language and some also in English. It struck me as odd at first but I guess I have heard it often enough that I am not surprised anymore. I'm not talking about Thai or Lao married to foreigners, I mean Thai or Lao married to people of their own nationality. Maybe that has had some affect on her calling you "daddy"?

If she's highly educated I doubt if she would call you daddy.

Get her transcripts out.

she has Dr in front of her first name. Does that count?

My highly educated, upper middle class 27 year old girlfriend calls me daddy too.

And me.

i had a Thai girlfriend who insisted on calling ne daddy, i found it annoying as i was only 10 years older than her, she new it annoyed me and continued doing it, she seemed surprised when i dumpted her a few months later, even contacted me 3 months later with 'daddy still angry'.

My wife usually calls me darling. I am not sure if I like it or not.She once said that I was her husband, lover, father and friend. So I recon it must be the Thai custom.

Listen VERY carefully next time she calls you that.

A number of my friend's wives refer to their husbands as "Daddy".

The wives teach their kids to call him Daddy, so it's natural for them to use the term as well.

Happens all over the world.

Freud and Jung would have a field day on this forum.

Two things to clarify before this general topic proceeds:

1. Im am not a 60 yr old guy with a 20 yr old girl.

2. She is not calling me that when we are bed- that would be weird.

I am in my early 40's and my current thai girl is 27. This age gap according to many psychological studies is ideal- these studies stipulate that a man should half his age and add 7 years for the optimum aged partner.

She is highly educated and her family are middle to upper class.

The first time she called me 'daddy' I was wondering if I should run for the hills but have since learnt from another source that I have to understand that thai women appreciate the man taking on several roles in the relationship... her husband or partner has to be her lover, father, friend etc. Also, a good thai girl takes care of her man as though he were a child, yet loves him to dote on her like a father.

Does anybody relate to this? Have your lady ever called you 'daddy'. Or should I go and buy a new pair of Nike trainers and start running up a hill?

My wife calls me daddy all time now since we had a daughter

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how long have been in thailand?... maybe she knows something you don't

my wife calls me mummy and suckles my nipples but i quite like it

please discuss

Two things to clarify before this general topic proceeds:

1. Im am not a 60 yr old guy with a 20 yr old girl.

2. She is not calling me that when we are bed- that would be weird.

I am in my early 40's and my current thai girl is 27. This age gap according to many psychological studies is ideal- these studies stipulate that a man should half his age and add 7 years for the optimum aged partner.

She is highly educated and her family are middle to upper class.

The first time she called me 'daddy' I was wondering if I should run for the hills but have since learnt from another source that I have to understand that thai women appreciate the man taking on several roles in the relationship... her husband or partner has to be her lover, father, friend etc. Also, a good thai girl takes care of her man as though he were a child, yet loves him to dote on her like a father.

Does anybody relate to this? Have your lady ever called you 'daddy'. Or should I go and buy a new pair of Nike trainers and start running up a hill?

My wife calls me daddy all time now since we had a daughter

Sent from my ST25i using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

ha ha brilliant - case closed

thread closed ////

"She is highly educated and her family are middle to upper class. "

Two important criteria (assuming a bit of money in her own right). I probably wouldn't care what she called me.

.................. Come to Papa................................

Edited December 19, 201312 yr by pgrahmm

Maybe she is expressing an ambition that you will be a daddy or she is "with child" already?

The term " Daddy " may draw up some connotations to those that do not understand .

My wife did call me this prior to our marriage , but it does not mean I am an older Gent !

The calling actually is respectful , and to you the OP , you should feel happy with this .

I for one am happy to know that respect is thicker than insincerity , and happy to be a good "Daddy"

sloppy fingers , sorry .

I have heard that before

Edited December 19, 201312 yr by Goompa

Are you fat?

When I was cuddly a lot of working girls called me PaPa which made me cringe!

So I lost some weight.

My Thai daughter calls me daddy.

My Thai girl friend calls me dad sometimes in a warm friendly way.

My Nan use to call my Grandad dad all the time.

If she's highly educated I doubt if she would call you daddy.

Get her transcripts out.

she has Dr in front of her first name. Does that count?

No.............

My highly educated, upper middle class 27 year old girlfriend calls me daddy too.

And me.

are we all dating the same girl?

She is highly educated and her family are middle to upper class

You didn't need to write this as they all are....

And in her family there is also a high ranked army officer as in every highly educated middle to upper class family ....

Dont forget that when talking about a Thai girls. you divide her age, then divide it again to work out her true intellectual age.

If she has told you she is educated and of middle class, remove 2 more as she actually believes it matters in Thailand.

She calls you papa, because she found out you had to justify a human emotion by finding a formula that some idiot wrote so you can argue that with 60 year olds who are probably more happy than you as they strut with their 20 year olds.

Get a life!

yes it's because she's going to make you a daddy what other way can she get her hooks into you

Totally agree, mine called me daddy (Paa) for 10 years, now she owns a house, land, motorcycle and car, and calls me ex husband

I'm 68...send her to me and get a woman your own age.

I guess it is not problem at all.

You start to be worried, if she says :

- Daddy, may I go out with my new boyfriend? He is very cute and I won't be long I promise.

If you're newly married or whatever just except it for now & enjoy the ride (pun intended) it will wear off in time and a few other "choice words" will take it's place..

Buffalo being the usual one, phonetic translation.. Qwai

have since learnt from another source that I have to understand that thai women appreciate the man taking on several roles in the relationship... her husband or partner has to be her lover, father, friend etc.

This thread caught my eye because I was called that too. But only once so far. I've been seeing this girl for about two months and it was about 2 weeks ago she called me that. Her explanation was it was because I took care of her.

Your "other source" could be right.

psychological studies is ideal- these studies stipulate that a man should half his age and add 7 years for the optimum aged partner.

BTW .. 54 me/33 her ... OMG! She's one year younger than the "acceptable range"! I'm a pervert!

Edited December 19, 201312 yr by Fullstop

It is a term of endearment and would imply she loves you very much and would like to take the best of care of you, as she would her own Father, but obviously in a different way. Enjoy it and the happiness she will bring to you, I am sure. You will find you are a lucky man and she will take every opportunity to spoil you and take care of you, as many Thai Ladies like to do. I know, I am one of "the spoiled" and love it.

"She is highly educated and her family are middle to upper class. "

All the Thai girls I have met (also at thailovelink) pretend to be rich and have master degree, but if you ask to see the bankbook and diploma from school they get mad at you

Me think, they like to pretend to be rich and famous after watching Thai soap operas