I’m one and the only time I won’t like it is when my daughter does it to annoy me on purpose (right now she calls me worse names.)
I suppose it comes from “papa,” as most Americans have a European heritage. There must be a sizable percentage of American children brought up to call their parents “mama” or “papa.” It’s just that tv shows mainly depict the southern “maw” and “paw.”
I don’t think dads hate it. Thank god I don’t have kids (I’d need a live-in maid/nanny, which sounds like a hassle).
I call my dad “pops” or “big ____” (his first name) all the time when I see him. I don’t know for sure, but he doesn’t seem to care. I doubt he’s big on “old man,” though.
My husband and his brother call their dad “Pop.” He even refers to himself as “Pop” when he leaves voice mails on my phone, so I think he’s ok with it. I like it. I think it sounds warm and friendly.
My great grandfather was also called Pop. His real name was Myron, though, so Pop was an improvement.
My grandfather went by Pop to both his kids and grandkids. The Fella and one BIL call my dad Pop (the other two BILs call him by his first name and my SIL tends to refer to him as Grandpa). It all depends on what Pop likes.
We were raised to call our parents Mama and Papa, but Papa starting sounding babyish so we changed it to Pop probably by age ten or so. It stuck and I don’t think he is offended.
“Pop” or “Poppa” was what I called my Grandfather.
My own father was just plain “Dad.”
When (in the wake of my Grandfather passing away) I once suggested that Dad be called “Poppa,” (he does have grandchildren) he disagreed, saying, “No, I’m no Poppa, like your Granddad.”
Fair enough. To my sister and me, our father is “Dad”; to my sister’s kids, he’s “Granddad.”
Gosh, me and my daughter have about 20 names for my son.
We have at least 10+ for her.
I have at least 10+ including pop and pops. I love it.
Dad,daddy,popslarops, dadio, Pappa, father, my real name and many more and variants thereof.
It is great. I am having trouble thinking of what’s wrong with it or why someone would hate it.
Me 41
Daughter 14
Son 7
I think I am called dad the most but never thought of it. I will pay attention this week and also ask them out of curiosity.