(mis)adventures in sex

When Daddy and I went to my parent’s house for Thanksgiving a few weeks ago, I had tried to keep in mind to not call my own father “Daddy.”

As a child, that’s what I called my dad. That’s who he was. I never had a sexual connotation of the word “Daddy” when I called him that. I still don’t think of my dad that way.

Unfortunately, as much as I had tried to avoid it in front of Daddy, I let it slip and called my dad “daddy.” I felt terrible as soon as it slipped out of my mouth. But how do you bring that up casually in conversation? How do you apologize to Daddy for calling your dad “daddy?”

I carefully brought it up. I asked him if he remembered it happening, if it freaked him out. He told me that he noticed and that he was a little concerned by it. I told him that the only reason that came out is because that’s what I called my dad. That when I say it to my dad and when I say it to Daddy, it means something completely different. I’m not sure if I completely got my point across, but I think I’ve reassured Daddy that I only mean to call him that and that I only mean it for him.

Does anyone else have that problem with the “Daddy” issue?