re: When is it no longer acceptable to call your old man "daddy?"

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Hell, I'm 39, but if I met you when I was child, like the parents of my grade school/ high school friends, you are still Mr. or Mrs. whatever to me.

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that's one thing the south does better (mr/mrs first name)

going by the last name just seems too formal

As long as you want.

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think he's saying it feels weird for him to say Dad because he's always said Daddy.

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This

Perfect opportunity for your dad to say to you, "You can call me Father, you can call me Jacob, you can call me Jake. You can call me a dirty son-of-a-bitch, but if you EVER call me Daddy again, I'll finish this fight."

I call him dad, never daddy. I'm 32, I'll always call him dad

If I would have ever thought about calling my mother by her first name her dad would have slapped in the back of the head.

i went to dad in my late teens or early 20's. he's 94, and i call him daddy again.

I will always kiss my boys on the cheek and expect them to call me dad until the end of time.

And, I don't project on anyone else how they choose there expressions of love......unless harmful.

I never once heard a grown man call their father daddy in NOLA. Then I came to BR and heard it a few times. Weird as frick hearing a 40 year old dude tell me "I watched the game with my daddy last night...me and my daddy went fishing." I don't care what you call your dad when talking to him, but in the third person it is definitely weird.

always dad and mom.