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He asked me to call him daddy.


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n. 1. A small brook.
 

Q NOT long after we married two years ago, my husband began calling me mummy mummy, dead human or animal body preserved by embalming or by unusual natural conditions. As a rule mummies are from ancient times. The word is of Arabic derivation and refers primarily to the burials found in Egypt, where the practice of mummification was perfected  even though we don't have family.

He asked me to call him daddy.

He said his parents called each other it. We're in our 50s and this is his first marriage and my second.

We get on well and he's a good man although the sexual side of things petered out within months.

But the other night he asked how I would feel putting a nappy on him and giving him a bottle.

When he saw my face he said it was a joke, but it worries me.

A I THINK it would worry me.

Mind you, this desire to be treated as an adult baby is not an unknown kink, as you'll easily find out on the internet.

It's fairly harmless The term harmless may be taken in several ways:
  • A word of ordinary English. See the Wiktionary entry at .
  • A legal term occurring in the contract law concept of hold harmless (indemnity). See also waiver.
 but if you find it disturbing, you don't get involved.

Time for a serious talk about the sexless sex·less  
adj.
1. Lacking sexual characteristics; neuter.

2. Lacking in sexual interest or activity: a sexless marriage.
 state of the marriage as well as his need to have you as a mother rather than a wife.
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Title Annotation:Features
Publication:Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Date:Jul 15, 2008
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