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Please don't. If you have difficulties with your children, using this term can only make them worse.

• __abc 10y ago
  ??? Why on earth would I say this to my children? ??? Such a weird assumption to make ...
  • bnjms 10y ago
    It is the straightforward assumption that house ape was used to refer to the original posters son returned from adulthood and with a negative connotation. That is why the assumption was made. I cannot imagine what other use you could have imagined given such clear context.
    • __abc 10y ago
      That I would use it in a context/audience that wasn't my children. I personally find that an odd default assumption. I under no circumstance assumed that OP says "house ape" to his sons face .... did you? Maybe I'm the odd duck here.
      • rad88 10y ago
        It's clearly about his son, though I don't assume he says it straight to his face. I thought you were also thinking of your offspring. Sorry I've misunderstood.