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> baby daddy Non American here, why do people use this infantile term to refer to a spouse? Unless I am mistaken, the father of her child is her husband - why
by youngNed 5y ago
> baby daddy
Non American here, why do people use this infantile term to refer to a spouse? Unless I am mistaken, the father of her child is her husband - why use another term?
Edit: Thanks everyone for pointing out that you don't need to be married to have a child, wow, everyday a school day on HN.
But her husband _is_ as far as we know, the father of her child.
- bogwog 5y agoWomen aren’t always married to their baby’s daddy. Not exactly sure where the term came from, but I know I’ve heard it in songs, seen it in movies and on TV, etc. It’s just a popular phrase.
- CRConrad 5y ago> It’s just a popular phrase. Yes. And, as the G(GG...?)P said, a stupid one.
- NateEag 5y agoWikipedia says that she was in a relationship with her business partner up until Theranos fell apart. She then married her current spouse. "Baby daddy" is often used to imply that the woman is not really attracted or attached to the man who fathered a child. I think OP is implying that Holmes hooked up with and married the new guy as a cynical ploy to get a war chest for the impending legal actions. I can't speak at all to Holmes' motivations, but it certainly doesn't conflict with what I read on Wikipedia, or with her apparent ethics.
- NikolaeVarius 5y agoYou dont have to be married to have a child.