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Post by Lexica on Mar 9, 2023 0:43:13 GMT
My ex husband’s sister did this. And she walked in little tiny stomping steps too. She didn’t start this until she met her husband. Prior to that, she spoke normally and walked like an adult woman. Originally I thought it was all part of the beginnings of their relationship and that it would stop eventually. It didn’t. Her husband didn’t speak like a child, just her. It got quite tiresome. I certainly never said anything. This was her first boyfriend, and I thought she was just being cutesy with him since it was new to her. Then they married and it never stopped.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Mar 9, 2023 1:29:35 GMT
She didn’t start this until she met her husband... Prior to that, she spoke normally and walked like an adult woman... I thought she was just being cutesy with him since it was new to her... Then they married and it never stopped. We have friends like this. My husband and her husband are very good friends. I find her quite tiresome. She's well educated, but talks in that baby voice too much, and affects a vapid air of helplessness about things she is in truth perfectly competent to handle. |
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Post by Scrapper100 on Mar 9, 2023 1:59:15 GMT
Thank goodness no. That would drive me nuts. Talking to animals and babies fine but in a professional setting no. I can’t imagine that at all.
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Post by mollycoddle on Mar 9, 2023 2:04:23 GMT
Not if I can help it. I would have trouble being in the same room. My face would immediately show what I was thinking. I’ve been told that I do not have a poker face.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 9, 2023 2:16:28 GMT
Yes, and it’s annoying as all hell.
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Post by Sarah*H on Mar 9, 2023 2:16:58 GMT
One of my daughter's HS friends spoke this way. She is brilliant, truly brilliant. But you would never believe it if you heard her speak. She is also an incredibly gifted dancer.
She has a very difficult mother. That's the nicest way I can think of to say it. This friend was accepted to Harvard but her mother refused to let her go so she is attending one of the local commuter colleges. I will always hope that someday she finds the courage to forge her own path.
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Post by wordyphotogbabe on Mar 9, 2023 3:13:16 GMT
A former coworker only spoke in baby talk when she spoke to her boyfriend on the phone at work.  She was on the phone all day long with customers, coworkers, etc. where she spoke in a perfectly normal (albeit very bored) voice so it was an intentional choice to speak that way to him. It was the worst. She was in her early 20s at the time with her boyfriend being about 10 years older. I was so relieved when I got moved to a different spot on the floor and no longer had to hear their 20+ minute conversations during her lunch break. This was back when you still paid for minutes on your cell phone so she called him on the work phone line to save money (but not my sanity!). It won't surprise you much to know she was the type to insist couldn't pay or drive on their dates, that he needed to check in with her twice a day, that he wasn't allowed to have female friends, etc. |
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Post by workingclassdog on Mar 9, 2023 16:45:39 GMT
A former coworker only spoke in baby talk when she spoke to her boyfriend on the phone at work.  She was on the phone all day long with customers, coworkers, etc. where she spoke in a perfectly normal (albeit very bored) voice so it was an intentional choice to speak that way to him. It was the worst. She was in her early 20s at the time with her boyfriend being about 10 years older. I was so relieved when I got moved to a different spot on the floor and no longer had to hear their 20+ minute conversations during her lunch break. This was back when you still paid for minutes on your cell phone so she called him on the work phone line to save money (but not my sanity!). It won't surprise you much to know she was the type to insist couldn't pay or drive on their dates, that he needed to check in with her twice a day, that he wasn't allowed to have female friends, etc. Oye.. that is nutty!! |
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Post by birdy on Mar 9, 2023 17:08:46 GMT
My mother in law!!!! Mainly to the grandkids and sometimes her pets. And it's bad!!! When she tried that with our kids when they were babies, I put my foot down and asked DH to talk to her about no baby talk with our kids. We always talked normal to our kids. They both started talking at 9 months old in regular words.
I currently have a 1 year old niece named River. The baby talk is out of control.
"Awww Yiveh, do you want to tome to gwama??" And yes, I'm not misspelling or having typos, that's how she replaces letters. It makes me insane!
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