Difference from Dad/Father?

[Pro88LX]

Obviously I am not the only person with this opinion, if the OP is having a debate about it at work.

I skipped the point that they don't mean the same and went straight to what I thought they meant personally by saying I think of it as the opposite of Lason and the reason why I thought so.

not quite

[mstng86]

not quite

Yea, I went off track with that statement. I confused the two for the time being.

You are an e-god. I bow down to your superiority.

[Juiced4v]

Father=sperm donor, guy that paid the bills. Dad=guy that taught me about life and gave me unconditional love, guided me.

Good point here!

[Pro88LX]

Yea, I went off track with that statement. I confused the two for the time being.

You are an e-god. I bow down to your superiority.

you betta recognize!

[347Mike]

I never looked at them with different meanings and neither does webster.

[jluv]

I get what some of y'all are saying, but it just makes me think you're a bunch of cheesedicks.

Father, dad, old man, pops... It's all the same to me.

[94form2000z]

I know they are not the same. Father to me is more of a technical term or description, as some have said you can Father a child without being a dad.

For instance. My 8 yr old knows me as his dad and when he gets old enough to figure things out on his own he will learn I am not his father. He can go to his mom about that one. It won't change the fact that he may consider me his Father but most definitely won't change the dad part.

[War Machine]

My kids called me yesterday for fathers day, I just hung up on them. I mean the oldest is 9 years old, seems like they'd move on and stop bugging me by now? Their mommas have already explained to them I dont like em, seems like the oldest one would figure out by now to stop calling me?

[mustangguy289]

Nope, they dont mean the same. Being a father is easy, just bang some chick then move on. Being a Dad is the hard part.

If that were true... wouldn't it be called happy dad's day. And also wouldn't the term be dead beat father. I think you got it backwards.


papa, dad, father, old man, they all mean the same.

[Lason]

If that were true... wouldn't it be called happy dad's day. And also wouldn't the term be dead beat father. I think you got it backwards.


papa, dad, father, old man, they all mean the same.

I got it backwards but they all mean the same thing??

Its all in how you were raised and what you were taught. Obviously they both are the same thing in the dictionary.

[Geor!]

Being a single mom child, I still call him my dad (pops, usually, but he's my dad to me), even though I only saw him every other weekend. He's always tried to give me all he could... Probably moreso, since he couldn't necessarily give me time. When I was a child, I was comfortable with the surroundings that I grew up in, and sometimes hated going to my dad's because he wouldn't let me get away with some of the shit that mom did. Now I wished I would have spent more ti,e with him. He's one of my best friends now and I couldn't ask for a better relationship with him. I never say "i love you," nor does he (it's a manly ego thing with us, I guess), but it's there in every hug we give and that says more than words.

[mustangguy289]

I got it backwards but they all mean the same thing??

Its all in how you were raised and what you were taught. Obviously they both are the same thing in the dictionary.

Two different points that I should not have put in the same reply.

Going by the common use of the words in "Father's day" and in "dead beat dad", you had it backwards.

I personally don't the there is a difference between the two.

Good dad= good father
bad dad=bad father

[CJ-95GT]

Father, dad, old man, pops... It's all the same to me.

Agreed with the exception to, "Aye Papi ", which seems to have it's own seperate meaning.

[LS1Goat]

You're just arguing semantics. Waste of time. On principle, a man is either a dad/father or a sperm donor. Simple as that.

[TENGRAM]

I dunno, if a chick called me "father" in bed instead of "big daddy" I'd be a little freaked out.