Someone I live with insists on calling me “bro” and “dude”, despite my repeated pleas for cessation, citing ideolect as a defence.
I get that “bro” and “dude” are part of their vocabulary, but it hurts. Am I in the wrong here?
P.S. Is this the right community for this kind of question?
No, you’re allowed to be reffered to how you want
This sums it up. Man, woman, cis, trans… it doesn’t matter. If you don’t want to be called something, it’s reasonable to ask that they stop.
Bingo, this.
If you don’t like it, and you’ve explained that you don’t like it, and they keep doing it, it’s basically verbal abuse. Treat it as such.
This might seems strange, but… how should I treat verbal abuse?
I’m certainly not a therapist or any kind of expert on domestic abuse, but I found some strategies on what to do about it:
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/verbal-abuse
Thanks, I’ll try these things.
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