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In which case, is there another name your son could call your partner other than Dad - some "secret" name between the two of them, so that "Dad" is still his biological father, but your partner and son still have a special bond?
Most of the time he calls him by his first name or super old man because he's 47 lol he refers to him has dad to strangers maybe he's not sure how to address him
Thanks for the secret name idea that is clever I think that would work
I think it’s nice he feels he has 2 dads and having an extra one it doesn’t take away from his bond with his bio dad. However, you could talk to him about it and say it could get confusing (same as if they were both called Fred) ... My suggestion would be to see if there’s a word for dad in another language he could use for his step dad? That way it still respects his bio dads ‘position’ so to speak but allows your boy to have his 2 dads.
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