Dear Queenie,
My daughter’s boyfriend always calls me “Bro” even though I have told him my first name and asked him to use it. He just says he calls everyone “Bro” and no one else has a problem with it.
Queenie, am I just being old-fashioned?—Offended
Dear Offended,
Unless your daughter and her boyfriend have a very close relationship, I have to wonder why he does not call you “Mr. Whatever-your-name-is.”
That being said, I also wonder whether this young man is too rude to use your name as requested or just too stupid to remember it. Either way, it does not speak well for the way he will treat your daughter in the future. Meanwhile, put up with him for your daughter’s sake.
