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?


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.