Do you or somone you know talk to their spouse like a child?

I don’t.
It’s not common among my friends.
I did however, know a woman that did that to her boyfriends.I got good at blocking it out

We have one friend who treats her husband as if he were a child and micromanages him terribly. We can’t stand it.

I don’t and don’t see it amongst my friends though I have been known to talk at the dinner table in the voice of Cookie Monster.

Nope. I certainly don’t even talk to my children like they’re children let alone my partner. None of my friends do it either. Although..some of our friends treat their partners like their helpers, tell them to do things and they go ahead and do it – weirds me out.

@Cruiser How great would that be to have dinner w/a Cookie Monster impressionist? LOL!

It is not common among my friends either, I just see it alot and wanting to get other perceptions.

I don’t think I have ever seen anyone do this.

I don’t and that I recall, none of my friends do this either. In our families, adults talk to children like Jr. adults.

If you are speaking of a person treating their spouse like a child, I see it way too often.
It is so wrong to have a parent – child relationship come out in an adult relationship.
The receiving party needs to be able to recognize it and gently state that they are not a child, and feel like they are being treated like a child.
If left unchecked, a relationship like this will suffer tremendously. Especially as you stated in mutual respect.
I find it alarmingly wrong.

I’ve seen one person in a relationship belittle the other person in public and yes that is wrong and disrespectful to the core !
Now if your talking about baby talk well that is fun and cute , if it’s kept between the couple and not for everyone to see or hear .

@blueiiznh thanks I was beginning to think that I am the only one who notices this.