S/O Is using the term BM offensive?

[Anonymous 1]

Is using the term BM to refer to a bio mom offensive?

[Anonymous 2]

No.
I thought was an odd reaction.

[Anonymous 3]

I don' understand the need for it. The mother of a child doesn't need a handle attached to "mother".

[Anonymous 1]

I don' understand the need for it. The mother of a child doesn't need a handle attached to "mother".

It is an abbreviation that is well known on this website

[Anonymous 3]

I don' understand the need for it. The mother of a child doesn't need a handle attached to "mother".

It is an abbreviation that is well known on this website

Why is an abbreviation needed? Mom is not a lengthy word to type.

[Deleted User 1039]

It’s not really appropriately used most of the time. Specifically defining the relationship to genetics implies that she’s not the primary person raising the child.

Besides, do adopted kids never have step parents? Do you still refer to the adoptive mother as the “biomom”? If not, then you aren’t just referring to the role.

[Anonymous 1]

It’s not really appropriately used most of the time. Specifically defining the relationship to genetics implies that she’s not the primary person raising the child.

Besides, do adopted kids never have step parents? Do you still refer to the adoptive mother as the “biomom”? If not, then you aren’t just referring to the role.

How does it imply she is not raising the child primarily?

I am a BM, that says nothing about custody.

[Deleted User 638]

It’s not really appropriately used most of the time. Specifically defining the relationship to genetics implies that she’s not the primary person raising the child.

Besides, do adopted kids never have step parents? Do you still refer to the adoptive mother as the “biomom”? If not, then you aren’t just referring to the role.

You beat me to it. It's misleading.

[Anonymous 1]

It’s not really appropriately used most of the time. Specifically defining the relationship to genetics implies that she’s not the primary person raising the child.

Besides, do adopted kids never have step parents? Do you still refer to the adoptive mother as the “biomom”? If not, then you aren’t just referring to the role.

You beat me to it. It's misleading.

How is it misleading?

[Deleted User 638]

It’s not really appropriately used most of the time. Specifically defining the relationship to genetics implies that she’s not the primary person raising the child.

Besides, do adopted kids never have step parents? Do you still refer to the adoptive mother as the “biomom”? If not, then you aren’t just referring to the role.

You beat me to it. It's misleading.

How is it misleading?

Out in the real world, a bio mom is someone who has either given up her children or lost custody. It's not used to refer to a woman who is actually raising her own children.