Is it normal to have a father/daughter relationship with my bf?
I love my boyfriend a lot, and more than anything, I love our relationship. I have never been close to my father, but my bf makes up for it all. I love how he dotes on me, and always calls me sweetie, sweetheart, or "silly girl." Every day when he comes home he pulls me to his lap and asks how my day was, and if I behaved, and what I did. If I ever do anything he says is unsafe, or wrong, he pulls me over his lap and spanks my bare bottom with a paddle, or just his hand. After he spanks me he holds me on his lap and hushes me until I am happy again. He always smothers me with hugs and kisses, and is ever so gentle and caring. He won't let me take risks, and makes me adhere to rules he makes. If I talk back, he slaps my bottom. Sometimes I get mad at him, and feel like I really am a child again, but then later I realize I like to feel small. He is 16 years older than me, and it just feels right to think of him as a father. Normal?