I'm pretty sure if you use "the" to refer to yourself, you're also obligated by law to wear shades at all times, do finger guns at least once a day and use the term "rad" at least once every hour.

I strangely acquired this habit at home shortly after my first son was born for some conversations...

"I need to do this now" became "Daddy needs to do this now"... It is weird, and entirely unnecessary, kids acquire understanding of "I" and "you" quite fast. It just came and never went. I think I was trying to be less ambiguous when conversations did not involve only me and the kids, but also Mum and others, or when I somehow want to emphasize the context and my role (?) I have no idea and it is fading, only a lot of company present might trigger it - or recounting stories to others.

But maybe I just never realized how weird it is - I would raise both eyebrows if a colleague at work would talk like that in a "normal" context.

Based on comments here, daddy doing it (unconciously) seems fairly normal.

Ditto here. A friend's girlfriend uses her first name instead of "I" in every instance. She's even got the friend to start doing it for her too. eg firstname instead of "you"

No major concerns about it though, it doesn't negatively affect things.

Is her name Ai?

Is your friend a TNG [0] fan? :-P

[0] https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Who_Watches_The_Watcher...

The Dude abides. :)

The Chad is sinking.

George is getting UPSET!