Ladies, do pet names bother you?

GodsChild77 · Aug 29, 2011

Women: Does it bother you when other women call you honey, hun, baby, sweety, etc.? How do you take it? And does it depend on who is saying it and the situation? Curious how others take this.

Obzocky · Aug 30, 2011

Other women: No, it doesn't bother me. It probably doesn't bother me because i'm one of those awful ladies, everyone is a lovely/lovey/lover/ducky/chickadee/sweetpea/sugarplum to me. It's pretty common up here, very rarely do I hear anyone avoid calling someone they know (however vaguely) some kind of pet name.

CrystalBrooke · Aug 31, 2011

I live in the south, if that bothered me I'd always be in a bad mood.

Blank123 · Aug 31, 2011

nope. the only time i even take note of it is if a guy is doing it (unless of course i know it to be a thing with him) pet names from strange men around here isn't incredibly common so it makes me take a second look when I hear them. I'm not automatically bothered in that case either, it depends.

Mrs. Luther073082 · Sep 1, 2011

That kind of thing would have bothered me a bit a long time ago, but not at all now.

JRSut1000 · Sep 1, 2011

It's wasn't the norm most of my life (except my parents), so when one of my new gal friends started calling me honey or sweetie, it was weird at first! But it's just who she was and I got used to it. It doesn't bother me at all nowdays when anyone talks like that. Actually, I live in the South now so like a previous member, you just have to get used to it!

yam · Sep 6, 2011

I was about to make a thread about this today. Pet names gets on my nerves. I hate when people call me sweetie, hun, baby esp when you are conducting business like at the store, Library, Resturant....

GodsChild77 · Sep 6, 2011

yam said:
I was about to make a thread about this today. Pet names gets on my nerves. I hate when people call me sweetie, hun, baby esp when you are conducting business like at the store, Library, Resturant....

Amen sista... I was starting to wonder if I was the only one... one of my BIGGEST PET PEEVES ever! I might as well have a fly buzzing in my ear or hear nails on a chalkboard! Yeah when it's someone I'm not close to, that's when it irks me.

Lord Herdsetk · Sep 11, 2011

I'll chip in a guy's perspective for the sake of being a rebel.

Personally, I don't mind pet names, if its coming a woman I really like whom I've known for a while. Otherwise, it just feels insincere when a girl uses pet names for me. We haven't had time to get that close, don't act like we are by using goofy nicknames. That's how I feel about it anyway. I don't get offended if a girl uses pet names, but it really doesn't do anything for me unless we're close.

LadyOfMystery · Oct 8, 2011

I think it all depends on who it is saying it, and how it's said.

For example, if it's a friend, or boyfriend or even a parent, pet names are fine with me. Totally doesn't bother me, I'm big on pet names.

But for example if it's a stranger, it all depends on the situation. If it's said in a patronizing way where they're just saying it talking down to you, then that ticks me off. But like sometimes it could be an older man or woman and thats just how they are, and how they talk and it's no big deal. Like I said, it all depends on who it is, and how it's said.

PinkSweetart · Oct 8, 2011

If they are said by a stranger then I get a bit uncomfortable. Parents... it's a little weird then, too. Although, I'm a little more used to the Spanish pet names my aunts and uncles give me.

As for a boyfriend or something like that... it wouldn't bother me so much, but if they are overused I'm just going to laugh. But they wont bother me. I probably wont use them too much myself though.

Maybe it's because I actually use pet names on my pets, so using them on people and having them used on me is funny to me. I don't know.

HazelWings · Oct 8, 2011

GodsChild77 said:
Women: Does it bother you when other women call you honey, hun, baby, sweety, etc.? How do you take it? And does it depend on who is saying it and the situation? Curious how others take this.

It doesn't bother me at all except this one exception: I hate the pet name "baby" whether it's coming from a man or a woman. For some reason every time I hear someone say it, it makes me think of a low-life in a wife beater tank top thinking he's all that and a bag of chips. Sorry

Amber the Duskbringer · Oct 8, 2011

CrystalBrooke said:
I live in the south, if that bothered me I'd always be in a bad mood.

Pretty much this

Miss Spaulding · Oct 8, 2011

I live in the south, if that bothered me I'd always be in a bad mood.

LOL! That's funny, Crystal.

Uhhh...I'm not crazy about it, but I'm not going to have coronary if someone calls me by a name I consider stupid and annoying. Sooner or later that person will get the drift that I hate and stop calling by it. Names like baby, babe, and maybe girl/girly are fine...but everything else is just...ehh. Especially the real over-the-top stuff like, pookie and pumpkin.

*sigh* My name is SHARON. Call me by it, please.

penNpaper · Oct 10, 2011

I use pet-names in my relationships and sometimes my friends who are close to me. Pretty much the people who know me - know I mean well and bless them in Christ. I wouldn't use the word "Baby" because I probably would get smack unless the person that I am referring to is my girlfriend/wifey lol

I have used "hun" and "sweetie" outside the realm of relationships towards my Sisters in Christ and I say it in the most sweetest caring way it all depends on the person - and if the person is like "no pet names" I will respect that but no-one has said "drew stop being so nice to me" because I'm good at uplifting my Sisters in Christ

God Bless,
Drew

penNpaper · Oct 10, 2011

Miss Spaulding said:
*sigh* My name is SHARON. Call me by it, please.

The perfect example of this.

I wouldn't like say "Sweetie Sharon" because she doesn't know me for starters.

And if we developed a friendship. And she doesn't "break" from the "no pet names".

I shall respect that.

THIS IS ONLY AN EXAMPLE

God Bless,
Drew

elenore · Oct 12, 2011

Depends who does it and what it is.

chaoticfirefly · Oct 13, 2011

I don't mind it at all. My friends, coworkers, teachers, and even customers and random people call me, "honey, sweetie, kiddo, darling, bumpkin...etc" I find it kind of nice...

If Not For Grace · Oct 13, 2011

Cherish Them-is what I say-it's one way a person let's you know that you are special.

Nilla · Oct 16, 2011

If it's meant in a demeaning matter - I don't like it. Otherwise I don't care that much..

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