Ladies, do pet names bother you?

[Puptart]

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.

YES, it bothers me. NO it does not depend on the situation or the person. I absolutely positively loathe pet-names.

 

[SparkyMaddie]

I enjoy mine

 

[Woven]

No, I don't generally mind, I think it's actually quite sweet. The only pet name I'd prefer not to be called by a stranger is babe...because, well that just sounds weird.

 

[Blank123]

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.

I have to change my answer a bit. There's a woman I work with who always call me "dear" or "sweetie" and normally that wouldn't bother me, but I happen to know that she dislikes me so to hear her call me those things just sounds fake to me. And it annoys me. Alot.

 

[angelT17]

No, pet names do not bother me. My spouse usually calls me baby, sweetie, honey, darling, sweetie-pie etc. OH, how could I forget that I hate the really long 'orginal' ones. For example, snugglywugglyboo or anything along that line.

 

[gidog]

I'm male and I usually just address people without using their name or a substitute pet name. This sort of sounds weird - it may relate to my schizoid or schizotypal personality however.

If a woman uses pet names at a store for instance I realize that that is what she usually does, and don't get annoyed.