Pet Names

[Alice]

Do you like them? I know they can be demeaning for women so let's say that we're talking about use that is respectful and non-sexual. My heart melts any time someone calls me by a pet name. It immediately makes me feel more positively about a person even if I know nothing about them. You could probably get me to do a lot of things by coddling me and calling me baby. Is this common? What does it mean? Aside from the obvious, of course

[MyOneAndOnly]

here's a Wings video

[Alice]

I don't care for Wings

[reprise85]

when someone calls me baby, honey etc i feel gross, quite frankly

[MyOneAndOnly]

Originally Posted by reprise85

when someone calls me baby, honey etc i feel gross, quite frankly

but what if it's Salt n Pepa?

[Alice]

Originally Posted by reprise85

when someone calls me baby, honey etc i feel gross, quite frankly

I assume that this would be pretty common for women

[MyOneAndOnly]

I've never had a woman or a man use pet names with me.

[Alice]

I feel like it happens pretty often if you work in customer service. It seems like a southern thing?

[ohnoitsbonnie]

My pets' names are Barnaby, Clover, Victoria, Fig, and Nougat. Katy is also sort of my dog.

[Alice]

And how do you feel about those names?

[ohnoitsbonnie]

Originally Posted by Tyler

And how do you feel about those names?

Clover and Victoria were spur of the moment, but rats' personalities transcend names. Barnaby came with his name. Katy just fit. I did not name Nougat. Fig's name was my choice and I LOVE IT! It describes her :3

[ohnoitsbonnie]

Clover is a standard "plant name" and Victoria is the tinyier rat. Somehow that earns her a dainty, stuffy name

[Alice]

My pets (that I had to do with the naming of) are Beckett and Santino

[ohnoitsbonnie]

Originally Posted by Tyler

My pets (that I had to do with the naming of) are Beckett and Santino

And how do you feel about them?

[ohnoitsbonnie]

Taken RIGHT NOW!!

https://i.imgur.com/UISnTUU.png

[Alice]

Originally Posted by ohnoitsbonnie

And how do you feel about them?

I enjoy them

[Disco King]

Kind of depends for me. Some women just kinda call everyone "sweetie" or "honey" or "sweetheart," or say things like "hey, handsome" jokingly. I dunno, it seems like it's just the way they talk, it doesn't seem to be in a disrespectful or belittling way, like in the way some men will call women those things in a kind of harassmenty (mmm, minty) way.

It probably sounds like I'm invoking a double standard when I say it's not weird when women do it to men, but I'm talking about those kindly old ladies, or that sassy diner waitress, or that southern belle. Y'know what I mean? I dunno, it's just different.

[Fonzie]

Cats called Sapphire and Steel.

They dead now.

Replacements are Stampy and Lily.

[Fonzie]

Wife is hunnybun.
Boy is Boots (or bootsy)
Girl is moopoo.

[smashingjj]

I call everyone/thing 'ass n titties'. My gf, my cat, my grandmother, my ten year old son.

[Fonzie]

There's fuckin no way you have a 10 year old son.

[smashingjj]

Why not

[Fonzie]

Facts.

[yo soy el mejor]

oh lord. i went to ulta the other day for some mousse and the cashier kept calling the next customer "ulta babe". CAN I HELP THE NEXT ULTA BABE? and then at the register it got worse. he must have referred to me as gorgeous at least three times, but i assume he did it to everyone.

i like when old ladies call me doll or sugar. this only happens in texas.

[vixnix]

I'm with reprise. I hate hearing the word "baby". My first two boyfriends called me baby and by the time I met my husband I didn't want anything to do with that word.

My old boss the church minister often said "yeah baby!" when he was enthusiastic about things. Once I said "There's a cafe in Canberra that makes its own crumpets and they serve them with rhubarb jam, cream and candied bacon" and he said "Yeah baby!" and I was nearly sick in my mouth. It wasn't him. It was just the word.

I'll probably never eat those now.

[vixnix]

my husband occasionally calls me baby and I straight away say "don't fucken call me that ever again" but I guess he forgets.

[yo soy el mejor]

baby is fine with me so long as it's my significant other saying it. strangers calling me baby pisses me the f off.

some men by the train stop near my place are already drinking and loitering in the morning and sometimes i get called baby. i usually ignore them but if i don't i might say 'I'm not a fucking baby' or 'Oh, you like babies, pervert?'

[Cool As Ice Cream]

Originally Posted by Fonzie

Facts.

Facts don't prove anything!
That's just something the alt-left media is trying to make us believe. Don't fall for it.

[Cool As Ice Cream]

i say "babbie".