Do you mind being addressed with Aw Bless!

If it bothered me I'd say so and expect whoever it was to stop.

I've never been addressed like that so I don't know how I would feel. Probably irritated.

It makes me feel as though the speaker thinks I'm thick. Big mistake.

It does me too Aveline. The one I hate most of all though is being called 'hun'.

I have been known to wave my hand vaguely and reply in a sanctimonious voice

‘And bless you too, my child.”

A GP said "Aw Bless" to me when I went to her with sciatica but had no advice whatsoever to offer.

I could have blessed her!

Lathyrus3

I have been known to wave my hand vaguely and reply in a sanctimonious voice

‘And bless you too, my child.”

😁
I'll remember that one!

When I had my cataracts done last year one of the nurses responded with ‘bless you,’ after I answered each of her questions. I found it totally patronising. I don’t like being called ‘love’ either. It feels to me as though people who use these terms see me as mentally lacking. If only they knew what I was thinking about them.

Ha ha! As I expected Grans are not keen at all. Bukkie, yes Hun is awful too and Babe now I think of it.

If some says 'aw bless' to you, you could say,' I didn't notice sneezing!'

Agree, would be irritating 🙄

I am pretty ancient but get very annoyed with people treating me like a child most often by those in a medical profession. However, I did laugh today when a consultant at the hospital ended a phone call to me with ‘take care darling’. He was lovely, an Asian with a very strong accent and it just sounded so funny.

Not happened so far, but when/if it does, I hope I remember this.

Lathyrus3
I have been known to wave my hand vaguely and reply in a sanctimonious voice

‘And bless you too, my child.”

😁

I like them all.

Hate it - and hun and anything similar.

Also this ridiculous idea of putting kisses (xxx) at the end of a message when it's in a business context. Making an appoinment with a physio, who replies with a kiss at the end of the text. Would they kiss me if I went into their premises to make an appointment? I don't think so.

I've heard it recently. I told someone my DH had died ,--deliberately didn't say I lost him-- and got an Aw Bless.
I squirmed but they meant well and it was an attempt to show empathy, I guess.

I got a hug from a young woman who had shared a seat with me on the train yesterday. We had a really deep conversation about God and spirituality as we travelled from London to Darlington.

fancythat

I like them all.

Yep, I like them all too. Here in the NW it's pretty normal to call people love. It's not meant to be patronising, it's just a way of being friendly.

I’m fine with any of the endearments, in fact I quite like them. After all they’re kindly meant, and I remember feeling indulgent towards the old folk myself when I was a young know all thing. It’s better than being thought of as a grumpy old git anyway!

I don’t like being called hun, babes, sweetie, and I consider ‘bless you’ is only appropriate after someone has sneezed! Usually, if I’m addressed thus I generally respond by saying “ahh, that’s nice”! Viewers of Mrs Brown’s Boys will know what that means. 🤪

Although I don’t actually object to being called love by people that I know.

It's toe-curling; but I accept it with a reluctant smile and change the subject.

I’m with Siptree….’Babe” makes my stomach curl! All the others can, at a stretch, take or leave but rather leave.

‘Aw bless’ is just so patronizing. It’s like they think you’re useless.

Calling someone ‘hun is so chavvy. Thankfully, I don’t know anyone personally who would use it.

I stopped worrying about things like that a long time ago. So long as people are not being deliberately rude I answer to most things.

I do think it's quite hard to know what to call people you don't know, especially when you don't know their names. People being what they are there will always be somebody who objects to whatever you say.

Couldn't care less, what I'm called.
I often use these words myself.