Pet hate!

"Hun" makes my skin crawl ! Originally it started on FB between men and women on some of the chat groups- short for "honey"
I don't mind being called " darling" or "love", round here "me duck" doesn't get used much anymore!

I come from that rare person who frankly does not give a damn. The clear intention of the people using said words is to be nice. The intention is everything, context is everything.

I’m another that hates “fur babies”. It’s a dog/cat so call it that! Where on earth did the term “fur baby” come from?

I asked my husband, very early in our relationship, to only use my name, he’s stuck to it!

Born in Somerset, I love being called My Lover, in a soft West Country burr.

Now I'm in Northants it's My Duck... or rather Me Dook.

Like that too.

We call Medoc, Northamptonshire wine.

"Aw bless!" is GHASTLY! And to 'dear' or 'love', I'm tempted to ask "Are we in a relationship?"

I was putting bins out one day recently and heard a very Glaswegian voice shouting " morning Doll" . I looked around and had to laugh, it's a very long time since this 78 year-old was called Doll. It was the window cleaner, and he was speaking to me. It made my day.

We had a colleague who called all the men Buddy, and all the women Darling, I don’t think he could ever remember anyone’s name!

I struggle with kiddies - reminds me of kiddy fiddling.

and hubby - way too twee and as bad as saying wifey

The word "Hubby" really sets my teeth on edge.

Women who refer to their partners as such make the poor man sound like he's either a bluddy Toby Jug sat on the mantlepiece or he's a carbon copy of Terry from the sit-com "Terry & June".

Please don't do it ladies.

Oh dear! You have probably noticed that when I write about my late husband I often refer to him as hubby. When he was alive I never called him by his name. . We called each other "Darl."

Hubby! Can’t bear it!

I can't bear "hubby" or "the wife" or being called "You guys" When I first came to Oxford I was amazed to be called "me douk" by everybody. Don't hear it so much now though.

I am happy to be called anything - just don’t ignore me!

My otherwise lovey DiL calls the children' guys'- one is a girl. I hate it. I have lovely neighbours but they all call each other (& me!) Hun! I guess it is so they don;t have to remember names!
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My son and his girlfriend delight in calling each other 'Dear'
They're in their mid twenties!

It's rather funny.

One woman I meet with regularly calls everyone in the group 'Babes'. I'm sure it's because she can't be bothered to remember everyone's name

Another person I know always says she doesn't care what people call her as long as it's not late for dinner

I have a lovely friend, who always calls her husband ‘hubby’ it’s “hubby said this, and hubby did that “ it’s awful!

But what was worse, when I was a young mum, I was friendly with a girl, and when her husband came in from work, he’d call “hello Mummy “ and she’d reply “hello Daddy” ! What on earth was all that about!

Hun is awful in my view, ditto babes.
Hubby is a bit grating, kiddies sounds sinister, but I don’t mind love or dear, or darling etc if said in a friendly non patronising way.
Guys seems to be used a lot now, it’s ok by me.

I have always disliked "hen" which is commonly used to girls and women in the Glasgow area.

I've never found real hens all that appealing either.

I don't mind any of them, except perhaps 'dear' as it makes me feel old. All the others are friendly and kind. I quite like being called 'Madam ' too, especially in France. It's respectful in my opinion.
I call my own children 'chick' even though they're all grown up, but I've always called them chick, it's my pet name especially for them. I call my grandchildren 'chicken' or 'darling,' my husband calls them 'little darling ' because they are little and they are his darlings.

A man comes into work everyday and calls me sweetheart and I like it, I don’t mind love, darling etc I don’t mind that either
I do detest the word hubby though it makes me cringe

Where I am from we women get called Queen. Which is fine by me. I just straighten my crown and get on with my day.
Sometimes the lads refer to the g/f as me bird. But that's because of the worms they pick up!!

NannyC1, very amusing, I'll use that next time I hear a man refer to his 'bird'.

I am another who HATES hun with a passion - and it’s misspelled!