No more kisses, I cannot stand it, it has to stop!

I never put kisses on texts or emails.

'Aw, bless' It sets my teeth on edge, not so much the words but the condescending voice it is always said in.

I have seen it used with yung people. We have a nurse practioner in our practice, who uses it all the time, through consultations - and it destroys any confidence in her abilities, I do not know why and if she is the only person available to see, I wait until I can see someone else.

I think sometimes people just forget who their sending messages to and end with a x

Kisses, I use a lot with family and close friends.

Aw, bless, bless you! What is that about? Thankfully not heard by anyone I know or in our part of the world. Surely it’s a religious thing, not sure. I would find it irritating and don’t need blessed thank you.

ShazzaKanazza

It doesn’t bother me at all. I tend to add kisses automatically. I even sent two to the window cleaner as I text fast. 🤦 I did apologise but he found it funny luckily.

That made me giggle ShazzaKanazza

I hope I don't send one to my window cleaner, although we did have a nice chat through the window the other day 😁
X

'Aw, bless' It sets my teeth on edge, not so much the words but the condescending voice it is always said in

Usually said to older people by 20 somethings!

…..And I m not your hun

BlueBelle

…..And I m not your hun

Aw, bless, hun, I'll try to remember that
xx

Ok babe I ll make an exception for you hun xx

xx thanx

A lady a few years older than me calls everyone ‘sweets’. Another friend calls everyone darling. I call her by her name!

Theexwife

The kiss could have been a mistake, I tend to end a text with a kiss to friends and family and have automatically done it when I didn’t intend to.

I started getting blessed when I reached 60, the person saying it means no harm but I do agree that it is irritating.

Lmao. It's like saying, "I love you" at the end of a business call or take-out call because you're always saying it to your family!! 🤣🤣

I can`t see what the problem is tbh.
Bless is a nice word and a X on a txt doesn`t mean anything really.

But the tone of Aw bless’ is usually, if not always, patronising when used by a younger person to an older one.
Its not a problem but is annoying.

timetogo2016

I can`t see what the problem is tbh.
Bless is a nice word and a X on a txt doesn`t mean anything really.

me neither.. my local coucillor puts a X too. I think it's just a lovely community thing.. I rather enjoy being called lovely and getting blessings from these young people and often by bus drivers.. It makes life more pleasant

My aversion is the very flippant and robotic 'love you' tagged on to the end of (mostly telephone) conversations. Ugh!

It’s all harmless. I don’t let it bother me.
I don’t end business emails with a kiss though.

It irritates me as well. In fact, I don't like being kissed by anyone except very close family. I was brought up in a family who never kissed not even at weddings or people were going away.
When younger, poor DH was known as the man with the wife who froze when kissed.
I still find it difficult to write one but I will reciprocate if someone sends one to me. I have actually got better at doing it since joining Gransnet where people are friendly.
I would never end a formal letter with a kiss.

timetogo2016

I can`t see what the problem is tbh.
Bless is a nice word and a X on a txt doesn`t mean anything really.

Maybe that’s my problem “ it doesn’t mean anything”.

I was taught never to use ‘kisses’ (the xxx sort), not even to people I loved. I think my parents thought it vulgar.

Wow! Much ado about nothing. If you don't like it, just ignore it and move on. Rant? What on earth for?

Who is ranting? Everyone's entitled to their own opinion - personally, I would see it as a lack of professionalism to receive an email from someone such as a councillor which signed off with kisses, so that might lead me to question their professionalism in other areas too.

My husband had a friend and she always ended her messages with two kisses. They meant nothing it was just her way of ending a message. I suggested that he ended his message to her with two kisses which he did. He never got any more kisses after that.

Blondiescot

Who is ranting? Everyone's entitled to their own opinion - personally, I would see it as a lack of professionalism to receive an email from someone such as a councillor which signed off with kisses, so that might lead me to question their professionalism in other areas too.

I agree. Kind regards if you have had a lot of communication with someone otherwise .Yours faithfully or sincerely.

I sometimes do it on accident, maybe I need to be shot x

Blondiescot

Who is ranting? Everyone's entitled to their own opinion - personally, I would see it as a lack of professionalism to receive an email from someone such as a councillor which signed off with kisses, so that might lead me to question their professionalism in other areas too.

Err, if you actually read the opener in question, the writer actually says " "Whilst I am ranting"... Q.E.D.