Do you mind if people call you babe?

belowtheline2013

At work (Council office) and around friends (male or female) I am regularly called babe/darling/love/hon/sweetie etc. It really doesn't bother me. I think it's nice and affectionate - it makes me smile and want to hug people!!

Bazey

What about sugar tits?

albionrovers

Bazey wrote: »

What about sugar tits?

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Love the wife calling me that!

jellyhead

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

Better than the term of endearment my Granddad used for my Mum. He'd call her Fannyann. And she HATED it until the day she never heard it again.

Lots of older people say Fannyann here. It just means 'girl' and the people who use it don't think it's any different to calling a boy 'spud'.

I think Fannyann sounds patronising though, and as if you don't care enough for the child to remember their own name. I always think it sounds as if you don't much like the girl, although I'm probably confusing that in my head with 'fancypants' which we used to call our posh auntie.

I suppose babe, etc. is just the same though.