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Women - Do You Like Being Called Love/Darling etc?

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I've often wondered how women feel when random men call them love or darling or babe? Perhaps its fine if your partner uses it but what about a stranger?
Do you like it or does it annoy you? Or do you not care one way or the other?
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  • Bex_123Bex_123 Posts: 10,783
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    pjw1985 wrote: »
    I've often wondered how women feel when random men call them love or darling or babe?

    Hate it.
  • The FinisherThe Finisher Posts: 10,518
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    No I don't like it at all and find it patronising.
    It doesn't bother me so much when it's said by much older people as I often think of that as a generational thing.
  • Bex_123Bex_123 Posts: 10,783
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    The Finisher wrote: »
    It doesn't bother me so much when it's said by much older people as I often think of that as a generational thing.

    Agreed, that's often 'love' anyway which is massively better than 'babe'.

    The one that really gets me is 'hun'.
  • BrotherDanielBrotherDaniel Posts: 1,439
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    Bex_123 wrote: »
    Hate it.

    So how should a stranger address you?
  • Bex_123Bex_123 Posts: 10,783
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    BrotherDaniel wrote: »
    So how should a stranger address you?

    Same as how they would address anyone depending on the situation :confused:

    I've never called anyone love or babe in my life and have never had a problem addressing anyone...
  • agrainofsandagrainofsand Posts: 8,693
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    Bex_123 wrote: »
    Hate it.

    Calm down love...
  • The FinisherThe Finisher Posts: 10,518
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    Bex_123 wrote: »
    Agreed, that's often 'love' anyway which is massively better than 'babe'.

    The one that really gets me is 'hun'.

    Yes I dislike being called 'hun' by females as well as males.
  • anne_666anne_666 Posts: 72,891
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    Can't get enough of it :D:D:D
  • BrotherDanielBrotherDaniel Posts: 1,439
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    anne_666 wrote: »
    Can't get enough of it :D:D:D

    And why is that?
  • jrajra Posts: 48,325
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    pjw1985 wrote: »
    I've often wondered how women feel when random men call them love or darling or babe? Perhaps its fine if your partner uses it but what about a stranger?
    Do you like it or does it annoy you? Or do you not care one way or the other?

    I wouldn't ever call a strange woman love, darling, babe, hun or anything like that, only women I'm in a relationship with, if they are ok about it.
  • Bex_123Bex_123 Posts: 10,783
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    agrainofsand wrote: »
    Calm down love...

    :D Sod off
  • RadiomaniacRadiomaniac Posts: 43,510
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    Love it.

    Not keen on the word 'hun', but I wouldn't take it as anything other than friendly.
  • ArmiArmi Posts: 3,317
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    Two sugars love.
  • NX-74205NX-74205 Posts: 4,691
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    Everyone is 'duck' around these parts.
  • O-JO-J Posts: 18,850
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    You alright Darling?
  • Trsvis_BickleTrsvis_Bickle Posts: 9,202
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    Bex_123 wrote: »
    Agreed, that's often 'love' anyway which is massively better than 'babe'.

    The one that really gets me is 'hun'.

    Does anyone use 'Hun' in real life? Surely that's reserved for the twunts on fakebook?
  • BrotherDanielBrotherDaniel Posts: 1,439
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    Alright Doris, or boo are my favorites
  • Bex_123Bex_123 Posts: 10,783
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    Trsvis_Bickle wrote: »
    Does anyone use 'Hun' in real life? Surely that's reserved for the twunts on fakebook?

    Admittedly I am thinking more of texts or Facebook with that one, but yes I have heard it used in real life too.
  • Raquelos.Raquelos. Posts: 7,734
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    I don't really care tbh, as long as it isn't used to attempt to belittle me, but that is far more a matter of tone and context not terminology.
  • anne_666anne_666 Posts: 72,891
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    Trsvis_Bickle wrote: »
    Does anyone use 'Hun' in real life? Surely that's reserved for the twunts on fakebook?

    I have the most admirably endowed male friend on here who calls me Hun. Woo Hoo! :D
  • kitty86kitty86 Posts: 7,034
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    I don't mind it, but it would all depend on the tone as to whether it'd piss me off or not.
  • HurlleyHurlley Posts: 2,162
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    Don't worry give it a few years it will be harassment with a jail sentence.
  • pugamopugamo Posts: 18,039
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    It's patronising and I hate it.
  • ChawtonChawton Posts: 210
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    Two of my female colleagues call me, each other and various in our team 'hun'. I think it means we're all part of a team.

    What I really dislike is being called 'mate'. Surely that's what men call each other, not male / female? Feels very 'blokey', which I'm not!

    I don't mind 'love', but dislike 'babe' as that feels disrespectful to one's elders (and sadly I am probably older than most of the people I work with) or should be reserved for one's partner.
  • Hollie_LouiseHollie_Louise Posts: 39,988
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    I don't really mind any of those mentioned if I'm honest.
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