People who say "Hon"

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  • EmilyOfTheSun
    EmilyOfTheSun Posts: 1,548 Member
    It's a Baltimore thing.
  • jlapey
    jlapey Posts: 1,850 Member
    It depends on the context and who's saying it.

    Older men/women- sure, it's a generational thing
    Younger men/women- just no, unless maybe flirting or being silly
    From a significant other as an endearment- sure

    If I say it, it's usually with an attitude and not a good thing. I'm not happy with you.
  • TheKeithEllis
    TheKeithEllis Posts: 155 Member
    Am I the only one who hates it when people say Hon? Like "Nice job Hon", or whatever. It just seems like this really cheesy attempt to be flirty and drives me crazy.

    Find something worthy of your worry. :)
  • AnnDenny
    AnnDenny Posts: 172 Member
    I live in a southern town and work with a lot of older women. I constantly get called that.
    doesn't bother me

    Yup, it's a southern thing :smile: . Now when we say "Bless your heart," or "Sweetheart," it really means we think they're morons :wink:
  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    It doesn't bother me, but it's slightly amusing when teenage girls call me "honey" or "sweetie." It makes me want to call them those things, in a kind way of course, not sarcastically.
  • TripleJ3
    TripleJ3 Posts: 945 Member
    I always think its sounds condescending. Many people I know only say it when they are not happy with that person so whenever I hear someone use it I feel trouble brewing.
  • imchicbad
    imchicbad Posts: 1,650 Member
    I just hate the word hon... I have no ideal why it's just irritating lol
  • m76b
    m76b Posts: 1,498 Member
    hon :heart: hon :heart: hon:heart: hon:heart: hon:flowerforyou:
  • christinehetz80
    christinehetz80 Posts: 490 Member
    I seriously don't get why this tends to get peoples knickers all bunched up. Who cares if its "fake" it could be worse. I pretty much think there are worse things to be called than sweetheart, hon, honey, sweetie. I mean if someone called me sugar t*ts. I might find that condescending or demeaning, but growing up in the south you just get used to all the other euphemisms.
  • alsunrise
    alsunrise Posts: 386 Member
    Well hon, since I'm from the South and we call everyone Hon, Presious, Sweetie pie etc. I dont find it offensive. Its a way of life.

    and we quite regularly say, 'Bless your heart...' too ;-)

    The only one I don't like is 'babe, or baby'.
  • Pixi_Rex
    Pixi_Rex Posts: 1,676 Member
    I call everyone Hun, or dear, It is not a flirting attempt on my part, its just who I am.

    If I am flirting you will know it... but me calling you hun, hon or any variation is def. not a flitation attempt.
  • mzteebell
    mzteebell Posts: 44 Member
    I absolutely, positively hate being called hon or sweetie.
  • tberrycastle
    tberrycastle Posts: 32 Member
    You have my vote! I absolutely hate "Hon", or..."Hun." And unless it's a downright elderly lady....yes...I think it's a flirt. Here is an example of a "word" that should be lost.......I HATE it!!!
  • mimieon
    mimieon Posts: 182 Member
    It can come across denigrating. However, I recognize that it is usually not meant in that way, so then I don't take it that way.
  • BAMFMeredith
    BAMFMeredith Posts: 2,810 Member
    My family that lives in the Baltimore area refers to every female as "hon." Not in a disrespectful way or anything, it's just like "ma'am" in the south (I live in Texas). I hear "hon" at least a few times a day when I'm visiting the fam up there!
  • SlimSumday
    SlimSumday Posts: 379 Member
    "Hon" I don't mind. 'Dear', however, sends me up the wall! :huh:
  • Southernb3lle
    Southernb3lle Posts: 862 Member
    UH, it is a natural southern thing that I do. No flirting meant at all. It is just how we were raised.
  • Southernb3lle
    Southernb3lle Posts: 862 Member
    I live in a southern town and work with a lot of older women. I constantly get called that.
    doesn't bother me

    Yup, it's a southern thing :smile: . Now when we say "Bless your heart," or "Sweetheart," it really means we think they're morons :wink:

    YES! So happy to see other southern peeps.
  • MaureensFreshStart
    MaureensFreshStart Posts: 102 Member
    Hon and Sweetie I totally don't mind, especially if they're said by a cute guy - but "dear" totally rubs me the wrong way - hate it, always have.
  • ladydy911
    ladydy911 Posts: 126 Member
    It's what us old women say when we forget your name--or maybe it's a southern thang---or maybe I'm a southen ole lady so it's a me thang?
  • Cre8veLifeR
    Cre8veLifeR Posts: 1,062 Member
    I say sweetie quite often to women. Not to men though. Only my husband is my sweetie that way.
  • Caffeinewitch
    Caffeinewitch Posts: 110 Member
    OP, don't come to Baltimore... hon.
  • dixiech1ck
    dixiech1ck Posts: 769 Member
    Our marketing manager calls everyone "baby" and it drives me crazy, because she says it with this fake empathetic tone in her voice. I'm 36, far from a baby, but thanks!
  • mamaleftwich
    mamaleftwich Posts: 256 Member
    This is so funny....my 31 year old daughter said that when I got to be 50 (I'm 49 soon to be 50 in September), told me that I would be calling everyone "hun"! Low and behold...I'll call you hun, sweetie, sweetie pie, my dear! LOL....I'm certainly not flirting because I do it for the young, and people my age and men and women....it's just my personality...but sometimes I feel that I don't want to offend anyone either...but it is who I am so accept my apologies!!! LOL
  • YogaNikki
    YogaNikki Posts: 284 Member
    Our marketing manager calls everyone "baby" and it drives me crazy, because she says it with this fake empathetic tone in her voice. I'm 36, far from a baby, but thanks!

    That would irritate the crap out of me. I feel like baby is intimate and not appropriate in the workplace...But maybe it's just me.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    It bothers me because I can read men very well and I know its being said in a flirty way. I told one my male coworkers that it bothers me and he stopped doing it..Now he dont know what the hell to say to me..lol..

    Have you thought about using your mind powers as an FBI agent to interrogate suspects?

    I've known guys who say hon as a habit, be "accused" of being flirty for calling someone hun, hubby etc and they actually weren't. Not saying you can't ask them to not call you hon, just saying that there is actually a chance they aren't flirting with you when they do this. Just putting it out there.
  • paintlisapurple
    paintlisapurple Posts: 982 Member
    The only time that it bothers me is if some flirty thing says that to my husband. I just thinks its plain disrespectful to get flirty with someone else's mate...:grumble:
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
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    Not being a grammar nazi, so please don't strike me down mods!...when I say, what? I have absolutely no clue what you are trying to get across. It's like you used a thesaurus to try to find "better words" to describe whatever it is you are trying to say and forgot to delete the other word. Try again, maybe?
  • goldnfoxy
    goldnfoxy Posts: 15 Member
    Being from Philadelphia, it was part of my vocabulary growing up. I've only ready where its offended people, however no one has ever addressed me to not say it, hon :wink:
  • _Pseudonymous_
    _Pseudonymous_ Posts: 1,671 Member
    I'm guilty of this... like a lot. Maybe it's just because I'm in Texas where it's pretty normal? I don't know.

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