"babe" "hun"

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  • LoveLifeForever
    LoveLifeForever Posts: 18 Member
    I'm ok with "hun", but not "babe". To me, "hun" is slightly nicer than calling them "girl". But "babe" is commentary. It would be like me calling my guy friends by saying "hey there, handsome!"

    I ttly AGREE with this! Babe is getting a bit too far!! Having my bf call some coworker that would drive me bonkers and probly to tears too...but having a HUSBAND say that?! You gotta be kidding...:noway:
  • bga008
    bga008 Posts: 90
    I completely agree with you, he is in the complete wrong. I would find someone else because he obviously is a flirt with other girls and who knows when he will cheat.
  • christinet8504
    christinet8504 Posts: 108
    I call every guy I know babe. That being said, if my guy confronted me about it and said it made them uncomfortable, I would stop.
  • k011185
    k011185 Posts: 320 Member
    Is he a spiteful flirt who generally like to rub your nose in the fact that he flirts with other women? If so, then it would bug me.
    If it was said as a casual greeting, and he isn't a douche bag in general, why waste the time and energy in getting upset.
    If it bugs you, ask him to stop, if he refuses to stop, then sure, I can see getting mad.
    I know plenty of guys who call me, and almost every other female acquaintance, babe, hun or sweets, it doesn't make them jerks, cheaters or inappropriate.
  • auntiebabs
    auntiebabs Posts: 1,754 Member
    It does bother me - and i did tell him - his reponse was that i was overreacting!!!!

    I'm a spiteful ***** - sometimes........i can play this game!!! Can't wait to go out - and call every male I see "babe' or "sweetie" or "hotness" all loud enough for my "husband" to hear.

    And just what will that accomplish?

    What does he call YOU? I guess if my SO called me "babe" or "hun", then yes, I would be offended................but if those are just words he uses in the course of work, then what's the big deal?

    I find myself calling people "hun" a lot.......I think it's an old lady thing, though, and ya, I sometimes CAN'T remember people's names :wink: :wink: :wink:

    I'm with you on the old lady thing...
    In my preparation for the big 50 I told everyone they could be "Hon" "Sweetie" or "Dear"
  • interceptor311
    interceptor311 Posts: 980 Member
    I do this a lot. If I know it pissed the warden off I'd do it a hell of a lot more! :laugh:
  • unapologeticallyemma
    unapologeticallyemma Posts: 134 Member
    Its the industry... they all do it.

    but no my hubby does the same with his girl friends and i don't care because he's faithful and means nothing by it... I'm the only one he calls Baby and Boo so i don't care.
  • Dauntlessness
    Dauntlessness Posts: 1,489 Member
    I met my husband's coworkers last night - a bunch of women bartenders. He continuely called them "hun" and "babe" right in front of me!! THEY, of course, didn't seem to mind - BUT I DID!!!!

    He says "it's not like I'm attracted to them, it's just out of habit" - I think that's crap!!!!!!!!!

    Am I the only one that thinks that a husband should NOT be calling anyone but his WIFE "babe" and "hun"?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?

    They probably do it to all the guys to get more tips. I wouldn't worry about it until they start showing their cleavages or butts like some of the profile pics on here. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    I HATE it when someone calls me Hun or sweetie. To me, its condescending and demeaning. What, do they think I am a 5 year old? Most of the time, and I may come off as being a little mean, but I ask them not to. I actually made a girl cry once, not on purpose...I asked nicely...sigh. haha
  • SpydrMnky27
    SpydrMnky27 Posts: 381 Member
    I completely agree with you, he is in the complete wrong. I would find someone else because he obviously is a flirt with other girls and who knows when he will cheat.

    Seriously?
  • shaynak112
    shaynak112 Posts: 751 Member
    Everyone calls me "sweetie" and "hun".
    Coworkers, guy friends, older people, etc.
    So I figure it must be relatively normal :p
  • xTwK
    xTwK Posts: 121
    I completely agree with you, he is in the complete wrong. I would find someone else because he obviously is a flirt with other girls and who knows when he will cheat.

    Wow... You can't be serious...

    Associating nicknames with cheating seems way overboard there. I hope you don't overreact about little things like that with your boyfriend, if so I feel bad for that guy...
  • supertracylynn
    supertracylynn Posts: 1,338 Member
    I know when my special friend (the only one I call that) calls ME "Darling" there is a different tone in his voice, just as I'm sure it's different when I say it toward him.
    While I don't care what he calls anyone else, I think it would smart a little if he called someone else by the name we agreed on for him to use toward me.
    Yes, we talked about it.
    As for the name we agreed for me to use toward him, Never have I called someone else that.
  • childofArtemis24
    childofArtemis24 Posts: 334
    I am with you. I think that Babe and Hun are cute special names between a husband and wife. I call my husband babe all the time. My name is Jessica and my husband hasn't called me by my full seven letter name since we got together! lol So babe is pretty much my adopted name. But I also get jealous easy, and so does he. We don't go to the club..either. I do not like to put myself in those situations.
  • tipyourbartender
    tipyourbartender Posts: 35 Member
    Honestly, I actually would hate being called "hun" because it sounds so condescending to me, so I wouldn't be bothered at all by that. But yeah, babe is too affectionate / flirty of a word to call an acquaintance, or even a friend. It would make me feel a bit uncomfortable, but then again, it could just be the environment (terms like that are not foreign in the service industry, it's what gets tips!), or just maybe a regional thing from his upbringing. What does he call you?
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,030 Member
    Lol, reacting over little things like this is probably why the divorce rate is so high.


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  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,749 Member
    I completely agree with you, he is in the complete wrong. I would find someone else because he obviously is a flirt with other girls and who knows when he will cheat.

    LMAO! You can't possibly be serious?!

    Oh wait. You probably are. My bad.
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    "Hun" wouldn't bother me, I know several guys who call girls that, even if there's nothing going on. "Babe" I'd be a bit weird about.
  • EarthyChocl8AKA
    EarthyChocl8AKA Posts: 69
    It does bother me - and i did tell him - his reponse was that i was overreacting!!!!

    I'm a spiteful ***** - sometimes........i can play this game!!! Can't wait to go out - and call every male I see "babe' or "sweetie" or "hotness" all loud enough for my "husband" to hear.

    Sometimes it takes something like this (actually putting the shoe on the other foot) so they can wake up and see the light!
  • victoria4321
    victoria4321 Posts: 1,719 Member
    It does bother me - and i did tell him - his reponse was that i was overreacting!!!!

    I'm a spiteful ***** - sometimes........i can play this game!!! Can't wait to go out - and call every male I see "babe' or "sweetie" or "hotness" all loud enough for my "husband" to hear.

    Sometimes it takes something like this (actually putting the shoe on the other foot) so they can wake up and see the light!

    Or sometimes it takes actions like this to build up enough resentment in a marriage then become a part of the 50% divorce rate statistic. :flowerforyou:
  • Lizabee84
    Lizabee84 Posts: 346 Member
    I call everyone "honey" "hun" or "babe". My friends on here learned that. I call some of my better friends/coworkers "honey". Though it might be a southern thing too. So far none of my friends complained or coworkers said anything.
  • HulaHips83
    HulaHips83 Posts: 129
    Depends on context and tone. I know a guy who calls everyone "sweetie", even old women. Nothing firtatious about it.
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