Does it bother anyone else when someone starts calling you sweety and
baby and any other pet name they come up with when they start talking to
you for the first time? Should these things bother me or am I just kinda
uptight?hahahaha
I can take critism, if anyone has any...lol

gives me the impression that their loose

know me before ya give me the nicks

it bothers me a little bit if it is to soon and they dont even know me.
i am ok with it after getting to know someone

I guess it depends on the person and how it is used. Some people call
me those names but it is done in a nice way, not derogatory as a put
down. And I have gotten to know them as nice people.

In real life, would bug me if I didn't know them and could hear the
inflection in their voice.

phewww!!! Thought maybe it was just me. I had someone call me a *****
because i had a problem with that..

If your going to pick every lil detail apart ask why your still single.
Period.

same sentiments here Marie...

gawd yes!!!! what a turn off!!!

Living in the south, everyone calls me sweety and baby and hun. Old
people, young people, men, and women. Does it bother me?! It bugs the
living hell out of me, but I guess I am just used to it by now.

Boom~ I don't think I am picking apart details..lol That is not why I
am single...that was mean!!!

Not meant as mean. Its hard to describe ones Lingo. In the Ghetto its
Mama Cita...in the hood it's Biat@...
In the country its suga......Its all about habit

I say it to everybody and no one has asked me not to, at least not yet.
If they did, then I would stop out of respect.

thanks for clearing that up Boom! Here's some flowers..lets make
up.

Alwayz Hun

all i can think about while reading this is...You don't have to call me
darlin' darlin' you never even called me by my name. LOL

lmao

I agree
Dont call me Daddy either. Big Mistake

I have a friend on here who is much younger than me and a special friend
and he calls me hun or babe and I think it is cool, don't take offense
at all. He respects me totally and we have a good friendship. Again,
depends on how it is used and who is doing it. He is not calling me
that as a put down and I get a kick out of it.

Oh well, if it were someone I didn't know would not like it as much.
Heck, would probably wonder if it was because he couldn't remember my
name.

JustAnotherGirl73...is see you in washington...in da 360
huh?....sometimez people say that to get on yuh good side...but then
again....it might be da WRONG side...lolz....and when some guyz do
dat....itz a cheap way of hittin up on you.....

I actually agree with Boom

Sometimes vernacular is borne out of culture and habit. You can sense
the difference.

Sometimes it bothers me when they use words in the familiar when they
don't know me... other times it bothers me less because it isn't about
me and more a reflection of their speech patterns.

I try to feel the intention and base my reaction on that. If I want to
look for reasons to be offended ... I don't have to look far.

That said ... there are words that I won't tolerate and that fall
outside of my boundaries regardless of cultural connotations and general
acceptance.

We all get to decide what feels comfortable to us.