I believe there are certain ladies in the Baltimore area that are referred to as "huns".

Moving around the USA the custom of useing endearments such as Honey, Sugar, Babe, Darlin is taken as a friendly compliment.

Other times it is considered a put down.

Sometimes it is just a generic for service people to address customers in a hospitable way.

I am fairly sure there are a few prostitues who have used the generic terms for the same reasons "Johns" call their mistresses generic names. If they don't get used to calling them by a given name they don't risk slipping up and useing the wrong name with a spouse.

Truth be told it really harkens back to house servants/slaves were not allowed to call adult people by their christian name in an effort to prevent familiarity which of course existed.

And is why today most modern working women detest it in the workplace and it is considered a form of sexual harrassment. Thankfully now most working women are not subject forced sex in the work place.

Since I am used to such familiar names or nicknames being how siblings, cousins, and friends addressed each other if I do it is probably because I like the person and are trying to comfort them through a difficult experience.

I will admidt I don't like someone sending me an email that assume we are that familiar when we have never met or sent messages back and forth.

If someone takes offense at any point just say so and I would try to honor their wishes. Generally I am going to think they are a little too tightly wound and probably wouldn't interact with them in the future.

There is no obligation to tolerance within someone’s personal boundaries. People either respect boundaries or they don’t.

Some may venture to guess a person would be acting like a jerk if they assumed they could act anyway they wished around strangers -- are anyone for that matter.

There is no obligation to tolerance when discussion such a supercilious topic anyway.

Do unto others is a wonderful thing to live by. Part of doing that is asking someone how they wish to be addressed. I was told to never assume how I should address someone (last name, first name, Miss, Mrs, Mr, etc). My father taught me that when I learned to speak. I was also brought up that I should never, ever be too familiar without someone I don’t know by calling them a nickname. My father was born in Georgia and raised in Texas; he was the father of manners.

Myself, I strongly dislike being called hun, sweetie, darlin, or any other pet names .

sounds like a bar whore is talking to me....

Ok, to explain why I don't like it,

When I have a mate, I will call her honey, sweetheart, baby or another love felt pet name.

Stop and think about this for a second.

If I call everyone by these pet names.. doesn't it remove the specialness intended when I call my partner these names.

Are you kidding?


My family is from Maryland, and people from there are KNOWN to hun ya.


I love HUN!!!


HUN.