Meh, I think you need to be concerned when they start calling you their biotch Pet names are cute I think.

I think some women may be a little more "feminine oriented" than other women. And men are probably the same way... Some men take pride in being a "man's man" or a "real man" or "macho" or ??...Anyway a woman who always thinks in terms of being "feminine" or being a "lady" probably expects different treatment than a woman who just views herself as a "person." (And doesn't think about her gender very often in everyday life.)

Honestly, I dont like being called pet names by complete strangers. But being on a site such as this, you just have to understand that everyone is different. I think most men believe it is a compliment and dont mean to offend :-)

I had a girlfriend who called me "Stinky Poop" , I didn't like that much and even hated it when she used it in public.

lol. I dont even want to know where that originated.

Though I feel the same when it's strangers in general. Women as well as men.

Honestly; I don't care for these names either by strangers. I don't get mad but I do tell the guy that I don't appreciate being called these pet names. I only ever ripped into one guy as he was being a jerk and calling me Babe just to upset me. Well; mission accomplished as I ripped a strip off him for doing that. Needless to say; he dropped the Babe crap right quick.

I think it varies where your
from and what your used to
like the woman above said,
I call people sometimes
hun or doll but i dont mean
no one disrespect its just
habit,being here down south
almost everyone calls another
that or honey and sweetie ect.

If a guy call calls me sweetheart
or baby and I dont know him awhile
I think he may just flirts with everyone.
if a woman says honey or sweetie or doll
I think shes just being polite and nice
nothing more or less.I think you would
just have to ask the person how
they mean it and dont assume.
It may just be how people are
where they live.

I call women of any age "young lady" when calling out to her to get her attention. At walmart, for instance, at the greeters. Male or female, don't matter. (It does. Joking.)

Most women between 35 and 54 like it; some women between 54 and 76 take offence, as if I was condescending, but most are happy with it; women above 76 don't hear it; and women below 22 take it for granted.

What happens between 22 and 35? they don't exist. Or I don't exist for them. Either way, we never exchange a glance or even just one piece of underwear.

Where I live, in Small Town Ontario, pop. 400,000, every waitress calls me "sweety", "honey", "hugely endowed giant", because I overtip them. After the first meal, in a multi-waitress restauarant, the girl will fight with tooth and nail to have me for herself as a customer all subsequent times. Bit of a headache, because I like to feel up different waitresses, after all, I don't always eat the same item from the menu, either. (That's a lie, in any place I always eat the same thing. And don't feel the waitresses. That's punishable by law around here. That's why I don't.)

I had my life's worst meal just now. A take-out of Pizza Hut. Gad it's vile. The leftovers, all 80% of it, is going into the bin. This stuff is awful.

How about "tapeworm"? Would you consider that a pet name? I have several of those inside the house. They are good pets: they are quiet, don't need much upkeep, and don't have to be walked three times a day. Yet they are good, faithful companions, they never leave your side. Or, rather, your inside.

So... in your opinion: A lady would be more inclined or less declined, to get more upset or less downset if someone calls her hunny bunny or Ma'm.

Okay, that's too open-ended. I am curious how you meant that. Take two women, side-by-side, two specific types: a lady, and another, a "person" type of woman. Which of the two feels more upset and violated if she gets called a "hunny bunny" by a stranger? I am not quite sure what you mean, that's why I ask.

If I called anyone "my dear woman" I would feel like a Herman joke from the seventies. Especially... oh, yes, "my good woman".

I once called a Hells Angels Motorcycle Gang member, as he gassed up with seven of his buddies, at a Taco Bell Restaurant, "mylady, which way to the nearest Ramadan Inn?" and I shall never forget that day.

I don't mind being called any of these terms of endearment. But, I notice that if I'm at work and someone calls me "sweetie" or "honey" it always takes me by surprise. I think I'm just in professional mode and I don't expect it.

Now, in my personal life, I suck up affection like a freaking vacuum!

hahaha, I know, who doesnt like a lil sweetness...

I've probably been more of a "tomboy" or ?? It just seems odd to be called "pretty" or "sweet" etc. I'm not used to it...Don't get me wrong. I don't act "macho" or loud and boisterous etc. But I'm not "frilly" either. Just sort of "neuter." Just an average "person."

If someone called my Mom "pretty lady" or some other term like this she used to say: "Are you trying to butter me up? What do you want?"...She was playful when she said it. (Not mean!) But she was definitely suspicious.

At work everyone calls me babe or beautiful, but i called someone dimple cakes, And quite frankly, I want some dimple cakes,.....cutest dimples ever...

I think terms of endearment are great, even in the early stages.

First she calls me a stupid moron and I blush, then my romantic comeback that she is a spoiled b!tch which gets her motor revving, followed by her tossing her hair back and looking me in the eye and telling me I am bastich before seductively walking away.

I love sappy pitter patter. It's adorable.

But I don't do the babe and doll crap, that is just rude. Some people, I tell you.

I think the reason I don't like terms of endearment from strangers is that it seems fake. If it's someone I actually know and care about using those terms, I'm ok with it. But it comes off as sounding really fake and insincere, rather than friendly or polite when coming from a stranger.