Am I the only person in the world who cringes when someone calls me "Honey"? or "Hon"? or "Dear"? or "Darlin'"? or "Sweetie"?
I know I'm slightly abrasive and brutally honest on occasion, but I can't seem to tell people, waitresses especially (why is that?), not to address me like that. I HATE IT!
STOP IT! I beg you.
That's all.
Back to my regularly scheduled, happy, positive blog environment.
I know I'm slightly abrasive and brutally honest on occasion, but I can't seem to tell people, waitresses especially (why is that?), not to address me like that. I HATE IT!
STOP IT! I beg you.
That's all.
Back to my regularly scheduled, happy, positive blog environment.
sorry, i'm guilty of this entirely. and i'm not sure why...sorry. i'll work on it. :)
ReplyDeleteI don't do this to others, but for some unknown reason I like it when I'm called those names by whoever. I just see it as someone trying to be warm and sweet, in their own way. Maybe I'm the strange one.
ReplyDeleteI disliked it when I was younger, but now it depends on who's saying it and what their tone of voice is.
ReplyDeleteI'm mellowing with old age...
=)
I do my best not to do this but am sincere when it slips out.
ReplyDeleteI think I am guilty of calling you hon. Sorry. I do use it lol.
ReplyDeleteOh, you make me laugh! Especially hard for me as i get older and if i have all the kids with me.
ReplyDeleteIve chuckled over the Tucker pant thing a couple of times this week, because Jake would be mortified! BUT drew would probsbly just shake it off! Funny how they are all so.different!
Thank goodness! I'm so glad someone said it outloud! I have to completely agree.
ReplyDeleteSure thing, honey.
ReplyDeleteadult to adult, I agree ... it seems insincere, but I am soooooo guilty of using these words with my kids' friends - I wonder if they're looking back at me with your same disdain?!
ReplyDeleteAMEN!!! It really drives me nuts when it is an 18 yr old girl who is working where I'm shopping.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't bother me at all when it is someone I know (like my hubby, family...) because it seems to be said in more of a personal loving way, but if you don't know me, I'm not your hon!!
I love it when people call me those names.
ReplyDeleteIt makes me like them immediately.
Ugh...sorry guilty. I do not mind it when others do it to me either...MOST of the time...sometimes there is a tone and it just seems wrong...
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to rethink my little old lady patients....I usually call them sweetheart.
ReplyDeleteOK, I work on it!
oh my gosh I have a post about this exact same thing. I cannot stand it either!
ReplyDeleteI call my kids "sweetie" all the time b/c sometimes it's easier than remembering which one I'm talking to. And so, it's spilled over to my kids' friends. I call them sweetie too when I can't be bothered to make my brain come up w/their name. I don't do it to adults, but I could see it spilling over if I'm not careful. Yikes!
ReplyDeleteI like it and thought everyone else did too? :(
ReplyDeleteOoops!
ReplyDeleteI call both my girls George because I got so sick of mixing up their names, so maybe they'll grow up and use that as a term of endearment??
(If a waitress some day asks, "What can I get ya, George?" you'll know she's mine.)
feels degrading and belittling, unless they are truly from the south and say it in a respectful way. then it makes me feel really girly and happy and want to be from alabama, live in a big white plantation home, and go to coutillions (sp?) and fancy tea parties and such.
ReplyDeleteThats so funny, because I get a kick out of being called honey by some old crusty waitress. You seldom get it here in Canada, so maybe it's quaint when I hear it. I love hon and honey, don't like sweetie too much though. And of course whoever is saying it has to be older than me.
ReplyDeleteDana
Have you met my dad? He hates it too.
ReplyDeleteHow about this one? Whenever I take my kiddos to Great Clips for their haircuts, the stylists always say, "Mom, how does that look?"
ReplyDeleteMom? Mom? Do I resemble your mother so much that you would think to call me mom? I Hate that.
I don't dislike it persay....it just makes me uncomfortable when I get called that by strangers. But that's probably because I come from a culture where you never call each other nice monikers like that.
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