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Originally Posted by FETCHER.
I find it cringey when people call their other half; babe, babes, honey and other pet names.
Just don't like it.
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I like some and not others, I guess.
'Babe' is OK but 'babes' IS terrible. I agree with Trollheart on that one. I also don't really like the use of 'babe' outside of a relationship. It doesn't strike me as a very appropriate word to use with a friend or acquaintance.
In this part of the country 'pet' is the most common one, and I like it a lot. It tends to be used, and to be appropriate, in most forms of a relationship.
I won't randomly use them mind, I tend to consider who the person is, my relationship with them, how they are with other people and how well I know them. For example I wouldn't call just anyone 'sweetheart' cause I think it sounds either really sweet or really patronising.
I don't necessarily think that its something worth getting angry about or anything, and I personally don't mind it when women do it to me because it's almost always a suggestion that that person is friendly, but its still good manners.