do any of you actually like people calling you 'babe'?

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I dunno...after seeing Barb Wire...I wouldn't call anyone babe. :)

Don't call me babe! - YouTube

**the opening credits scene is the best..but I could only find it in Hungarian :)...She's undercover as a stripper and a guy calls her babe...she takes off her stilletto and throws it at the guy...impailing it in his head. Then says...Don't call me Babe. Then walks off* LOL :)**

This is it. :) It's rather hot...and funny. BARB WIRE /A bosszú álló angyal/ - YouTube

As mentioned, depends on context. I do loathe seeing "hun" in text. Irritates me to no end.

To me all of those words translate into one of three categories:
Sweetness
Sexiness
or Sarcasm

I've used them for all three. I've had all three used on me. Depends on who is saying it.


loved the video clip. put a smile on my face. as i've been trying to work on my bitch! hehehehehe........

i find that "babe" is just unoriginal. doesn't bother me or not bother me. i've just shrugged it off. boring and unoriginal.

mr said 3 categories---maybe, i don't know. could be--depends on person and use.
 

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I'd say thanks. Definitely. :tongue:
Ha! Sometimes, it's meant as a compliment and nothing more. The problem is knowing when it's meant in a nice way. You never know if they're being sarcastic or nasty - so, I just ignore it. I don't want to wrongly thank someone.

nice, arse.
This is an excellent example. Let's say I pass Ms Dolfette in the street, step in a puddle and (without knowing) splash her new shoes. :eek: She says, "Nice, arse." If I say thank you, the walk-by splashing will look deliberate or at the very least - it will seem that I don't care. Rather than firmly grabbing the wrong end of the stick, I'll keep walking and ignore her. It's not exactly a win-win, but - you know. :tongue:
 

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This thread has been an eye opener to me! It's so common to call someone 'babe' or 'hun' or 'luv' where I live that I don't even notice it. I do it myself!
 
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Something that use to make me cringe, still does, when watching chat is when someone types.. BB. Yeah bb...I'm gonna cum bb..you get me so hot bb...blah blah bb.

Conjures up thoughts of the Les Patterson type for me, dunno why.
 

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There is only one that I like it when she calls me babe. I tolerate it from others, but don't like it. I call her babe as well. I don't use the term for anyone else.

I tend to agree that it depends on the context though. I've been called hon by older women and it doesn't bother me. Also, I think it depends on the geographical region that you're in.
 

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I call a couple of particular friends "babe" or "baby" pretty regularly. Doesn't seem to bother them.

If it bothered someone, I would hope he or she would let me know so I stop doing it. I would hope that person would realize I do it out of affection and not as an attempt to belittle or marginalize him or her.
 
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I often do not like people calling me "babe". There are of course exceptions to that.

I am 100% guilty of using terms of endearment for people I like. "Dear", "hon", "darlin'", and "sweetie" in particular get frequent use. I make an effort not to use any of them if I know a person has a particularly strong dislike of it. If I do use them, it's not in any way meant to be condescending. On average, it's just a round-about way of showing I like you to some extent. If you're special to me, I sometimes call people "sweetness" or "dear heart".

It's rare that I give a person a unique/original-ish nickname. Often it's because you're special/I really like you (if I really hate you I may make up some logical nickname for when I'm ranting ).
 
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This thread has been an eye opener to me! It's so common to call someone 'babe' or 'hun' or 'luv' where I live that I don't even notice it. I do it myself!
Exactly! It's meant nicely too - term of endearment, or just friendliness innit luv? :)
 

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Exactly! It's meant nicely too - term of endearment, or just friendliness innit luv? :)

Yeah, it's the norm. I've had 16 year-old cashiers give me my change and say 'ta my love' ...despite the fact I'm twice their age. Although those particular terms are only used between men/women and women/women, you don't really get the guys calling each other any of those things ;p

They do use terms of endearment to other men too though - 'mate', 'fella', 'lad' etc.
 

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strangers or acquaintances, not lovers.

what about other things...
sexy?
darling?
sweet cheeks?

Oh, my. He'd have to look like Shemar Moore and mean it like his character Derek on Criminal Minds. lol. Seriously, I have a low tolerance for names like that. I think they're kinda degrading coming from certain men....But then again, my pov only. I also know some men who can call me sweetie and so on and it's fine. Maybe because they are well respected and mean it in the literal sense, and as an endearment. Men who don't know me, shouldn't use an endearment...since they don't know me well enough to use one...make sense?