Pet Names

pikachucheeks

Babes, Hunny, Darling, Sexy, Cuddlebunny ... whatever!

Do you use them, do you like them?

Personally, they make me feel a bit uncomfortable and I find the majority of them tacky! I just wind up embarrassed if people call me "sexy" or the likes.

I don't mind names like "gorgeous" or "beautiful" because they seem ... more charming and just sweeter, for some reason!

g'em

He's "my big durty sexy ride". Longest pet name I've ever given anyone but it's most appropriate...

giddybootz

Yep we have pet names for each other...but not in the cutesy/chavvy way. I like it like that!

Maddison

No....myself & himself normally just swear at each other. Kinda like that couple in Father Ted actually.....:D

pikachucheeks

Maddison wrote: »

No....myself & himself normally just swear at each other. Kinda like that couple in Father Ted actually.....:D

Well, that's very romantic

Someone called me "babes" the other day, it was only a text but I was mortified!

My ex pet named me Betty.
I though AAww he thinks I'm preety...6 months later.....I learn it is after his most beloved but most stubborn Cow.

Joey the lips

Maddison wrote: »

No....myself & himself normally just swear at each other. Kinda like that couple in Father Ted actually.....:D

I adore your honesty and have no doubt youd jump his bones in an instant. You are very funny :D:D:D:D

petes

I like to use pikachucheeks.

RxQueen

i hate hate the word sexy... and tell people not to call me that, not that it happens often :P

Malari

Yes, we do but strictly for private use and no-one knows about them!

pikachucheeks wrote: »

Someone called me "babes" the other day, it was only a text but I was mortified!

I hate this - especially in business. Babes, hun and deary have no place in a work email. Patronising :mad:

Otis Driftwood

My last significant other called me bear.:o

Nevyn

I don't do nick names, never have.
Terms of endearment yes, but they speak to the relationship rather then being cutise.

Maddison

Joey the lips wrote: »

I adore your honesty and have no doubt youd jump his bones in an instant. You are very funny :D:D:D:D

No, no....we sleep in seperate beds(except for the occasional roide which tends to happen outside of the bedroom & when drunk:rolleyes:)...we ARE that couple from Father Ted...tis a love/hate relationship:D

I am honesty personified, whats the point in lying?

Abi

Maddison wrote: »

No....myself & himself normally just swear at each other. Kinda like that couple in Father Ted actually.....:D

Sounds a lot like me and teh ex. It kinda made made me a bit ice-queeny towards guys after him. But I'm thawing out

Malari

Thaedydal wrote: »

I don't do nick names, never have.
Terms of endearment yes, but they speak to the relationship rather then being cutise.

There's a fuzzy line between terms of endearment and nicknames in a relationship I would have thought.

How do you mean they "speak to the relationship"?

Nervous Wreck

I'd generally use Babe or Baby. I'm a jerk.

Das Kitty

Yep, we call one another all sorts of sickening names, only to one another when we're alone though. To our friends we probably seem more like John and Mary from Father Ted! It's something we fell into early on (we were young) and it's difficult to break the habit.

Examples?

Ehm no, don't want you all vomiting all over this thread.

ciagr297

i've been called babydoll by two exes. i had no particular objections to that

and i called one of my exes sunshine, but thats cause you can mean it sarcastically and geuinely...a multi-functional pet name

Abi

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

I'd generally use Babe or Baby. I'm a jerk.

It depends on how its said I suppose. Using them on randomers would be pretty sleazy. I use them on friends of mine all the time male or female. Hon, babe, doll etc. But again its used up in a sentence to someone I know, using them on people you don't know is just plain eww.

Das Kitty

Abigayle wrote: »

It depends on how its said I suppose. Using them on randomers would be pretty sleazy. I use them on friends of mine all the time male or female. Hon, babe, doll etc. But again its used up in a sentence to someone I know, using them on people you don't know is just plain eww.

In Galway you get called Luveen by complete strangers. I hates it.

Morgase

Pet names are reserved for boyfriend only, and they are not cutesy ones as such. I call him my Favourite Boyfriend or Lovely Man, to which he seems compelled to reply with Favourite Girlfriend or Lovely Woman.

If I'm trying to be really nice I'll call him the Best Warlock Ever (it's a World of Warcraft thing...)

He likes calling me Smellyhead, Smelly Girl or Fatty though :pac: I love it really, I honestly prefer that than him calling me Baby or anything like that.

Pet names outside of me and Mr. Morg are just wrong. A horrible man on my building site calls any female "pet", "sweetheart", "lovey" etc and makes my skin crawl.

Nervous Wreck

Abigayle wrote: »

It depends on how its said I suppose. Using them on randomers would be pretty sleazy. I use them on friends of mine all the time male or female. Hon, babe, doll etc. But again its used up in a sentence to someone I know, using them on people you don't know is just plain eww.

Jeepers no, just to girlfriends I mean! Wouldn't be saying crap like that to strangers.

I also used to call my ex Piggy all the time. She'd call me a pig too. It was kinda an in-joke that we developed ages ago and we had a few of them. The first time I went out drinking with her friends, she said to me beforehand "Eh babe, when we're out tonight can you not call me a pig or a bitch or piggy or sh1tface? The girls wouldn't get it..." Hahahaha.

pikachucheeks

Insurgent wrote: »

I like to use pikachucheeks.

While I do find that flattering, Pikachucheeks is copyrighted to me. and possibly Nintendo

Abigayle wrote: »

I use them on friends of mine all the time male or female. Hon, babe, doll etc.

I think doll is nice ... all my friends call me dollie

Das Kitty wrote: »

In Galway you get called Luveen by complete strangers. I hates it.

My friend's from Mayo and she calls me that, to take the piss! It's so ... culchie-ish, isn't it!? Makes me laugh though!

I think "sexy" is the worst one ... it sounds so chav. Reminds me of those girls walking around in those yellow velour tracksuits with "sexy" written across their arses!

Nevyn

Malari wrote: »

There's a fuzzy line between terms of endearment and nicknames in a relationship I would have thought.

I don't agree.
To me a nick name replaces a persons name and it's clear that you are talking to them and not anyone else.

A term of endearment can be something generic and most of them tbh will rub me up the wrong way, ie babe/doll/ ect but there are some which depending on the context of the relationship seem to work.

Malari wrote: »

How do you mean they "speak to the relationship"?

To the dynamic in the relationship, for the most part I would see them as intimate terms of affection and not something to be bandied about in public usually. I did have someone start to do that with me once, but they gave up as I retaliated with one of theirs which happened at the time to be 'fúcktoy'.

Khannie

"my love" as in "hello my love". In my head it sounds poetic.

Degsy

I'm far too mean-spirited to use pet names in the normal run of things,but if i'm smitten with somebody i often find i cant help it and they can be cheesy-sounding too!

Malari

Thaedydal wrote: »

I don't agree.
To me a nick name replaces a persons name and it's clear that you are talking to them and not anyone else.

A term of endearment can be something generic and most of them tbh wll rub mep the wrong way, ie babe/doll/ ect but there are some which depending on the context of the relationship seem to work.

Yeah, I suppose, if you only have one nickname. I think many people would have multiple nicknames for their partner, though, that wouldn't necessarily be considered terms of endearment to the general public, but actually are, if you see what I mean.

Thaedydal wrote: »

To the dynamic in the relationship, for the most part I would see them as intimate terms of affection and not something to be bandied about in public usually. I did have someone start to do that with me once, but they gave up as I retaliated with one of theirs which happened at the time to be 'fúcktoy'.

:pac:

northern lights

My nickname, and he also uses it as a term of endearment, is 'Maggot' and various connotations i.e 'the maggot' or 'no.1 maggot' if he's being romantic.

Who said romance was dead..

pikachucheeks

Khannie wrote: »

"my love" as in "hello my love". In my head it sounds poetic.

That's quite cute! ... even if it is the title of a Westlife song!

Degsy wrote: »

I'm far too mean-spirited to use pet names in the normal run of things,but if i'm smitten with somebody i often find i cant help it and they can be cheesy-sounding too!

Cheesy-sounding? Haha! What sort of names do you use!?

northern lights wrote: »

My nickname, and he also uses it as a term of endearment, is 'Maggot' and various connotations i.e 'the maggot' or 'no.1 maggot' if he's being romantic.

Is "maggot" not what Slipknot call their fans!? PLEASE tell me your boyfriend isn't Joey Jordison!

Khannie

northern lights wrote: »

My nickname, and he also uses it as a term of endearment, is 'Maggot' and various connotations i.e 'the maggot' or 'no.1 maggot' if he's being romantic.

Who said romance was dead..

LOL.

You just reminded me....I call my 2 year old "monster". She's the most non-monster like beauty you'll ever see in your life though.

pikachucheeks wrote: »

That's quite cute! ... even if it is the title of a Westlife song!

What? OMG! Bitch! You just ruined that for me! Really?

Degsy

pikachucheeks wrote: »

Cheesy-sounding? Haha! What sort of names do you use!?

I'm hardly going to start talking about them here,but babes is one of em!:P

~me~

i call him ****head, he calls me ****head or spud.

pikachucheeks

Khannie wrote: »

You just reminded me....I call my 2 year old "monster". She's the most non-monster like beauty you'll ever see in your life though.

Aww It's not as cute as Chuky though! :pac:

Khannie wrote: »

What? OMG! Bitch! You just ruined that for me! Really?

'Fraid so, big hit for them, back in day! "Ohhhhh my love, I'm holding on foreverrrrr, reaching for a love that seems so far" *cough* ... sorry, something stuck in my throat there.

Das Kitty

Khannie, you could change it up to "My Lover" in your best West Country UK accent, á la Darling Buds of May.

pikachucheeks

Das Kitty wrote: »

Khannie, you could change it up to "My Lover" in your best West Country UK accent, á la Darling Buds of May.

Hahah! Excellent!

He comes in from work with a pig under his arm, chewing on grass!

Ginny

Does "Stinky poohead" count?

Lorrs33

I've been called "babe", "sweetheart", "sweetie", "sexy", "gorgeous", "hun" (unfortunately). I use the same for my OH, and I call him "silly moo" when he makes a blunder, but he hates it

giddybootz

Hey Khannie...I also use 'my love' when talking to my closest mates. Used to houseshare with a boy from Dorset who said he grandad said to every girl "alright my love, 'ow are youuu?" if he brought a girlfriend or female mate home!

A big term of affection from me is 'face'...I call my OH Jackface (among other things ) because he has the face of a Jack. If I put face at the end of your name ever it means I now care deeply about you too!

My OH and I can now be heard wandering round shops, pubs etc just calling eachother face!!

G86

One guy took to calling me 'sweetcheeks' and 'brat' quite alot, and once he knew it bugged me he kept it up just to irritate me..argghhh:rolleyes:

I liked him enough to overlook it:o, however there are some terms I just despise - call me 'baby', 'honey' or 'sexy' and you're out the door!

aoibhebree

One of my exes used to call me "angel" ... cringe ... I'm actually blushing now just thinking about it!

I don't really use pet names with my current man. Unless missus counts ... he called me missus a few times, and I didn't really mind but then I started calling him missus back, so now when we meet up it's like:
Him - "Howaya missus."
Me - "Howaya missus."
I get a few strange looks when I call him that in public ...

pikachucheeks

giddybootz wrote: »

A big term of affection from me is 'face'...I call my OH Jackface (among other things ) because he has the face of a Jack. If I put face at the end of your name ever it means I now care deeply about you too!

My OH and I can now be heard wandering round shops, pubs etc just calling eachother face!!

:eek: That's like me and the word "cakes".

I call everyone something with cakes on the end! It makes me so happy ... what a bimbo!

Nevyn

G86 wrote: »

One guy took to calling me 'sweetcheeks' and 'brat' quite alot, and once he knew it bugged me he kept it up just to irritate me..argghhh:rolleyes:

That is a pain in the arse and if it really bothered me and moved from being teasing to being disrespectful there'd be swift action took.

What is it with them wanting to get a reaction to know they can provoke one,or worse the you're cute when your cross. Brats come in many shapes and forms and sometimes they want you to put them in thier place.

G86 wrote: »

I liked him enough to overlook it:o, however there are some terms I just despise - call me 'baby', 'honey' or 'sexy' and you're out the door!

See some of them are generic and habit with people so that they could be talking about/to next doors cat and thinking that it will score them brownie points or that that have used the exact same terms for very person they have been intimate so that they don't have to think about it.

Professey Chin

Only pet name I ever had for someone was petal but that was years ago and she admitted she loved being called that.
Other then that I dont really use them.I call then whatever the 1st thing pops into my head is.Could be their name, could be somethin generic like hun or it could be countess crabulon.
Ive never really been given one that I can remember

Nervous Wreck

I called my ex "pumpkin" for a while but only cos it was around Halloween and I was being festive. Then, at Christmas, I switched to "angel". Haha. Paddy's Day was less cute.......

lil'bluestar

He's calls me a monkey butt, especially when I get something wrong or mess something up, I call him a butt munch.
All very affectionately as we have alot of in butt & monkey jokes!

Novella

I hate hun and babes soooo much! I do send the odd "Hey sexy" text though, but only as a joke! Most of the time, terms of endearment from me are things like smelly and poo poo head
Although my ex called me melon and I called him watermelon, no idea why. I nicknamed another guy Sophie and he called me James! Jesus.... I'm weird!

Nervous Wreck

I call my current crush Barbie cos she wears a pink t-shirt to work and she has blonde hair and she's really pretty.

SeekUp

The word we use the most by far is 'honey' -- in public, at home, when we're asking each other to get something . . . other ones are used from time to time, but 'honey' is casually tossed about the most. I think I've even used it when I'm irritated. It's come to replace his name, I think!

This

Dont have nicknames.... we call eachother our full names all the time... dunno why or how it started..... even we were are just saying can you give me that or how was your day....

Eviledna

Even though it's been stated in tLL before that people find this weird, my OH and I call eachother pet. It's the only pet name I've ever used, and it's a name that came from us being best friends together before hand, and reminds me of those initial strong but gentle hugs before we got together. I love a good hug.

I'm in a soppy oul mood today:o, but he's the only man I've ever felt comfortable enough to be my true self with, so he is my pet.;)

allandanyways

My OH and I actually call each other by nicknames so much, when he calls me my actual name I get a bit of a fright... It's a habit we got into and never really bothered getting out of. We generally don't do it in company but just if I text him or am talking to him or calling him somewhere else in the house, I call him Squeezer (which started off as a completley different joke and evolved into a nickname) or Bub or Honey. He calls me squeezer aswell and babe the odd time.