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Pet Names

  • 01-07-2009 12:57PM
    #1
    pikachucheeks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,488 ✭✭✭


    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!


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  • #2
    g'em
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,819 ✭✭✭✭g'em


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


  • #3
    giddybootz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 867 ✭✭✭giddybootz


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


  • #4
    Maddison
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,594 ✭✭✭Maddison


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


  • #5
    pikachucheeks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,488 ✭✭✭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!


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    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. :D


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  • #7
    Joey the lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭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:D


  • #8
    petes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,382 ✭✭✭petes


    I like to use pikachucheeks.


  • #9
    RxQueen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,821 ✭✭✭RxQueen


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


  • #10
    Malari
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,150 ✭✭✭✭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:


  • #11
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    My last significant other called me bear.:o


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  • #12
    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,044 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


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


  • #13
    Maddison
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,594 ✭✭✭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: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?


  • #14
    Abi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭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 :D


  • #15
    Malari
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,150 ✭✭✭✭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"?


  • #16
    Nervous Wreck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,115 ✭✭✭✭Nervous Wreck


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


  • #17
    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭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. :D

    Examples?

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


  • #18
    ciagr297
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 428 ✭✭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 :D


  • #19
    Abi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #20
    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #21
    Morgase
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 737 ✭✭✭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.


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  • #22
    Nervous Wreck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,115 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #23
    pikachucheeks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,488 ✭✭✭pikachucheeks


    Insurgent wrote: »
    I like to use pikachucheeks.

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

    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! :D

    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!


  • #24
    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,044 ✭✭✭✭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'.


  • #25
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


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


  • #26
    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭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!


  • #27
    Malari
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,150 ✭✭✭✭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:


  • #28
    northern lights
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 144 ✭✭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.. :D


  • #29
    pikachucheeks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,488 ✭✭✭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! :p


  • #30
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭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.. :D

    LOL. :D

    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. :D
    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?


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  • #31
    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭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


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