Names that make me cringe.

[Nanto2girls]

Maybe it's just me, but I hate it when people call others babe/babes.
If anyone calls me hun, it makes my blood boil.
Our 18 year old niece, will post on Facebook things like I'm going out tonight with my boy.
I'm sure I can think of more, but as I say, maybe it's just me.

[Grauntie Mag]

Not just you Nan2. I hate being called dear or dearie. It makes me feel old and feeble. I got used to love when living in Yorkshire but lovie is not nice to an adult. Call me babe at your peril...
When we went to France on a caravan holiday many years ago, the (very) young man who was in charge of the static site where we were to stay made the mistake of calling OH 'mate' when he complained about the filthy van we were allotted. 'Mate? I'm not your 'mate', where is your respect? said OH. Maybe it had an effect, maybe not, we'll never know.😆

[Mimi]

Hate the name Babe I always think of the film Babe , it was a pig wasn't it ?
Not exactly complementary is it ?

[Gemini]

OH and I find it amusing when people, always a lot younger than us, address us as 'Guys' or 'You guys'! It doesn't seem appropriate, but doesnt upset or offend us.

Babe or babes is fine by me, but only from a partner, I don't want anyone else addressing me in that way!

[Oma]

Everyone up hear call each other love or pet that's just a nice way to greet people so doesn't offend , but I am guilty of saying hello baby to the dog when he comes in the door 😀otherwise names don't bother me I have been called worse 😁

[Gemini]

Oma, I call the cats Babies! Often I refer to the GC as my baby as well, but try not to now to the older two, at almost 7 and almost 4

[Glammanana]

I must be the most guilty of calling DCs "babe or baby" when ever my sons or dgs come through the door I always address them as "my babes" even though they are 34 and 41,my dgds get called Princess so I am very naughty really.
I did let blast at a PPI caller who addressed me as "love" and told him my name was Mrs E---- to him and sent him away with a lesson as to how address strangers he won't forget that call in a hurry,and I hate the chuggers who stop you in the street and call you "young lady" when they look about 15 themselves.

[Clover]

Doesn't really bother me at all.In Stoke- onTrent where OH is from my SIL always used to say "Hello me duck". I often wondered where that originated

[Libra Gran]

Not bothered what people call me if I know them the only time I take offence is at times like when we went to a restaraunt and the young waiter called me darling.I promptly reminded him I was not his darling. I call all the grandchildren my babies and the dog lol.

[ZIZI]

Recently when I was complaining about the ill fated kitchen a customer service person from the company called me by my first name. I sent an email in response and at the bottom signed it MRS T***** B***** in capitals telling him that only my friends had permission to use my first name. It obviously worked as since then it has Mr and Mrs every call or email. My sister and her husband call each other "honey" all the time even on FB. He also refers to her as the "little woman". My husband and I take the Micky out of this but if he ever did refer to me seriously as the little woman I would clout him. We both call each other a shortened version of our surname and sometimes he will call me a different version of my first name but with a W instead of a T. I sometimes call him Paulus Maximus which has historic origins going back to silly young days of fancy dress parties and drunkeness!

I object to to people I don't know calling me dear and love but I swallow it.

[Avo]

I'm not a fan of Hun, or me duck, I don't mind dear, I hate love!, again I think it might be a geographical thing.

[Daisy]

It doesn't both me, and as Avo says, I think it's a geographical thing. I think it would be a poorer greyer country if we all spoke exactly the same and the 'tag' are generally meant in a friendly way.

Clover - I had to make a conscious effort to stop calling people 'duck' when I left Stoke. Around where I lived it was more often 'duck' than 'me duck'.

[Enfys]

I don't mind, there are worse things to be called . My Mum always said duck or my duck, loved it. I,m not too keen on 'you guys' but don't get offended by it.

[Shemadee]

Doesn't worry me but OH hates the over familiarity that goes on sometimes. His mother was very much the product of Victorian parents and, though she thought she was the epitome of good manners, she often made me cringe with embarrassment with her reactions to people.

[ZIZI]

I must admit I do everything I can to avoid certain meetings where I am the oldest one there (or very often) and the bright young thing presenting bounces in like flipping Labrador puppy on steroids and shouts ""Hi guys!" In that false triumphant tone and jumps on a chair, full of energy, so everyone can see who/where he is. I want to clump them but instead I clench my teeth and hope he/she doesn't pick me to stand up and do some interactive thing during which I would find it difficult not to show my feelings......