Being called "Babe"

[Daffs]

especially by a woman, do you mind?? :unsure: It seems very strange to me, I wouldn't be caught calling anyone babe....

[Debbie32]

ive used babe before when talking to friends, not often though im more of a sweetie user:cheesy:

ive never really give it much thought but if a friend hated how I spoke to them, then id like them to tell me and I wouldnt do it again

[Olive_Oil]

no i dont think i do! but i have a friend who calls me babe - doesnt really bother me tbh, never really thought about it

[BecksDaykin]

i dont mind. i use it quite alot and DD Maddi who is almost 2 now says it too..bless lol

[Purplecat]

i have friend who calls me babe but I never use it, and don't like it if a man calls me it, usually coz they mean it in a demeaning way.

[Patti odoors]

:cheesy:Its not one of the terms of endearment I use {I tend to call people darling, love or sweetheart} but then again I am choosy which adults I use them with as well.

My particular pet hate is "mate". I have a friend who calls everyone "mate" whether she is speaking to males or females.

[smirnoff]

ok, i wont call anyone babe again! :hysterica

[knotjustjigs]

Doesnt bother me either :) i use sweetheart a lot lol...

Ketty x

[brycat]

:cheesy:My particular pet hate is "mate". I have a friend who calls everyone "mate" whether she is speaking to males or females.

:unsure: Duly noted! :cheesy: I use it often, but in my defence, I live in an area where heaps of people do. In fact, it's rubbed of on my OH, he even called me mate the other day! :hysterica

I don't use babe and there are only a couple of people I'm comfortable with calling me it.

[Olive_Oil]

i call people matey quite a lot :cheesy:

[Whassat]

i call my ds babe ALL the time
i don't think i call women it. i might say it at the end of a phone call and then regret it :unsure: slip of the tongue lol

[CarerQuie]

Not my favourite term of endearment but it doesn't bother me particularly.xx

[sparklekitty]

i call dh and ds babe a lot, and i have used it for friends before. i dont mind it.

[curlywurly]

It is not a name a use alot, but I can't say it bothers me....

I often can't remember peoples names, and use terms such as hun, hunni, sweetie, sweetheart, floss (for the little girls), mate (for the little boys) - and so on and so forth....

I do also use them as terms of endearment, so if they are accompanied by a hug (virtual or otherwise), or a hair ruffle or some such thing - please don't think I've forgotton your name :D

[Jacks Aunty]

I call Jack Babe occasionally but i dont think i call females it

[Apri]

Must admit don't like it when fellas call me that - sounds like the woman is a trophy as in my babe. Never had a woman call me it either but will admit I do call lots of people "love" still think that's better than being called "flower" or "pet"

[bikemad]

It dont bother me if dp says it but anyone else it freaks me out-I hate the way here (Rhondda) everyone calls everyone else love-im not your bleedin love!!!!!!

[missymum22]

i use it ALL the time...doesnt get on my wick, although i do say 'chill ya beans' a lot, which infuriates DH:hysterica

[Spartan]

In my shop, I get this one female customer in her 40's calling me babe all the time. :unsure:
I'm in my 20's

[sanjan]

up here in North Wales you hear the term cariad used quite a bit among the Welsh speakers (from up Conwy valley or Bangor and beyond)

madan calls lots of people hun and it has rubbed off on to me and she also hugs everyone when she meets them as well

[diddlepops]

I might be guilty of saying this to someone so apologise now for any offence caused. BTW it doesnt bother me if I get called it by another female but don't like a man saying it. Fickle is my middle name!!!!

[purplehugs]

lol where I grew up it was 'darling' in a cockney way.. and even now that makes me smile when i go back and hear it. :)

But 'babe' is my nickname for my hubby, and his for me. :) No one else uses it that we know.

The word I HATE is 'dear' makes me feel like an old granny!

[Fudge Cake]

i use babe sometimes but it depends on who i am talking to, i use it all the time for ds1.

[Mary Poppins]

I absolutely hate it - reminds me of that pig film. I call children sweetheart or love. When I used to go out to work, there was this woman who called everyone ****. I didn't like that one bit. She always said I was posh though. :laugh:

[Girlzmum]

LOL - my dh calls me his babes! Its definately meant as a term of endearment and not demeaning.

[Daffs]

I'm not bothered, I was just very surprised to be called it by a woman :cheesy: and it's nicer than HUN :hysterica

[Jen]

It dont bother me if dp says it but anyone else it freaks me out-I hate the way here (Rhondda) everyone calls everyone else love-im not your bleedin love!!!!!!

Not used much around here, but like you Em I can't stand being called 'LOVE'