Do you feel odd when a guy calls you names like sweetie?

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Most women are pickier, because they can be.

whatever, it has little to do with this.

don't like being called hon.....etc...by strangers....feel's disrespectful.....

with my significant other its...okay...

others....no

I love when someone I like calls me cute names like that, but I end up getting flustered by it and don't know how to react.

I live in the Midwest, and no one here calls each other those kind of names. When I lived in Georgia, some people did, but even that became more uncommon than not.

Personally, I'll tolerate it; I know a few people who do use it, and it doesn't bother me, because I know how they're using it. And I almost never call someone by their name; I will say Miss/ma'am/sir to get attention, if I have to. That doesn't seem disrespectful to me at all.

Tbh I don't mind if i'm really into the guy, but otherwise not really.

It depends on what context they use it in and sometimes how well I know them. I've had rare experiences of guys calling me hon in a way that made me feel flattered.

On the other hand, I don't like it when it's used randomly by a stranger who uses it as though I were his sweetheart.

BTW, I live in the midwest too, I don't know what it's like in all the midwest states but we don't get too much of that from where I'm from. The only thing I do hear when I have to walk just to get to a store regularly is the cat calls by a moving vehicle. I find it slightly offensive because it's abnoxious, not funny, and makes me feel like a hoe working the streets in some ways.

I'm not saying guys who do this are implying that I am a hoe, it just comes off that way as well as rude. Other than that when it's not the cat calls or the context in the way it's used, it can be flattering. I don't think I'd feel comfortable with a stranger calling me hon and sweetie so many times in a row though just as the OP's post reads.

I have used certain words, like with girlfriends or relatives, I had heard someone call their daughter muffin, so I started calling this annoying girlfriend Muffin Head, with often call male friends Awww Princess, I don't think there is anything wrong in saying that the lady's here on WP are all Sweeties.

You know, there used to be a day when women werent insecure about this petty s**t. There used to be a day when Id see 15 women get called darlin or dear by my father and they all said, "you're such a sweetheart ron". It was okay to just be social, and love in general.

Now you have to be "respectful", which is a bunch of bs anyways. Truth be told, if a girl likes how you look you can say anything and get away with it. A few of you have already proven that with your posts. So in essence you're saying as long as you look good you can say it. Thats ridiculous.

Sorry this world has become a bunch of whiners about EVERYTHING, including now TERMS OF ENDEARMENT. We have so much more we could be talking about but you want to b***h about being called BABE. I hope you ladies never get married, god forbid your husband call you dear and you snap at him. How insecure do you have to be to get upset/uncomfortable when a guy you dont know calls you darlin'(or any other term of endearment for that matter).

Honestly, its probably because you were never good looking enough to get called them on a consistent basis(And cat calls dont count). Its only "patronizing" because you feel you dont deserve it... You feel unworthy, and that makes you lack comfort, not the words themselves. Theres no reason to for that unless the guy is creepy IN GENERAL. AND THEN Its not the words, its the person who says it and thats just being superficial. You judge a book by its cover, you may never learn the lesson from its pages...

Emoal, it's *fine* when a husband, parent, or other immediate family member calls one 'Hon' or 'Sweetheart' or whatever. That's the point. It's a personal priviledge, and a having it appropriated by a total stranger is the verbal equivalent of having one's space invaded.

Funny how people who treat others without respect then call them 'whiners' when they're called to the carpet on it.

Own up to your mistakes, Emoal, and stop being a jerk.

I only feel odd (read: sickened) when older men other than my grandfather calls me "sweetie". It's inappropriate and lewd.