Where Do You Stand: Calling Your Girlfriends Pet Names

May 23, 2008

I'm all for using pet names in a romantic relationship, but what about using them with your girlfriends? I think "babe" is one of those terms of endearment that can be used for either sex, but more personal nicknames like sweetie or honey just seem a bit inappropriate when referring to your gal pal. Of course that's just my opinion, so tell me ladies, where do you stand on using pet names with your girlfriends?

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dikke kus 3 years 52 weeks

It's all in fun. I had a girlfriend or two that had nicknames for me. I think the experts write it's a sign of affection thats all. One of my friends uses my last name a lot. I am petite so once in a while someone blurts out something with little in it or little miss this or that. I don't mind it. My husband sometimes calls me some word in Dutch that means little doll or princess or something. Although for some reason when he does it I find it irritating since I don't really have that type of personality.

jennjennnbubba 4 years 51 weeks

I call one of my bf's hot mama and she called me skankarita. its been going on since we were teens.my others gal pals I call girl, girly, hooker, hoe, loser and they call me by the same

jennjennnbubba 4 years 51 weeks

I call one of my bf's hot mama and she called me skankarita. its been going on since we were teens. my others gal pals I call girl, girly, hooker, hoe, loser and they call me by the same

shafiii 4 years 51 weeks

i call my best friends love, dear, and darlingi think its fine. its just showing that i care about them

shafiii 4 years 51 weeks

i call my best friends love, dear, and darling i think its fine. its just showing that i care about them

JaimeLeah526 4 years 51 weeks

I hate when people call me hun or dear so I don't use them for other people. I think the point of a pet name is too be something unique that only the other person knows and you only use in private.

kendallina 4 years 51 weeks

I call my best friend pet names and other nicknames we have for each other.

Silverlining10 4 years 51 weeks

I'll call girl friends...Sexy, skank, whore, love, or best. That's about it. Or a nickname that's just a shortened version of their actual name.

emalove 4 years 51 weeks

I usually just call my friends by some variation of their first name...no pet names for us.

grys 4 years 51 weeks

yeah me and my friends call each other pet names like honey, baby, babe, sweetie but only close friends male or female

divinelight 4 years 51 weeks

I call my very good friends pet names all the time. Definitely, hun and sometimes sweetie. But only my good friends. It seems condescending if you don't really know the person.

j2e1n9 4 years 51 weeks

Sure. My friends call me girl, girlie, sweetie, cutie, hun, etc. Young and Old :)

juicylove 4 years 51 weeks

i hate when people say hun. it sounds like.. fake and condescending.

WhatTheFrockBlog 4 years 51 weeks

I hate using pet names for girls. If someone who isn't a family member calls me "sweetie" or "honey" or "babe" it makes me want to smack them.

pumpkinsugar70 4 years 51 weeks

We started calling each other "pumpkin" or "pumpkinbutt" in college and it stuck. We even refer to each other's daughters by the term. What is so funny about it is the friend who chose the name is a very serious art history professor at an expensive liberal arts university. Her students would never believe it.

Kristinh1012 4 years 51 weeks

I don't use pet names for friends really. Most of my friends do. But there is this girl that works with me and I really don't even know her and she calls me sweetie every time she seems me (and she positively knows my name) and I HATE it. It makes me uncomfortable. Now if it's an older person for some reason it doesn't bother me.

CaterpillarGirl 4 years 51 weeks

nicknames for girlfriends, to me, is a little middle school. it might be funny once, but all the time is too much.

Bookish 4 years 51 weeks

I call her "girl". As in, "hey, girl." But that's it.

swwonder 4 years 51 weeks

I hate being called babe or baby by anyone, it just irritates me. I tend to vary between sunshine, chickadee and sweetheart. I have friends who call me hon or honey, which doesn't bother me at all. We have inside jokey nicknames too, but those are more sort of inside names and not for everyone.

jaxon 4 years 51 weeks

I call EVERYONE babe. When meeting new guys I always have to warn them so they do get weird when I refer to them as babe. I give all people nicknames but my close gf and I have names that date back to high school. My one friend calls all her gf "miss". I call her "Miss Chris" cause she was always a "flygirl" Which also relates to our love of the sone "Miss Thang" by Monica. There is a story behind all of our names for each other

Martini Rossi 4 years 51 weeks

Shopaholichunny, me too! We call each other skank, hoe, skankster, skanky, love, beautiful and Trashy! Its all in love. lol i love it

kiwitwist 4 years 51 weeks

I have petnames for two of my friends, but not all of them.

ladychaos 4 years 51 weeks

Me and a friend of mine used to call each other "darling". My mom always used to question me about what guy I was talking to...but it was just my girl...lol

aimeeb 4 years 51 weeks

Hmmm I have funny inside joke nicknames for some of my friends I call them on occasion but that's about it.

Shopaholichunny 4 years 51 weeks

Yeah we call eah other hun, hoe, skank, b*tch, homie,love, sweetie, etc. LOL We're all really close so it doesn't hurt our feelings. It's an inside joke thing. :D

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