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Cringe names you’ve heard people call their partners or children?

66 replies

lilpeepgothboy · 02/07/2023 15:29

One of my friends calls her son “little Lord” .. makes me gag.

I’ve had two female friends called “kitty” and “Pooh bear” as nicknames.

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Mrsjayy · 02/07/2023 15:32

Anybody calling a partner baby makes me cringe myself inside out, some one close to me does this just stopit!

wutheringkites · 02/07/2023 15:38

I know someone who calls his wife sweet cheeks. I cringe every time he says it.

Ollifer · 02/07/2023 16:01

Little lord 😂😂😂😂😂

MissChanandlerB0NG · 02/07/2023 16:11

I overheard my DH friend on the phone to his wife of 10 years and said "okay babyy, do you need anything from the shoppies? When I get home I want lots of kissy kissies for Georgies."

All in a cutesey baby voice, I nearly threw up.

Mrsjayy · 02/07/2023 16:14

MissChanandlerB0NG · 02/07/2023 16:11

I overheard my DH friend on the phone to his wife of 10 years and said "okay babyy, do you need anything from the shoppies? When I get home I want lots of kissy kissies for Georgies."

All in a cutesey baby voice, I nearly threw up.

🤢 that is horrific!

stayflufft · 02/07/2023 16:18

Better than overhearing someone calling their child a little shit!

frozendaisy · 02/07/2023 16:18

MissChanandlerB0NG · 02/07/2023 16:11

I overheard my DH friend on the phone to his wife of 10 years and said "okay babyy, do you need anything from the shoppies? When I get home I want lots of kissy kissies for Georgies."

All in a cutesey baby voice, I nearly threw up.

Oh my actual god!

Jongleterre · 02/07/2023 16:21

I had a boyfriend once who told me his ex wife had a nickname of 'Poochycock' for him. He seemed keen for me to carry this name on.

He became an ex very soon after that.

justme2022 · 02/07/2023 16:25

I work with a bloke who calls his wife cheesy tits. No idea why and I'm reasonably certain I don't want to know.

coffeetofunction · 02/07/2023 16:42

I call my DGF

Bitch tits
Wench
Baby
Baby girl
Lover

I don't actually care what anyone else thinks, we love it

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 02/07/2023 17:00

Someone I know was a nursery teacher, and once asked the little kids what their mummies called them.

‘Honeybun’, ‘My little soldier’, ‘sweetie pie’, - etc. but one little girl piped up, ‘You little cow! Mummy calls me ‘You little cow.!’ 😱😥

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 02/07/2023 17:01

A Dsis called her dh ‘Warthog’. Said with great affection though!

Lacoeur · 02/07/2023 17:04

I have a rule were if I wouldn’t say it in real life then I wouldn't write it as a social media caption. I’ve seen people call their bf/ dh ‘our king’ or ‘my baby daddy’ on sm posts on the likes of birthdays and Father’s Day etc. Makes me cringe, should also note not a chance they’d say these things out loud in person.

EmpressaurusOfCats · 02/07/2023 17:08

Hubby/ Hubbie / Hubs / Hubster are all pretty cringey.

Hibiscrubbed · 02/07/2023 17:10

I call my husband by his surname. Sort of affectionate.

ShiteRider · 02/07/2023 17:11

I’m so happy to get these off my chests anonymously because obviously I wouldn’t say this in real life: Crotch goblins, little bear / mama bear, bean, Mama (they’re from Hull so not Mediterranean where ‘Mama’ might be a bit more apt)

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 02/07/2023 17:12

Hibiscrubbed · 02/07/2023 17:10

I call my husband by his surname. Sort of affectionate.

Me too well, that or knobhead

sunshineandtea · 02/07/2023 17:15

And ex and I used to call each other Munter 🤣

FuppingEll · 02/07/2023 17:17

I call my dd all kinds of names, I never use them in company though so you'd never have to cringe through it. Dolly llama, Sausage pie, chicken pot pie, dollface and on and on. She likes it and is disappointed if I use her actual name 🤷‍♀️

Missingmyusername · 02/07/2023 17:19

Oh my god. I call DD kitty cat 🙈🤣

SushiSuave · 02/07/2023 17:22

My 6 year old asked me to stop calling him pumpkin last year. Of course I agreed but he then relented a little and has decided I can only call him Pumpkin at Halloween. Fair enough.

Elderflower14 · 02/07/2023 17:24

I call ds2 Baby bear and he calls me Mumma Bear... 💙 ♥

Shodan · 02/07/2023 17:24

I call DP 'babe' when I'm being annoying 😁"Babe. Babe. Babe. Babe." until he cracks. He always answers with "Yes, sugar tits?" It makes us laugh.

Would never, ever do it in public though.

Debinaround · 02/07/2023 17:25

coffeetofunction · 02/07/2023 16:42

I call my DGF

Bitch tits
Wench
Baby
Baby girl
Lover

I don't actually care what anyone else thinks, we love it

I had to read that twice because I read it as Darling GrandFather. I'm a dickhead. Blush

I call DH "Toad" because when we first started going out I said he was always such a horny toad. It stuck. Even when we argue I call him Toad. Grin

Debinaround · 02/07/2023 17:27

Love bitch tits and wench by the way 🤣🤣🤣