To consider dumping this very lovely, intelligent, and hot, man because he persists in calling me 'baby'

[PainteditRed]

It just makes me cringe. I have told him I don't like it.

[SequinsAndSparkles]

My DH calls me babe, baby etc and I love it But then again I also can't wait for Kate Middleton to become a princess and I also like playing Barbies with DD. Starting to think I don't belong on here

[PainteditRed]

Still no excuse for using such a horrible term of affection. ugh.

[PainteditRed]

A friend calls her husband 'Munchkin'. Why oh why (head in hands)

[Mumcentreplus]

I call people babes generally...and I call my DH honey,baby,babes and even occassionally Darling!...kill me

[d0gFace]

My dp used to call me babe at the start, it was soon replaced by something else when I started making names up for him :)

[shrinkingnora]

Painteditred - judging by your typo of desperate's name at 15:04 I would say you need a good shag

[VinegarTits]

let be honest OP, if he were really that lovely, hot and intelligent you would give shit what he called you

do you really even like him?

[Chil1234]

YANBU..... If you're already finding your exciting new man's got irritating habits at this stage, imagine how you'll feel a few years down the track when you discover all the other annoying things he does. Trust your instincts.... 'baby' is the tip of the iceberg.

BTW... I turned down an offer of a date with a man once because he rearranged the contents of the coffee table far too precisely. Marked him down as a 'nit-picker'... brrr!!!!

[VinegarTits]

i dumped someone after a 2nd date because they didnt polish their shoes, make of that what you will

[VinegarTits]

oh and my first post should say wouldnt give a shit

[steamedtreaclesponge]

If you've told him that you don't like it and he persists, YAdefinitelyNBU. Why waste your time with someone who doesn't listen to you or respect your wishes?

[GabbyLoggon]

Ignore it or grasp it close to your buzzoom and learn to love it.

[FunnyBumbleBee]

I once dated a man who called me babydoll. He didn't last long. Yuck!

[SpringchickenGoldBrass]

Just because he's attractive, available and a nice human being doesn't mean you have to date him, or have sex with him, if you don't particularly want to. Firstly, few people are attracted to everybody they encounter. Secondly, it's not actually terribly nice to keep seeing someone just in order not to be single, if you don't actually want to have sex with that person.
It sounds like neither you nor he are bad people, just not suited to one another, so it;s probably best to dump him kindly but firmly and move on.

[reelingintheyears]

Buzzoom???

[nijinsky]

YANBU. Its cringeworthy. And would make me worry he can't remember my name.

[nijinsky]

...or it would give me an irresistable urge to break into Justin Beiber's "BABY, BABY, BABY" in a sickly sweet teenage tenor whenever he said it.

[missslc]

I'd love to be called sugartits now and again.

[AliSheedy]

I've been with my gorgeous, intelligent, witty, charming and generally fabulus husband for 10 years, despite the fact that he regularly calls me...(wait for it)...


hun

[AliSheedy]

fabulous, even

[HHLimbo]

"this very lovely, intelligent, and hot, man" - Do you really think that, or do you just think thats what you should think?

If you dont fancy him that much, sure, why bother with a relationship?

Or you could start calling him "foetus", "my little toddler", etc. Could be a laugh

[jeckadeck]

YABU. I've never understood why people get so het up about these obviously joke names.

[thesnowmanleft]

AliSheedy - does he spell it 'hun' or 'hon' if the former, you have to leave him I'm afraid

[janajos]

My husband calls me babe, poppy, all kinds of things that aren't my name - if you like/love him, does it matter?

[PainteditRed]

So how would you deal with a text, after three dates

'Baby bum, have I told you how hot you are baby I just want to lie with you for eternity. Just picked X up from school with a bump to the head, want o give you kisses baby xxxx'