AIBU to want to smack someone that doesn't know me call me "hun"m "pet", "love" ... its so patronising!

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and also see it at the end of posts (thankfully not on here) these feckin xxxx (kisses) and "ah hun" and "pet".

eugh makes my skin crawl!

Great MN name qo, I detest irrelevant letters

I don't think being against this sort of thing is a prejudice against regional accents. It's more a protest against inappropriate overfamiliarity.

Call me a dinosaur, but I'd prefer to be addressed as "ma'am" or even "miss" than "babes" or "hunni".

HengshanRoad thats is exactly .... the overfamiliarity when you dont know me at all!!! i understand people are being friendly and I dont scowl at them I just internally smack them upside their head thats all!

I detest it when people in shops, hairdressers etc, called me 'my love'. I can forgive it if they are twice my age, but mostly they seem to be half my age, and it is incredibly patronising.

I hate anyone who calls me hun. And that includes my sister and best friend.

The petnames from male strangers in particular drives me mad, but no one ever does it twice. I've perfected the 'Do I know you?' 'No, why?' 'Because you just called me a pet name' etc etc approach. Or sometimes I reciprocate. 'That'll be a fiver, darlin'.' 'Here you go, sweetcheeks. No, kep the change, snugglepants. Bye now, honeybun.'

Snippywoo, I've made it plain to my doctors that if they call me by my first name, I will reciprocate in kind. If they want to be called 'Dr X', 'Mr X' or whatever (how does one address female consultants in general? I've never had one. Ms X, Mrs X?), then they need to call me by my title, which is 'Dr' (doctorate, not medic). Works a charm.