to want to scream everytime someone refers to their daughter as "princess"

[WidowWadman]

and want to scream even more everytime someone refers to my daughters as princesses, as though that's a normal epithet for 'girl' or 'daughter'?

Argh.

Actually i call ds1 the little prince!

My main thought about this thread is why the hell do you care what other people call their children? Do you spend a lot if time monitoring these things? Havent you got anything else to worry about? Lucky you!

As long as its not offensive or abusive i couldnt care less

I don't like it, although I appreciate it's none of my business what other people call their dc. It makes me think of the girls being celebrated for being decorative objects rather than capable, kind, intelligent, hard working or some other more meaningful quality.

YANBU. Princess is cringe. It's either:

a. leery, lechy, old man, perv endearment a la Eastenders,
b. Disneyfied, pink bedroom, glitter logo top, Barbie castle, ughghg, or
c. over-precious "Mummy loves you" my child is more angelic than yours.

ANYTHING ELSE is fine...sausage, tinker, loving them all, but particularly loving "knacker" and may start using that for my daughter!

No, I don't spend a lot of time monitoring these things, I've even stopped updating my spreadsheet, it's just that my facebook feed is full of "awww, little princess xyz's first christmas tree/poo/whatever, maybe time for a cull

I call my youngest daughter princess sometimes, she did go through a phase of wearing a tiara every day though .

Lol at "The King of all the Maths"

I cringe at "my little man" but only if it comes up in a Facebook status. Keep it to yourselves people!

I call DD some right soppy stuff but I don't share it in public!

X Posts Widow - yes maybe I need a facebook cull too!

What i do hate on FB is when oeople say

'well done xxx on getting such a fab report, mummy is very proud of you'
'happy birthday xxx cant believe you are 2 already'

WTF its not as if their kids are on FB!

I had to wade through some pretty hideous princess labelled clothing the other day, so I don't think YABU.

But, it's better than calling them asbo or other charming pet names I have heard bandied about.

I call my DD toots, but that is mainly down to being a patronising but handsome gangster from a 50's organised crime movie.

YABU. I don't care what terms of endearment other people use for their children, I agree with another poster I'd rather hear princess than 'little shit'.

I do occasionally call my DDs 'princess', but equally sometimes call them 'my little genius', depending on what they are up to at the time. I try really hard not to only praise on the basis of how they look but also want all my DC to grow up believing they are beautiful people inside and out.

Parenting is a bloody hard job, striking the balance is something I find hard and in the area I live, it's lovely to hear someone say something positive to their child so I wouldn't criticise them for being too 'Disney' if they were

YABVVVU! I can't wait to tell everyone how gifted and special my DLP (darling little princess) is!

I'm a northener and the 'princess' thing is synonymous with 'chaviness' here l'm afraid and said princesses and their mums are usually adorned in pink velour from head to toe.

Oh and just to say not all us northeners are ok with being called 'love' all the time - even though it is part of our culture - especially when its a young shop assistant or bank clerk some twenty years younger than yourself - ok if its an older person.

I call my DS bertie bean, Ted bear pants and mainly 'sausage.'
Better than little man?

I don't think op is that bothered about terms of endearment like princess per se, more the irritating plastering of it on facebook. Therefore YANBU

I sing "she's a little princess" to my dd sometimes, because she likes the show and I find the theme tune very catchy! However, I can't stand the little princess, she's very loud and demanding, so I wouldn't think princess a compliment!

I don't like it either but then I don't live in the south.I think it is a vacuous term and conjures up images of useless people unable or unwilling to do things for themselves because they are too "precious".

YANBU - DD gets called lots of things by me, but certainly not "princess". The people I know who do call their DDs "princess" are at the extreme end of the "hun" spectrum.

breathesslowly - "hun" - yep exactly those people.

The only person who may call me "hun" without me wanting to punch him is my father in law, and then it's a tongue-in-cheek reference to me being German

YABU, but each to their own. I call my ds2 my wee man, as I did with my ds1.

I don't mind it when it's spoken, but written down it does make me want to stick pins in my eyes... examples such as the reading record above and facebook statuses such as "mummi wuvs er ickle prince n princess soooooo much"

I call my children all sorts but keep it between them and me.

I also hate the term "girly girl". You never hear "boy-y boy", do you?

Pathetic.

YANBU. Just as bad as the American "buddy"....

I like wee man

it's a cockney thing, i think
despite having moved away from my roots, i still refer to both dds as "princess" and "sweetheart", but mostly only in the privacy of my own home
i am sort of disgusted with myself for doing so, but i think it's in me genes.