To not enjoy being called sweetheart

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Babes or angel by anyone, especially women. Makes my teeth itch.

the guy next door to me is mid 20s and he calls me pal, WHAT

I love 'hen' dh's granny says it all the time.

I miss 'my darling' or 'boy' from growing up in Norfolk.

Not keen on 'love', but you get used to it.

I quite like hen but then I only know a couple of people that use it and they are lovely so I think I associate it with them.

Lol at pal.

One of my neighbours calls me 'my dear' makes me feel about 90 years old.

I call most people sweetheart.

YANBU. I especially hate it when it's said "sweedart"
Also, please don't ever call me love!

"Pal" is usually used with an aggressive tone around here. Mate & mucker are more friendly terms.

Cocker is common here. "Wasson cocker"

Sweetheart, darling and love are all words I use, more on here with strangers than I would in the real world (although I'll use them with family). I don't pepper every post with them or anything, but I think usual is right about it making people feel cared about on a thread if they are having a hard time. And it's got to be better than (((soft hugs))) .

Really? You really want to get annoyed at being called sweetheart, or love or whatever?! I can think of worse things to get wound up by, to be honest.
Being called terms of endearment doesn't rank up there.
You'd hate living round here, then. You could be 18 or 81, you'd still get called 'luv' 'darlin' or 'duck.'

my mil was glaswegian and called women hen and men cock

y'alright cock? yes hen.

i liked it. otherwise a pox on all terms of endearment from people i am not on significant personal terms with.

I don't mind sweetheart, lovvie but the following piss me right off!

Hun - Im not german
Love - ok by market traders and the like, but not 20 summat blokes
Ducks - reminds me of an office bully when I first started work
Chick - oh that really winds me up)

Actually market traders can call me anything they want but twatty 20-summats cannot.

Springdiva bird is a very regional thing where I am. It's used by women to other women - a bit like using sparrow or lamb. It's not bird in the way a man would use bird to describe a female, which I always think is a very regional thing too.

complexnumber I'd never heard of cowson but Urban dictionary says it's the UK equivalent of son of a bitch.

The only term of endearment I cannot abide is when a total strange calls me Dear. I have no idea why, but I just find it extremely patronising.

Normally around here people call you hen. I really don't mind that at all. In fact, I call my granddaughters "hen" and my grandsons "son", e.g. "Awwww come on over and sit on my knee son" said in a sing song granny voice.