To hate it when people refer to little girls as 'Little Ladies'?

[mrsfoxxxx]

It just sounds.....wrong!

Someone I know always refers to her baby girl as a little lady and in every photo she puts on Facebook there is a caption referring to her as Little Lady. Very irritating.

They are little ladies though, aren't they? Just like boys are little men.

I called my sister a little lady the other day.

She had a handbag on and was sat with her legs crossed and tapping her foot like she was waiting.

Some people call their kids little man too.

I don't see the issue.

When they are calling the kid 'little wanker' or 'little fuckface' then I will understand the problem a little

Hate it if you must but it is not really something I find offence/upsetting/hate/care about.

Why does it sound so wrong to you?

People really go out of their way to find things offensive.

I just think it sounds a bit cringeworthy

Oh I'm not offended LadyLuck.

I got told off for referring to my child as The Child on here so I agree lady

I hate it too: little women would be much better. Ladies is an outdated judgment with all the outdated expectations and associations that go with it.

Could be worse. Could be Mummy's speshul princess...

I don't like it because to me it suggests expectations of ladylike behaviour, that little ladies have to sit in a restrictive, pretty dress and do nice colouring in, while the little men get to play and have fun in the mud in practical trousers.

It's quite possible that I'm projecting a bit.

I can understand the irritation as my MIL calls DD miss woman and it makes me fume I can’t even explain why.

I am a lady, thank you very much. I am also a woman.

I much prefer the term "ladies and gentlemen" to "women and men" in a situation where courtesy is required.

"Men and women, could I have your attention please?" sounds daft.

SpottedZebra The opposite to lady is gentleman, not man. Gentleman has all the same connotations as lady

I say 'watch that lady' when my son isn't looking where he is going.

That doesn't mean I think that person should sit in a dress

I say 'watch that Mister' when it's a man.

TywysogesGymraeg obviously I am well aware that ladies and gentlemen is the matching pair, but in the context of this thread, about people calling little girls, Little Ladies, it is actually Little Man that is the pair. Have you ever heard of a child being called Little Gentleman, as a proper noun?

Your name means Welsh Princess, right? Maybe you're the type who does like calling people princesses, ladies. That's fine, but I have a different opinion!

Im wondering if we have the same fb friend.

Someone on my facebook has a newborn and always calls her little lady and never by her name

I call mine little ladies all the time. I think some of you are projecting a little here tbh. Not everything has to have a deeper, sinister meaning.

I refer to other people's daughters as madam. I count myself as a lady, my husband is a gentleman, but we both live in jeans and drink pints of lager! These are just words and people make so much of them!!

Pile of shite.

Sorry.

Yes I find it really irritating too along with little man and small person, not even sure why I just find it irritating. A one off I can deal with but in my experience the people who do this often always refer to their child in the same way. Calling them prince or princesses probably irritates me more.

Even worse when they use Lil instead of little

Oh I don't like it either. It's up there with prince/princess . Little man is just as cringey, Awhhhhh look at my ickle man. No, just no.

I don't mind being called a lady though, agreed ladies and gentlemen sounds 100000000x better than men and women.

It's better than "little princess". There seem to be thousands of princesses running around these days!

Whats wrong with Master and Mistress?