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.

I don't like it much.

Or little lords.

Totally agree. It is naff in the extreme. They are girls end of. I never use the term for grown women either, think it is sexist and dated.

Yabu.

Do people actively search for things to irritate them these days?

Not at all, irritating things just leap out at me all the time!

Little Man gives me rage.

Just. Stop. It.

I often refer to people ( inc children) with various terms of endearment because my peri menopausal brain is wiping my memory

It's truly hideous. It's "wee woman" here in NI though, which I love, it makes me think of tiny little middle aged women in aprons.

How on earth is "ladies" sexist?

I normally hate things like that but i've got a newborn dd and i think of her as a little lady. I never call her that though. I normally call her poo face.

I don't like it either,OP. Or little man either.

Just let them be children, fgs!

It sounds okay and kind of quaint when old people say it.

But parents talking about 'my little man' or 'our little lady' do sound a bit irritating. Likewise 'mini me'.

I do smile when someone refers to their demanding baby or toddler as 'the lord and master' or 'her ladyship' though.

Yabu

My Grandma used to refer to me as her 'little lady'. It was sweet

It seems to get up lots of people's noses' on mumsnet for some reason.

I have called my son Little Man from when he was born. It's an affectionate nickname that our whole family use now.I do find myself feeling paranoid when I call it him in front of strangers in case they are of the judgy mumsnet poster variety...

He IS in fact a little man so I don't see how it's THAT terrible.

Nowhere near as bad as "out for the day with my gorgeous princess"

Irritating and naff.
I don't want to be called a lady either.

My vet calls my cat "little lady", always thought that was sweet.

It does sounds creepy i know wgat u mean