To think that my friend's husband shouldn't be calling his teenage daughter...

[spababe]

'Babe'

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I call my teenage son "babe"....I'm not sure what your point is?

I can't comment honestly without outing myself but if you have no other concerns about their relationship YABU.

Lots of people do.

I've never knowingly uttered the word 'babe' in my life, but it's not inappropriate for use with a child. People use it as others would use 'darling'.

no concerns whatsover just seems more a GF term than one for a daughter but then I don't have a daughter admittedly

YABU. It's a term of endearment to some.

but you can have the nn spababe

I call my teenage son babe sometimes. what's wrong with it

Why not exactly? It's not a term I would use but isn't inappropriate in any way.

'Babe' is also a little pink pig...

It's an accepted term of endearment, isn't it? That alone wouldn't bother me.

My dad calls me and my sisters babe and gorgeous all the time! lol

Pretty offensive to term anyone of adulthood/ near adulthood really.

Dinky... but OP wants to be the only babe, The Babe!

Erm, I've been known to call my dog 'babe'.

It's not a sexual/romantic thing, if that's what you're getting at.

My nan calls the tiny infants in our family "babes".

Is that wrong too?

I call all my adult children and step-children babe, be they female, straight male or gay, my own or not they are all my 'babes' just because they are!

My dad calls me babe not sure what your issue is?

It's just a term of endearment, like sweetheart etc. If he was calling her sexy ( I have seen parents refer to their kids like this on facebook) I could see your point. But babe is fine, it's like baby.

reassuring - thank you

My great uncle used to call me babe, and never been anything dodgy about it. It's just a word some people choose to use, like "love", "hun" etc...

Jaysus! A rose by any other name would smell as sweet!- and all that jazz.
It's a pet name for a child. How can anyone find it offensive or inappropriate?

One of my dads friends called my sister babe and gorgeous all the time whilst we were growing and ive known him since i was born. (Dad uni friend, married late so was our 'big brother' for years) He never meant anything by it and used to make my sister and i giggle when he said it hence why i think he said it. He now passed away, but he was an important part of my very happy childhood. He never once laid a finger on either of us and did nothing more than spend hours holding one end of skipping ropes and putting up with two little girls following him and chatting to him all the time! Term of endearment. Is this guy from Yorkshire?

I think if there were any weirdness with the term, which there isn't, surely that would be in calling your girlfriend it rather than your child. YABU.

Yorkshire is possible - I'm terrible at accents

londonrach that's really sweet.

Sister and me not just my sister.