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

[spababe]

'Babe'

?

Mine's "princess". I'm a rabid feminist

I am called babe by my Dad and was called gorgeous by FIL before he died. I call DS and DP the same pet names - babe, honey, sweetie - they are just names I call people I love.

It's just a term of endearment to us. Like poppet, darling, sweetheart.

I sometimes call our DDs babe, DH sometimes calls our DDs babe. Nothing odd about it.

Nothing sinister, odd or inappropriate about it

Awww I love that!

Umm, babe literally means an infant child. How on earth would that be inappropriate for a parent to call their child?

My mum and dad called me Babe

We were from Essex (but not in a TOWIE way)

My boys are Handsome or My Lovely

And embarrassingly. One of them is Baby Boy, and one is Big Boy. They are 12 and 14. DH calls them this too

My aunt calls my 6'4" inch cousin babe and completely freaked when his new girlfriend did. Was hilarious. Nothing wrong with it IMO!

I don't use the term as wouldn't want to offend anyone, as it could sound like you think they're a pig.

I know lots of people who use the expression instead of the dreaded hun.
Both men and women to a variety of family members and friends.

You remind me of the babe.

What babe? [Grin]

Oh Lordy I call everyone babe. Inc my 3 df. Though it does make me feel a bit towie, can't seem to help it though it just slips out!

Fgs. DC not df

I use babe all the time for dd, my dw, my friends!

I to this day am Babs ( short for babby ) to my dad. I am 42.
Your op is ridiculous and snide.
hth

My 12 year old DS and I call each other babe all the time

I call my DD babe.

Um.
Over the course of one evening I realise I've called my lot Petal, Cherub, Boyo, Allybobs, Tiddles and Honeybun.

They are all bigger than me, and I think maybe I need to get a life, a grip or a clutch of kittens.