To hate being called hun and darling and girl by other women?

[fruityb]

Slimming world consultant does it - I get texts saying hiya gorgeous or hi darling or when you go it's all hey honey how are you? How's all my girls?

Or make up pedlars on Facebook telling me this £30 mascara will boost my confidence #sisterhood.

AIBU or is it just my serious dislike of over familiarity making me think this is overstepping a mark? There's being friendly and then trying to act like you know me so well. I wouldn't like it if a man did it so I don't understand why some women think it's ok! Quite often they're total strangers and just because we both have boobs doesn't mean you're allowed to act like you're my friend.

hiya gorgeous or hi darling or when you go it's all hey honey how are you? How's all my girls? hahahahaha!!!!!

fruityb, YABU.

At my old workplace everyone was "babes". It drove me mad.

So - one woman does it to you?

lol maybe I am then. It just bothers me a lot! Possibly not helped by my social awkwardness then.

Will accept I am. I just find this whole girly girl thing difficult at times!

And not just one woman that was an example. I see it quite a lot and just find it odd.

Being called 'Madam' is my bugbear!! Girl/hun/darling I can cope with

Used to really bother me...
But now I call DD darling and it slips out all over the place thankyou darling to strangers in shops, I never used to be that person!

I like it! YABU

Seriously, it's just people being nice. I think it's probably got something to do with your confidence as I have come across this before. Not believing you are gorgeous so feeling awkward when someone says you are etc..

Maybe I just need to start doing it back and it'll bother me less lol.

I am quite affectionate with pet names for people but I don't do it with people I don't really know. I kind of build it up over time!

YANBU

Hun is just annoying and the others I'd only accept from DH.

YANBU, I am no one's Hun ! I'm with you, it makes me say Urgh on the inside -no hatred or badmouthing here Red, calm down.

I hate it. "Sweetheart" from people I don't know feels particularly patronising. I don't say anything, just seethe inwardly instead. That's the British way.

Being called 'Madam' is my bugbear!!

Why??

I don't like Madam as it was always used in a telling off tone when I was a kid!

Up here in the West Midlands, it's "chick".

"How am yow, chick?", "Hallow chick", "All right, chick?"

To total strangers, passing acquainances and people you just see round town without knowing their names.

If I got annoyed with everyone who called me "chick", I'd spend my days permanently outraged.

YANBU

YABU. Only trying to be friendly. I'm in theatrical circles and everyone is darling or dear. It doesn't mean anything.

I hate being called hun and darling and girl by other women and by men.
DP initially called me babes. I think I asked him not to the 2nd time.

Sweetheart, love etc - not by strangers please. Madam is more polite.

Girl. I'm a woman. Only acceptable when the male equivalent is boy/lad

wasonthelist because it makes me feel like I'm about 106 years old

My grandma used to call people "cock" as a term of endearment

I call people love a lot but in I am in Yorkshire. Men call each other love here

Agreed with Chris. Everyone is love, pet, mate, lass or lad. I do however have a bad habit of darling-ing people

I hate hun... i think of Attila or a cettain type of German...