To cringe when people call their husband/partner ‘my king’?

[LateSeptembersunshine]

There seems to have been a trend going for quite a while now where people post on social media calling their husband/partner ‘my king’ likewise men calling their partners ‘my queen’.

I think it’s so cringe. Especially when it’s someone they’ve only been with 5 minutes.

Edited to add it’s usually done as a performative caption under a photo or video.

Didn't 'Duchess' use to be a term of endearment? As in 'my dear old Duch'...

(And wasn't it Diana Spencer's childhood nickname because of her 'regal ways'?)

Used to call my kitty The Duchess, but all black female cats are absolute duchesses... 👑🐈‍⬛

Anyway, I sometimes call my DH 'God', but only as a snark, like, he'll turn off the telly and start heading to bed, and I'll say 'Oh, I see God is going to bed...'

Love this. My cat is Chairman Meow.

Spouses have been referring to each other and king and queen in the Black community for a very long time. It seems it’s becoming one of those things that might get adopted elsewhere through social media, lose its significance or appeal/ get watered down/seen as a joke etc etc.

Haven't heard king or queen but have heard prince/princess. Equally as bokesome.

"My king" and "my queen" go way back (long before SM or professional influencing) in some African American communities. I wouldn't say it's very common but not unusual. It doesn't feel as cringey as what you describe, more folksy and relational, like older English (?) people calling their spouse "himself" or "herself". It's less of a 'bling bling I'll worship and spoil him/her' or 'this person is superior to other women/men' attitude and more a kind of quiet acknowledgement that that person is important to them/the centre of their world.

Perhaps his name is Wayne.

My DH calls me princess, or refers to me as his queen - it doesn’t offend me and I don’t care what anyone else thinks tbh.

Yes I agree it’s all over the top.

It’s perhaps used by lovers of Royalty.

I hate the king/queen thing but I love when old men refer to their wives as their bride. It always makes me feel warm and fuzzy that they still think of her that way.

Sounds like a trad-wife thing

I’ve never heard of this. Total cringe!

Urgh.
Though I’d be cringeing at myself too if I found myself on the sort of SM where this cringeworthy sort of thing exists!😂

Heard for the first time today. I'm cringing. Now I have a dilemma. Which is worse: my king, or hubby?

Heard for the first time today. I'm cringing. Now I have a dilemma. Which is worse: my king, or hubby?

Heard for the first time today. I'm cringing. Now I have a dilemma. Which is worse: my king, or hubby?

It's less cringe than DH or DP.

That is utterly cringe. And yet more evidence to support my stance on social media: I don’t use it & have no intention of using it.

Maybe his actual name is Mike Ing?!

I call my dog my king. And I also sing "your love is king" to him, which may be slightly weird.

Isn't that just from Cockney rhyming slang: 'Duchess of Fife' = wife?

The only time I have ever heard this was when my manager posted it on my deputy manager's birthday. Both female and both heterosexual. Weird maybe, but I guess they weren't worried by it. That's the only time I've ever seen it.

Not really heard it but do hear “he is my rock” frequently which is so sycophantic. I can’t bear the Michael Ball radio phone in where women call to declare their love for “my rock”.

Makes me want to vomit. Also, when you look at the social media of the male in the relationship, if you didn’t already know they were married to the woman then you would be none the wiser! No gushy posts, no photos of them together was yet the woman is just completely unaware of their partner hedging their bets and trying to appear single incase anyone with a fanny might slip into their DM’s 🤮