probably am... 'Little man' is such a yuk phrase

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Isn't it? 'little man' , 'my little man'... ranks among 'tot' and 'yob' for me. Not as bad as 'my sexy little man' but still...

I don't mind 'little man', don't really have much feeling one way or the other about that.

What I do hate is 'The Boy'

People say that to us all the time...
'and what will 'The Boy' have?'
'are you bringing 'The Boy'?'
'What does 'The Boy' want for Christmas/his birthday'

He.Has.a.name
use.it!!!

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If you live in the Fens ! Little Man is quite a common phrase along with my man ! Thinks it's a nice pet name to use but it's personal preference.

I call my ds little man and have done since he was born. So YABU.
Sexy is ergghhh though!!!

I think 'little man' is nasty. Makes me think of their willies. Against my will.

YANBU

I don't like little man, but I do quite like little one.

I am going to get this all out now, I dislike the following:-

Little man (or in Norfolk they say "my man")
Little un
Anything with sexy in it referring to a child.

My dh calls ds "mate" which is kind of a long the same lines, annoys my mother no end.

Not worth getting upset about is it?

I call DS wee man, if I'd had a girl it would be wee wifie no doubt or quinie.

I've now started calling him toddlebonny, and I haven't heard that since people used it to me!

YABU little man is sweet.

but Sexy ? - never heard and never want to,

ponderingthoughts - the boy is horrendous!

my boys are 'mate' and 'spud'. Appalling, but true.

good gref is this all the op has to wory about.
YABVU

In parts of Belfast 'My boy' is my partner, my 'wee boy' is my son.

'Little man' is cute.

DH uses the 'the bairn' (as in how was the bairn today?), or 'my little lad / laddie' which I find cute tbh although I am not a geordie and would never use these terms naturally myself. The term 'little lass' is also used a lot in the north east. I quite like that too.

We do use our DS's name from time to time as well though'

I grew up in Norfolk, and a few of my mother's friends would always refer to me as 'my woman' (as in 'are you alright, my woman?') I quite like it, and it makes me feel nostalgic. Boys, in turn, were 'my man'.

I have a friend (who lives in Norfolk) who often refers to his son as 'the boy' and it makes me smile, as it sounds kind of Dickensian when he says it.