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  • LebamDawg
    LebamDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,855 Swaye's Wigwam
    I have been married enough times I don't call her by her name only because I get confused and use the wrong name. Things I have learned:

    do not call her by an ex-wife's name if you value your life
    do not forget her birthday (that cost me dearly)
    or forget to have kids get something for Mother's Day (did that too)
    or anniversary (so got married on April 15th - a day that I will never forget)

    So yes I use other names to call my wife, but definitely not 'babe'
  • whlinder
    whlinder Member Posts: 5,419
    Yes as well as all the mushy names.

    In fact it is a meme/joke around our friends on how my wife says my name when she is trying to get my attention
  • Doog_de_Jour
    Doog_de_Jour Member Posts: 8,042 Standard Supporter
    edited January 2021
    LebamDawg said:

    I have been married enough times I don't call her by her name only because I get confused and use the wrong name. Things I have learned:

    do not call her by an ex-wife's name if you value your life
    do not forget her birthday (that cost me dearly)
    or forget to have kids get something for Mother's Day (did that too)
    or anniversary (so got married on April 15th - a day that I will never forget)

    So yes I use other names to call my wife, but definitely not 'babe'

    Heh. That’s a good list.

    I always suspected many people use pet names as they are terrified with accidentally calling their current SO by their ex’s name (or whoever they’re fantasizing about).
  • BennyBeaver
    BennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,346
    Babe, hun, honey, sugartits...I don’t see a problem.
  • Fishpo31
    Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,682
    LebamDawg said:

    I have been married enough times I don't call her by her name only because I get confused and use the wrong name. Things I have learned:

    do not call her by an ex-wife's name if you value your life
    do not forget her birthday (that cost me dearly)
    or forget to have kids get something for Mother's Day (did that too)
    or anniversary (so got married on April 15th - a day that I will never forget)

    So yes I use other names to call my wife, but definitely not 'babe'

    My last three significant relationships (wife #1, referred to as the "practice wife", long-term girlfriend, and Final Wife), all have very similar names, all beginning with E...all with the middle name Marie. With the girlfriend, she may have became wife #2, had I not called her by Wife #1's name once when I was exhausted from work...I swore she mis-heard it, but the names are so similar, I was toast. Occasionally, someone will call Final Wife by practice wife's name by mistake, we just look at each other and laugh...CSB
  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,807 Standard Supporter

    My wife calls me by my name. Sometimes she will inverse two letters in my name call me that. I am 50/50. I have about 20 weird names that I called her as jokes before we were married that have been shortened down over the years for use around our kids. We use first names exclusively in public. No one needs to know the stupid endearments we call each other at home. Babe is never used. We both find it cringe worthy.

    Yes! One guy I date called me “babe” and it annoyed the fuck out of me. Especially because I knew that’s what he called his ex.
    Still in the present tense?!?

    He must have other, shall we say, positive attributes.....



  • Doog_de_Jour
    Doog_de_Jour Member Posts: 8,042 Standard Supporter

    My wife calls me by my name. Sometimes she will inverse two letters in my name call me that. I am 50/50. I have about 20 weird names that I called her as jokes before we were married that have been shortened down over the years for use around our kids. We use first names exclusively in public. No one needs to know the stupid endearments we call each other at home. Babe is never used. We both find it cringe worthy.

    Yes! One guy I date called me “babe” and it annoyed the fuck out of me. Especially because I knew that’s what he called his ex.
    Still in the present tense?!?

    He must have other, shall we say, positive attributes.....



    Heh. Damn my lack of proofreading! Yes, past tense.