How important are pet names to continued...

[hotoldrguy]

online or ITF (In The Flesh) romances?

I just saw a post from Fara that started me thinking about it. Never crossed my mind that there is a strong relationship between how your love life is going and whether you continue to use pet names.

What do you think? Do you use pet names? Is it a problem when you stop using them?

What are pet names you use with your partner?

 

[Chillygirl]

Totally cynical here....I don’t trust them for the most part. If it’s given to me by someone who has spent time with me, knows the real me then I love it. If it’s very generic and given to me right at the beginning and especially if we only know each other online I assume it’s so they don’t have to learn my name.

 

[sallycee]

I have never been a pet name girl so I find it a little odd... doesn't fit for me.... but I don't mind hearing others call each other their pet names so I don't hate them.....

 

[SassySheDevil]

Little mix of both. I've always used a lot of pet names. The common ones. All the years of waiting tables taught you "Hon" and "sweetie" (until we were told we had to stop because it could bring on lawsuits )

For me. It isn't about not wanting to remember a persons name (but I get the feeling of that) I use user names all the time because of fear of accidently saying their real name in a public room. Some people are very guarded about their real name being public, which I understand.
Yes. This occasionally makes me forget real names, but I'm just old and forgetful.

Even Fara was back and forth between Aunt Fara and Aunt (real name)" to my kids. My family knows most everyone I am close with, by user names. But they know many of their real names too.

There is only 1 person here who ever gave me what I would call and Original pet name, and I will treasure it forever. I'm not a fan of the common names myself. Other than Baby or Babygirl from the right person. Random dude. No.
Kind of like Chilly. If you call me pet names flying out the gate, it doesn't feel right, and I don't feel like I have earned it. So it has less tingle.

 

[ydahecnot]

I would never call a gal Fido!

 

[fsa52]

I would never call a gal Fido!

I think that’s a damn good decision on your part!

 

[ydahecnot]

I think that’s a damn good decision on your part!

And Rover ain’t the Plan B that I imagined

 

[SassySheDevil]

And Rover ain’t the Plan B that I imagined

Plan B has a whole different meaning these days

 

[ydahecnot]

Plan B has a whole different meaning these days

Do tell. *chin resting on hands, full attention given

 

[Corbal]

I think either having them or not is fine, but once you do have them, and they stop? That’s a warning that things are going south.
My ex’s friends called me his pet name for me long after ex and I had both stopped using pet names on each other. Awkward. They would see me and scream “POOKIE!!!”
Meanwhile, ex is like, “Fara, can you check on the kids?”

I've always been 'hey, bitch'

 

[SassySheDevil]

Do tell. *chin resting on hands, full attention given

https://www.***********/s/9zfl0zixaxh0u8u/00351285162885_1.webp?dl=0

 

[hairball18]

I've always been 'hey, bitch'

But that is well earned. Even lovingly.

 

[ydahecnot]

https://www.***********/s/9zfl0zixaxh0u8u/00351285162885_1.webp?dl=0

Darn, i hoped it meant anal

 

[Deleted member 5521640]

I've always been 'hey, bitch'

That was one of the names my ex loved to call me. That and cunt. The former when things were good between us, the latter when things were less than stellar. And no, I don't miss being called either one.

 

[hairball18]

That was one of the names my ex loved to call me. That and cunt. The former when things were good between us, the latter when things were less than stellar. And no, I don't miss being called either one.

I don't blame you.

 

[hotoldrguy]

I think either having them or not is fine, but once you do have them, and they stop? That’s a warning that things are going south.
My ex’s friends called me his pet name for me long after ex and I had both stopped using pet names on each other. Awkward. They would see me and scream “POOKIE!!!”
Meanwhile, ex is like, “Fara, can you check on the kids?”

Guess Pookie can be either M or F. My wife used to call me Pookie...LOL

 

[hotoldrguy]

Twins!
We should celebrate.

OK but no getting romantic or we have to call each other Pookie and no one will know which one of us is talking about who.....

 

[hotoldrguy]

Okay, POOKIE.

OK POOKIE

 

[Lonelywife1205]

It seems like Frank is really enjoying the pet name Daisy gave him.

 

[FranklyFrank]

It seems like Frank is really enjoying the pet name Daisy gave him.

https://i.imgur.com/o1Uj6Iw.png?1

 

[Lonelywife1205]

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[FranklyFrank]

My eyes are over here...

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[Lonelywife1205]

Ok Franklin, let’s not clog up the thread. You can PM me my pet name.

 

[Lonelywife1205]

Listen, Wifeypants…

Sup Pooks?

 

[Lonelywife1205]

Not sure how. They’re hard to miss.

RIGHT??!

Ridiculous.