I am tired of being called Hun Honey Darling Love & Babe.

[+ RJD]

39 minutes ago, Rod Hagen said:

you're right, it started around 35, which makes no sense because the person saying it is only 10 years younger.  I'm nearing 50, I still hate it. 

I fought that title being thrown on me for the longest time.  But then I saw how many younger guys are into "daddies" and embraced it.  Plus, I'm not getting any younger.  To quote Truvy in Steel Magnolias, "Honey, time marches on and eventually you realize it is marchin' across your face." 

[Rod Hagen]

5 hours ago, RJD said:

I fought that title being thrown on me for the longest time.  But then I saw how many younger guys are into "daddies" and embraced it.  Plus, I'm not getting any younger.  To quote Truvy in Steel Magnolias, "Honey, time marches on and eventually you realize it is marchin' across your face." 

I don't mind getting older, what i don't want is to be their caretaker, emotionally or otherwise.  I'm too happy caring for guys my age and decades older :-)

Edited November 13, 2021 by Rod Hagen

[Gymowner]

I dont mind them calling me hun, honey, darling, love and babe. When they start calling me guzzard, troll, beast, grand pappy, fart face... that's when it will affect me!

[+ tassojunior]

"Sir" conserves letters. 

[bostonman]

On 11/12/2021 at 11:59 AM, Axiom2001 said:

I refer escorts and masseurs by their posted name. 

Even when their posted name is something like xxxBigCock4Uxxx? 

(A "test" on RM I often use - if their screenname is some gobbledygook like that, I check if they have a regular name listed along with their phone number (or in the ad itself). If they do, and I'm on the fence about hiring them, they earn a few points.)

Edited November 13, 2021 by bostonman

[bostonman]

I have a regular who will sometimes use "Babe" with me and I find that kind of sweet. 

I'm allergic to "Hun" - I've had (female) clerks occasionally use that, and I find it weird. 

In my own professional life, as a college professor, but in theatre, where things often are much more casual than in typical academia, our students all tend to refer to us by first names, which is fine. But I love when I get emails from freshmen calling me "Professor" lol. (I tell them my first name is fine.)

The oddest thing was a theatre director I worked with for a long time in a youth theatre company who often used to refer to me  as "Mr. [first name]" - especially around the kids. It made me feel like a character on a kid's TV show or something. 

Edited November 13, 2021 by bostonman

[+ azdr0710]

My favorite breakfast joints are the ones with waitresses in white starched outfits who keep the coffee cup full and who call me "hun". 

Providers who call me "hun"?  Not so much. 

[whipped guy]

Funny as it may seem I have never been in an escort situation where I have been referenced as hun, honey, babe, darling, etc.

However, as mentioned by @azdr0710 I do like it when a waitress uses the term “hun” or as happened earlier today when I was referenced as such by a young lady who wanted to make sure I had found everything that I needed in the garden center at Lowe’s. It adds a nice personal touch to the experience.  

[Islesguy]

I never have a problem with people addressing me by my first name mostly because that is how I grew up referring to anyone in my circle of family and friends including many adults. A recent hire referred to me with "Baby" almost exclusively. I am still not really sure how I felt about it. It was sweet but weird. Unless I need to get someone's attention, I don't typically use "names"; it's probably why I have trouble remembering them. 😅

[Cruiser7]

16 hours ago, bostonman said:

our students all tend to refer to us by first names, which is fine. But I love when I get emails from freshmen calling me "Professor" lol. (I tell them my first name is fine.)

The oddest thing was a theatre director I worked with for a long time in a youth theatre company who often used to refer to me  as "Mr. [first name]" - especially around the kids. It made me feel like a character on a kid's TV show or something. 

Much to the bane of @Axiom2001, with whom I agree wholeheartedly. Alas, that time has passed, Axiom. 
As for your first name and ‘Mr.,’ bostonman, when I was growing up I was not permitted to call any adult anything without a Mr. or Miss. It was always “Mr. Jones,” or if I couldn’t pronounce their last name, it’d be “Miss Shirley.” My parents were very strict about that. 
To this day I call my friend’s parents Mr or Mrs. [last name] and was appalled when I heard a group of his son’s friends, all around 14–16 years old, refer to my friend as “Daryl,” not “Mr. Smith.” My friend shrugged and said it’s the times we’re in.