I have a relative who has talent as a musician. She has been asked by more than one band to join them. She will not. In our family tree, we seek success and seem to have all kinds of talent, therefore, I am embarrassed.
Why sweetie? Because of your lifestyle? Is your family staid/rigid/unadaptable and living in the past? Have they not accepted that loving is a good thing and whom you love is your own business not theirs? Thank you for your reply and Happy Monday WW! :)
My father, the dumbest living thing in the universe. My bloated uncle who at restaurants would refer to a waitress, young enough to be his grand daughter, as "honey" or "sweetie". Someone should have slapped his teeth down his throat. They're both dead now.
Funny odd that you would react like that. I'm 79 and I am never offended if a stranger calls me honey or sweetie. Why are you offended on behalf of others since you don't know whom they are or whether they get a kick out of it? You may think it's disrespectful and would resent it if anyone were to call you that and of course that is your choice and your right. Just don't assume everyone is like you because they're not! Thank you for your reply whistle and Happy Monday! :)
This uncle was a bloated, officious, condescending prick. His use of these addresses was very obviously intended in a condescendingly, a cheap way to make himself feel superior and offered as a jab against a recipient who was in no position to retort. It was analogous to a white man referring to a black man as, "boy".
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