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As in sweetie, pumpkin, sugar, angel, etc.

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[–] Vengefu1Tuna@lemmy.zip 17 points 4 weeks ago

When we first got married, instead of calling me "hubby" she called me "hooby". So I started calling her "wief" (rhymes with reef), which lead to "leafy wief", and now it's just "leafy". It's become an inside joke and it's stuck.

[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you have to make the face as well ? πŸ₯΅

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

We call each other bitch, in the most loving way. It’s kinda awkward sometimes because we forget when we’re in public and people overhear us and think we’re awful to each other. My MIL heard me whisper bitch under my breath to my wife once and was probably shocked, although she didn’t bring it up or anything. I hope she doesn’t think I’m verbally abusive or something.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

We don’t. Is it weird to be on a first-name-only basis?

[–] wirelesswire@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago

No. Every relationship is going to be different.

[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

"Good morning to you, Mrs. Riots."

"Good morning to you as well, Mr. Riots. Did you sleep well?"

"Indeed, Mrs. Riots, I did. How did your evening fare?"

"Quite well, Mr. Riots. Quite well, thank you."

[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 7 points 1 month ago

Boo boo kitty fuck?

She is my Ducky and I am her little Crow.

But in general we are Darling to one another

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Not in a relationship anymore but for 13 years she was my snugglebunny and I was her honeybear.

[–] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm sorry for the break, but those are cute

They were, I miss it.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Biiiiii....

https://youtu.be/5LGEiIL1__s

We both thought the Key and Peele episode was hilarious and we call each other Biii....

I also use "Love."

[–] Scuzzm0nkey@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

I call her Babe or Sexy Wife, she calls me Husband

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 4 weeks ago

Im not a pet name person. Honestly I don't even use names if I can avoid it. My wife is polar opposite. She calls me and everyone with things like honey and sugar like she was raised in the south (which she was not) no one including herself knows where she picked that up.

[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 3 points 4 weeks ago

I tend to call them "love" and "my heart" (or just "heart", for short), a lot; much closer to an actual pet name but I'll often refer to them as "dove", "baby pie", or "love muffin", as well.

[–] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

We both use baby for each other.
Which sounds weird for some reason, when I write it down like this. Even though we’ve been using it for about 20 years now.

[–] LeaveItToGod@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My love <3

She likes to call me Darling :3

[–] HowlsSophie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

BooBear πŸ™‚

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

My wife had my number saved on her phone as < first name >< last name >, and didn't get why I found that odd. I had to change it myself.

In all the relationships I've ever had, I've never had pet names for my partner, and they never had any for me, which I guess is kinda weird? Like, are there "pet name people" and "non-pet name people", and do they only attract the same type?

[–] Zugyuk@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Babe and Bear πŸ˜…

[–] Vupware@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)