I kind of want my future husband to call me darling 馃き . Do any young people still say that? The only time I hear it is with older people or people who are being creepy or sarcastic.
Its not a word so commonly used anymore When I call my lady friends (who I know are 100% ladies )"dear" .its is meant with 100% respect ,,Like dear Sir or Madam That was also a commonly use term when I was growing up But now days I find more and more women telling me not to use that disrespectful word with them ,and when I explain it was not meant as disrespect at all ,"don't give me that southern gentlemen crap ,I know condescending when I hear it" Now lady what you hear is your a nut ,that does not know shit from shihola ,,,another phrase not used anymore
The womans lib movements and feminist has ruined more the the words we used to use affectionately
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all I wish is to be called love like those men in British novels do
ummm lol I used to say it as a joke or to be sarcastic then I said it so often that it would come out every now even when I wasn't just joking about haha! so 1 young person at least