Hello Sweeties...Michigan Talk and Creepy Talk
Being from Michigan, being called "sweetie" or "sweetheart" never bothered me; it is not seen here as flirting; it is just what waitresses say to customers, or what we say to children, or to other women.
Come to think of it, I rarely hear a man say it to a woman unless they are involved.
However, unless we are engaged, don't call me 'babe' or 'darling,' because I am neither to you, stranger.
This doesn't happen to me so much anymore, but I always hated it when some guy I had never seen before would say it.
It seemed creepy.
Funny how different parts of the country experience ways of speaking and how it is interpreted.
Come to think of it, I rarely hear a man say it to a woman unless they are involved.
However, unless we are engaged, don't call me 'babe' or 'darling,' because I am neither to you, stranger.
This doesn't happen to me so much anymore, but I always hated it when some guy I had never seen before would say it.
It seemed creepy.
Funny how different parts of the country experience ways of speaking and how it is interpreted.
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