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I Am Not Your Honey

Or your sweetie
Or your baby
Or your sugar pie, honey bunch, or bae.

In romantic relationships, we tend to develop a private language. We have our inside jokes, our frequently used phrases, and our nicknames.

A nickname is a fun, playful way to express your feelings for your partner and establish a level of familiarity and comfort in the relationship. These terms of endearment run the gamut from classic to cute to bizarre. Pet names like “sweetheart” and “honey” have been around for hundreds of years (since the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, respectively), while newcomer “bae” is a twenty-first-century invention.

~Grammarly Blog

I admit it drives me a bit crazy when people I do not know think they can just call me honey or sweetie. If you're sending me our first ever private message and your start with "Hey Sexy" because you're too lazy to edit your cut-and-paste message with my name, then do not expect a positive response. 🙄

There are a few (very few) exceptions to this here on SW. A few people I've grown very close to and smile a little when they call me sweetie or something similar. But we've grown into that. We chatted here in stories and in private and developed a relationship of mutual trust and genuine affection. That's when "Jess" gets replaced with something fun and sweet and smile-inducing. 😁

If you want to get there someday, then start with "Jess" because if you start with baby, our relationship will be short-lived. 😒
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YukiSohma · 31-35, F
IAmJess · 22-25, F
@YukiSohma 🙄
YukiSohma · 31-35, F
@IAmJess Oh, I forgot to include your name in my copy/paste intro.

Reintroduction: Hey Sexy IAmjess.

Note: It's probably your avatar. I think cartoon fetishes are on the rise, assuming you were saying you get that a lot. d:
IAmJess · 22-25, F
@YukiSohma 🤦

Really? Like you're kidding, right?
YukiSohma · 31-35, F
@IAmJess Sorry, I know I shouldn't joke on the internet. Because it's not as easy to read someone in text if in text and on the internet there's always someone that is what you are joking about or personifies the satire you are portraying. Part of it was that I assumed you'd not take it seriously because I assumed you've visited my profile. Even if you have, there was still an assumption.

It is true that there there is a cartoon fetish and it's becoming more and more widespread though. That's another assumption though. Because it would make sense to be the case.

You know what they say about assuming.
IAmJess · 22-25, F
@YukiSohma No worries about the joke. it's fine.

But cartoon fetish? That I didn't know. I just think bitmoji's are cute and funny. 🤦
YukiSohma · 31-35, F
@IAmJess I doubt anyone sent you a PM like that because they have a cartoon fetish or were attracted to your avatar. That was also a joke. Obviously they'd know you weren't a cartoon character.
IAmJess · 22-25, F
@YukiSohma Ohhh 🤦 Lol, I totally missed that. I thought you were saying there were people who sexualized cartoons like bitmojis. My bad.
YukiSohma · 31-35, F
@IAmJess There probably are, but you aren't a bitmoji, you just have one for your avatar.
IAmJess · 22-25, F
@YukiSohma Yes of course.

*Phew ... I thought my cover was blown for a sec there*