How Do You Address Your Husband?

Today while running errands he insisted that the entire family call him Grand Master G....Or he wouldn't answer. I am so hoping he is back to normal (or as normal as he gets) tomorrow.

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I say, "hey." LOL. We don't have pet names for each other, but we don't use each others names. It works for us! I absolutely can't stand when people call me "sweetie," "honey," or any pet names. If someone doesn't even know me, I don't need them making up names for me. UGH...so annoying! I'm not talking about you, or anything. I'm just speaking in a general sense. If someone refers to me as honey,or something...I tell them, "My name is, ..." I really hate it.

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I call my husband Jon or Jonathon, depending, or daddy around the kids. I don't think I use any pet names, but sometimes we use "Honey Bunny" as a joke because a friend made it up as our obnoxious pet name for each other.

I usually address other people as "ma'am" or "sir" depending on their gender, miss if a young lady appears to be in her teens or younger. My husband addresses waitresses as "miss," though, which I find highly amusing. :)

Oh, and I agree about finding "sweetie" or "honey" really annoying coming from other people--unless I'm related or a really close friend, I find name shortening or anything like "sweetie" to be extremely obnoxious or slightly amusing, but never welcome. :) I try to be nice to people about it though.

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I call my husband babycakes, Kenneth when he's in trouble, Kenny (only other person who could call him that was his grandmother), or tow truck because he wanted a nickname more manly than babycakes and at the time that was all I could think of!

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I call him by his name, I am not big into pet names. It's weird to me.

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I call him 'Hun, babe, or TJ.' The sad thing is we were together for over a year before I figured out his name was Travis, NOT Tyson. O_o lol..

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I do use his name, but it's often "hon." The thing that we BOTH use the most though, is "dude!" Everyone thinks it's hysterical that my husband calls me "dude," but it works for us! Sometimes the kids even join in. Funny.

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I'll call him either "hun" or by his name, or "Daddy" around our daughter. I'll call our daughter "buddy" or "bud" sometimes haha

When I first met my husband, I only knew him by his nickname, "Phoenix". So that's all I called him then. Somehow I slowly transitioned into using his real name & I don't use his nickname anymore.

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I call him by all of the sweetheart names, including his first name. Oh, and "Daddy", even though my kids are older teens now. Old habits die hard!

Smiles!
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'babe' 99% of the time. i only call him 'david' when i'm talking ABOUT him. but i'm blown away how many of the rest of you do it too!
khairete
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first name or babe. around kids i call him hey dad. or daddy.

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My husband's name is Chadwick and everyone calls him Chad for short, but I felt bad for the left out "wick" part of his name so my pet name for him is "Wicky-poo." He cringes when I call him "Wicky-poo" in public :)

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Babe, sometimes it feels weird to say his real name. LOL. I don't know why but I won't let him call me mom, As in Hey Mom come here, it bugs me and I am not really sure why. LOL.

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I'll call him Sweetie. And *cringe* sometimes Daddy, especially if we're sitting at the table with the kids. He knows I'm about to say something really important when I call him by his given name. "MARK. You will be late for work if you don't get up NOW."

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Hon, babe, fella, Sexyman, chico.

The Man.
When I complain about him to my sisters we call him Brutus, tehehe.

But I try to say, I love you, Edsel. Using his actual name has a greater effect!

:)

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Mostly "babe."
I call people younger then me (i'm almost 29) "sweets," or "sugar." Not sure why, just always have.

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I call him "husband" "sweet husband","husband of mine" "honey""hon" "sweetie" "sweetie pie", "honey bunch""dad" "Daddy", "my dear", "sweet cheeks", "baby" "super dad" "babe", "lover"

or "matt", lol

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i always call him by his first name. He always calls me by my first name, and occasionaly he calls me.. 'hey you.' lol

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I either call him by his first name or Sweetheart. And there have been many many times that I've called him by his first name and got no response, but Sweetheart will get his attention every time. But I've called him Sweetheart since before we dated and were just friends, so he's heard it for nearly 20 years.
And he rarely calls me by my name. When he does it always sounds weird to me. He doesn't call me any nickname either. He just talks to me.

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I usually call my husband Hunny or babe. On the rare occasion when I have to address him by his name, it just sounds so weird!

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Since were BOTH named Chris we never call each other that. I have called him "The Big Man" f-o-r-e-v-e-r and now that he lost over 60 pounds and looks like he did in high school. Now I call him the "Former Big Man."

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Usually Babes, Hon, or Eagleheart (goes back to a travel story he told me early on). If I call him by his given name, he knows I'm about to discuss an issue that's very serious to me.

I've heard that children are given middle names so they'll know when they are in deep trouble: "Jacob Allen Smith, you come in her right now!"

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I shorten my husband's name. He has a wierd name that NO ONE in the world is named, I swear. I call him "Silver" (sounds like seal-ber). Sometimes he gets "honey"....but really I just call him by his name.
I don't call people that I don't know by any other name....I hate it when people call me "hon" or "sweetie".
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I call my husband "babe" so much that I asked my almost 3 yr old son last week "What's Dada's name?" and his answer -- "BABE." He goes up to my husband sometimes and says "Love you, Babe" just like I do.

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I actually call him a lot by his name but I also call him "chico ". A spanish word like boy. He calls me "angel".

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It's usually Honey or Pookie. He calls me Babe or Honey. I don't know why but, on those odd occassions when he calls me by my first name, I automatically think that I'm in trouble for something (even though I'm not) because he rarely calls me by my given name.

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Same here. I call my hubby Babe, Baby, hun, honey and everyone else younger than me sweetie... =D

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I usually use his name or the occasional Darlin', maybe sweetie - not so much that one tho because I call my daughter that. I'm not a southerner, but I like shortening darling to darlin'... sounds more intimate to me.

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I am 29 and been married to my husband Dustin for 11 yrs. (together14) I only ever call him by his name if I am mad other then that its babe or honey and he does the same. If I hear my name I know hes mad about something and same with me.

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My friend and her husband call eachother "Dear" and it sounds super forced and antiquated. Kind of makes my skin crawl, because it makes me think that they are playing house. There are other aspects of their lives that also contribute to this feeling, so maybe it's not just the "Dear." My hubby and I use "hon" and "honey."

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I call him; Babe, baby, Benny (his name is Benjamin), Shrimp Boy (Inside Joke:) I call him Ben when I need to get his attention about something ''serious''. He never uses my name and when he does it's when we are arguing and he says; ''You know what, Maria blah-blah-blah...'' Ohhh it just sounds sooo weird! Lol.

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i call both of my men "babe" or "baby". sometimes my husband is "daddy" if i am referring to him to my son. i am "baby", or "mommy". we don't call each other "mommy" and "daddy" except for the sake of our son. the only time i call either my son or my husband by their name is when they are in trouble. it's an affection thing. i try not to call anyone "sweetie" or "hun" unless i am friends with them - i am a team leader at work so it's kind of a bad habit to get into. i may care about people and look at them sort of as my "kids" (at least, people i care about, and who i am responsible for) but i have to keep in mind to stay professional.

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I call him by his name...Every now and then I use "Sweetie" but I'm not into that so much and it always feels weird. Sometimes I'm being funny and call him by his last name.

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We called each other Honey and also used our full first names. This is in the past tense because I am a widow.

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Babe or his actual name. He always calls me Babe or Baby, Its super weird when he calls me my name, I think he's mad or something. He used to try to call me these crazy pet names and I got mad at him and now he just sticks to babe. lol. I also cal my daughter baby, but usually in a different tone... she is 2.

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We've been together for 6 1/2 years and I always call him a pet name. Usually babe-we joke that our daughter must think that's his name! I only say his name if I am angry or trying to make a point. Same goes for him-I am pet names unless he is angry lol.

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Usually I call him J or babe. His name is Jason and I usually only say it when I'm talking to someone else about him.

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I don't remember the last time I heard him say my real name,if he is mad at me or upset he'll just talk with nor regard in naming me,I call him by his first if we are out & he fails to hear me other than that it is Babe same with him

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I'm not sure I know what my name sounds like coming out of my husband's mouth... Hahaha. We call each other "Babe". I do call him by his first name occasionally, but only when it goes something like this... "Hey Babe... Babe... Babe... Babe... RICK!!!!!!" Hahaha. :-)

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I call him Babe. Unless I call him a couple times and he doesn't hear me. Then its his first name in an annoyed tone!

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The only time I call him by his name is when I'm calling him from another room, or need his attention. Mostly I call him babe, hon, and if I want something - honey baby pookey bear followed by a head tilt, smile and blinking eyes haha!