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Guess who DH is texting....

zerostepdrama's picture

Person: Hey

DH: Hey Baby

Person: How was your day?

DH: Cold

Person: I know that is how everyone has felt this week

DH: Is everything good

Person: Yeah, just a lot going on

DH: Well dont worry I am going to take you our on Saturday for some fun

Person: Ok

Is it:

A) His wife- Me

Dirol A secret lover

C) His 15 year old daughter

If you picked C you are correct!!!!!!!!! I'm sure the "Hey Baby" gave it away!

WTF----WHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYY---- HEY BABY??????? Ugh if my dad ever said this to me I would look at him like he had 2 heads.

I call DH "Babe". He calls me "Baby" I guess he is still calling his 15 year old Baby as well.

Next time he says "Baby" to me I am going to look at him as serious as can be and say "Please do not use the same pet name for me, your wife who you make love to, as you do for your 15 year old daughter." (unless anyone else has a better come back!

I accidentally called my BS "Babe" the other day. He looked at me with this face like Why did you just call me babe????

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positivelyfourthstreet's picture

Yuuuuuuck!

I have two bios. Son is 18 daughter is 13 and baby of the family

I called them so many different little names but when it came close to shaving time for my son I switched to just his name

My daughter still gets sweetie, honey, sweetheart and the silly baby toddler names simply because she's my last baby

It's strictly a mother daughter type thing but you'd probably gag on some of the names I call her

I call everyone in the family silly rabbit if they're being goofy about something

I used to joke around and call my son "The Boy" but he's been shaving probably since he was 10 and he's definitely a man now

Sigh

They grow up so fast

I remember tucking him into his car bed when he was a toddler

He'll probably move out in the next year or two and his little sister will be devastated

They are very close and I will miss him too but it's time to let go

(sniffle)

Disneyfan's picture

My BIL calls my 15 year old niece baby. (Niece9 is baby girl). It doesn't seem creepy, odd... to my sister or anyone else in or family. I think it's sweet.

Kind of funny how something cah be normal in an intact family, but that same thing will ruffle feathers in a step family.

zerostepdrama's picture

I guess different strokes for different folks. No grown family member of the opposite sex has called me "Baby" as its usually a term of endearment for a lover. IMO.

Ljcapp1's picture

My parents have been married 45 years and my dad calls me "booger" or "shithead" as a term or endearment. I call him "old timer." He and I had a great relationship. Ironically, I am the baby of the family too.

Totalybogus's picture

My father calls me #1. There are three of us and I am the first born. It irritates my brother so he calls me Princess Glass Ass-LOL

zerostepdrama's picture

I think if the term of endearment can be used in a sexual setting then it should not be used for a kid- intact or step family.

"ooohhh baby" while making love, etc is very common.

Normally I call DH "Babe". When I am angry at him, I use his first name.

Pet names are a kind of cue to intimacy and they speak to the intimacy in a relationship.

aggravated1's picture

Umm. I think that might ruffle feathers in an intact family-certainly my family members have never done it. It's just weird IMO.

Ljcapp1's picture

I call my son Bud.
We has this same confusion when sd18 lived with us. Dh called us both 'babe.' Sd was pissed and said "if you're going to call her babe too then just call me by my name."
So when she comes to visit and he asks 'babe' to do something she wi always clarify 'who are you talking to, I thought I was your baby."
:sick:

Mini wives...

zerostepdrama's picture

I call my BS "Bubba".

I just feel like if you are going to use the pet name for me, then please dont use it for your daughter as well.

I still think using Babe or Baby for your kid after a certain age is crazy. If you can use that pet name for your SO then I dont think it should be used for your child as well.

twoviewpoints's picture

My husband's grandfather (now long deceased) went by Babe ___________ (last name) his entire life. Not just to his mother (his father died was she was pregnant), but by everyone. When he was introduced to a stranger it was as Babe _______. This man was born in like 1896 and died in the 1960's.

He had Babe ________ on the side of his pick-up truck. The guy went to his grave with Babe ________ on his tombstone. The 'name' started when he was born. He was named for his deceased father, Henry Elvis __________, but his mother was missing the father and still grieving. She called him Babe (Babe of her husband)until the day she died. Living in a small village, I'm not sure the citizens of the town even knew his real name. It was likely a term of endearment to begin with by his mother but it was just the guy's name to everybody else.

But I agree. If your husband calls you Babe/Baby as his term of endearment for you, his wife, it shouldn't be used by him to his children. How many Babe/Baby does one man need running around his house. If he called you Honey Bunch, I doubt he'd be calling his kid Honey Bunch...so why Babe/Baby. You take it as his special name for you. He using it (whether he realizes it or not) as a term of endearment to multi females he cares about. It takes the 'special' away from you.

zerostepdrama's picture

Yes but everyone called him Babe. That was his name. I know a lady- her nickname is Bunny. Everyone calls her Bunny.

Not everyone calls YSD "Baby"... unless you are her Dad or Boyfriend.

Teas83's picture

My husband used to call both me and SD "Babe". I told him he had to pick one of us to continue to use that name on and he did (me). That was back when he appreciated my input though.

Ninji's picture

BF will say things like "We are getting the babies tonight." Or what should we do with the babies this weekend. I'm like, these kids are 8 and 10. They aren't babies. He says, Well they will always be my babies. Whatever.

zerostepdrama's picture

DH always says:

"I'm taking MY GIRLS to a movie."

"I need to see MY GIRLS today."

Its the tone that he uses and it just annoys me. Like HIS GIRLS are so much more important and better then anyone else.

Like What about your SON DH?????

Needalifeboat's picture

SO calls all three of us baby. Me, SD12 and SD14. To the point where he'll text us all the same "how's my baby?" It bugs me but whatever. The only time I was really upset about it was when he called SD12 the one pet name he was only saying to me. Now it's not special any more.

My dad calls me "kid." But he will say to me that I was "the first baby." I think because my parents dote on my kids so much he wants me to feel special too. I'm an only child. I love my parents.

I still call my son my baby. He's an immature 9 and still needs that from me, BUT if I try to kiss him at the bus stop he pulls alway. He doesn't want to be babied in front of his friends. Lol

zerostepdrama's picture

LOL! It's okay Smile

I couldnt imagine my dad using it, so that is why I think its different to me.

When I think "baby" I am usually thinking to the stuff DH is saying to me/or what he wants me to do when he says "Baby" Wink

StepKat's picture

I grew up in the south so pet names are very common. My godfather calls me Babe all the time. I call my skids sweety. But I have names for DH (some I can't use in public or around the kids }:) ) DH's pet names include "Love" "Love bug" "Honey" and my fav "Sexy PT Stud"

Ninji's picture

Cute, my dad calls me shortcake because I loved Strawberry Shortcake when I was young, and I'm the shortest in my family even though I'm 5'6

zerostepdrama's picture

My Dad called me Boney Maroney because I was always so skinny. LOL.

hangingbyathread6's picture

I'm with you Tommar...and sorry Zero. I call my daughters baby, pumpkin, munkin, love, lover. sweetie, sweetheart...and for my son I say all the say except for munckin and pumpkin...those are specifically for the girls,..my son is poopie...lol...I know terrible but it started as a baby and just stuck. I call my DH baby, sweetie, sweetheart, hon, honey, lover also...but in a different context maybe? My DH calls me baby all the time. It's always baby...sometimes babe...rarely by my real name. I can probably count on two hands the number of times he has called me by my first name. But the other side of it...DH also calls my daughters baby...if they call him he will say "Okay baby...I'll see you soon" or "I'll be right there" At night when we go to each kids room and say goodnight and give a hug and kiss he will say "Goodnight baby" to my daughters. I don't find it weird or icky or odd. I find it sweet actually. My mom will still call me baby. My dad calls me love, or dear. Maybe it's just the difference in dymnamics of families. I had also posted how we kiss our kids on the lips, and I kiss my parents on the lips and my brothers, aunts, uncles, grandparents, nieces, and nephews. It's just how I was raised and I don't see anything icky, creepy or yucky about it. But if it bothers you, you have that right. I do wonder though, has he always called her that? Or is this something new? Because if he's always called her that, then I'm not sure you should make a big deal of it...it's something that was already occurring. JMO

zerostepdrama's picture

LOL.... she wanted something....

I think she was testing the waters after the whole BM calling DH and being a bitch thing.

That is the longest text convo I have ever seen between them.

Same goes for DH I think he was trying to put more of an effort in since BM called him a shitty father. LOL

zerostepdrama's picture

Or maybe since we blocked BM's # yesterday, BM had YSD texted DH to see if her # would go through just to be certain.

Never once have I seen a text start off with "Hey"

They are always:

"You wanna go see a movie today"

"I need $20"

"Can you take me to eat"

"I need new jeans"

thinkthrice's picture

:barf: :barf: :barf:

That is all.

Disneyfan's picture

My nephew 17 started the baby thing. When his sister was born, he wouldn't say her name. He just called her baby. Their dad started doing it as well and it just stuck.

zerostepdrama's picture

There is a difference between a Nick Name and a Pet Name.

If Baby was YSD's Nick Name that is one thing.

"Hey this is my daughter Baby"

Instead he uses it as a Pet Name/ Term of Endearment.

"Hey Baby"

"Good Job Baby"

DaizyDuke's picture

Where I come from that is C.R.E.E.P.Y. I would be creeped out if my DH called ME "baby"

All I can picture is some greasy dude with a Barry White voice, trying to pick a hooker up on the corner...."Hey baby" BLECH!

DaizyDuke's picture

My DH is actually a hoot when it comes to "serenading" He will sing along to a song, but make up his own words and he's pretty darn good and hilarious about it... like instead of singing "Black Widow Baby" He'll sing "Black Titty Baby"...ok maybe that would offend some, but I think he's a hoot. He does it a lot with BS4, he'll add his name in a song and make up some crazy lyrics... but BS4 HATES it lol

But seriously, if DH texted me or called me and said "Hey Baby" I would have some SERIOUS concerns for his mental state and I would tell him to stop.

Ljcapp1's picture

Mairin - my DH and I sing that song to each other, real creepy like. "NO YOU CAN'T LEAVE!!!" Listen to the words closely....the dude is about to date rape/stalk that girl. It's a friggin creepy song }:) Wink

Ljcapp1's picture

Yea it's hilarious - we sing to each other really creepy never losing eye contact, and he acts like he doesn't notice I'm ting his hands up....real slow like. Then I push him down on the couch and act like I'm holding him against his will }:) ... LOL that song is so weird for a Christmas song!!

Glassslipper's picture

I used to call SD "Baby Girl" well, because she is the baby, that started when she was about...9 months to a year old, as a term of endearment.
I stopped calling her that when she turned 6...
Sometimes when she is running around and I call her (like out in the yard) and she doesn't respond, I will still yell "baby girl" and she will stop right away.

I stopped calling her that because, she is not a baby anymore...and she is the youngest so that fed into the "I can't do it because I'm so little/young" when her siblings were doing the same and more at her age.

I would be shocked, and upset if DH called her baby at her age. I guess for us, there comes a time when "baby" is a term of endearment for a wife, and "baby" is a cute term for the youngest...

Tuff Noogies's picture

i know how u can make him stop.

}:)

get him all hot and bothered and start partaking in whatever his favorite intimate act may be. do it juuuuusstt how he likes, and when he says "oh yeah baby" look at him and and say "i cannot believe you're thinking of sd at a time like this!" and leave him high and dry.

zerostepdrama's picture

Tuff Noogies that is what I was thinking! When he wants sex from me, he will sometimes be like "come here baby" or "come on baby".