It must be a Caucasian thing - calling anyone and everyone "babe", "baby", "honey", "sweetie", "sweetheart", "sweetie-pie" or whatever sugary thing it might be.
We will never call another human being a sugar-related name in our culture. It actually sounds pretty disgusting calling someone "sweetheart" in Chinese.
If someone calls me "honey", it makes me wonder if that person actually just forgot my name or worst, didn't know my name. I think the only people allowed to use these names in public are married couples - you are with the person for the rest of your life (knock on wood), might as well simplify things.
When I first dated my boyfriend, I thought it was so sweet that he calls me babe. Then I realized that he calls every female species "babe" on MSN/email. With my strong will power not to strangle him during the confrontation, I told him that if he wants to call me babe he better never call another human being the same (if you want to live). It's no longer special if you call everyone that, you might as well call me "Hey you".
A friend of mine calls her boyfriend babe, the problem is that she called her ex-boyfriend babes too. It's just confusing.
People, save the sweet talks behind close doors. In public, just call me my name.
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