As in sweetie, pumpkin, sugar, angel, etc.

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    Im not a pet name person. Honestly I don’t even use names if I can avoid it. My wife is polar opposite. She calls me and everyone with things like honey and sugar like she was raised in the south (which she was not) no one including herself knows where she picked that up.

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    In all the relationships I’ve ever had, I’ve never had pet names for my partner, and they never had any for me, which I guess is kinda weird? Like, are there “pet name people” and “non-pet name people”, and do they only attract the same type?

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    I tend to call them “love” and “my heart” (or just “heart”, for short), a lot; much closer to an actual pet name but I’ll often refer to them as “dove”, “baby pie”, or “love muffin”, as well.

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    When we first got married, instead of calling me “hubby” she called me “hooby”. So I started calling her “wief” (rhymes with reef), which lead to “leafy wief”, and now it’s just “leafy”. It’s become an inside joke and it’s stuck.

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    We call each other bitch, in the most loving way. It’s kinda awkward sometimes because we forget when we’re in public and people overhear us and think we’re awful to each other. My MIL heard me whisper bitch under my breath to my wife once and was probably shocked, although she didn’t bring it up or anything. I hope she doesn’t think I’m verbally abusive or something.

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    My wife had my number saved on her phone as < first name >< last name >, and didn’t get why I found that odd. I had to change it myself.

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      “Good morning to you, Mrs. Riots.”

      “Good morning to you as well, Mr. Riots. Did you sleep well?”

      “Indeed, Mrs. Riots, I did. How did your evening fare?”

      “Quite well, Mr. Riots. Quite well, thank you.”