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I have been in a relationship for about 5 months now and i have aquired several nick names? beautiful lady, beautiful princess, princess, sexy, fiancee' (unnoficial) oaky so his ex girl is "princess" a lady friend is "sexy".. so who am i? He says he gives a nick name to every female friend he has? But i just dont receive this as a sexy comment i feel generalized and un personal? Yes i have expressed this but it seems to be hard to acknowledge me by my first name...only once in 5 months have i heard it and whats up with the fiancee' thing is this a nick name too? i am not mad just confused

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Hmm... sounds pretty demeaning towards women in general, and I can see why you'd be upset--I would, too, if I were called nothing but pet names, and I'd be downright livid if I were referred to as nothing but pet names.

However, I will admit that I have a hard time using my husband's name, and he's asked me about it before, too. My reasoning is that he has a very unusual name, and it just never sounds right to me when I say it. On top of that, he usually asks people to call him by a nickname, anyway (which changes with each person he meets,) so I never know how to refer to him when talking to others, and I generally settle with "my husband." When talking to him, I tend to not call him anything, but when I do, I'll generally go with "Love(r)," "Dear," and one or two other variances depending on the mood. ( with "dear" being kind of... sardonic.)


....I'd wager that isn't the case for this guy, though.


I have heard of guys who use nicknames as a way to... not have to bother remember any of their female "friends'" real names.

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Hi, welcome lostnoz smile

I too would feel uncomfortable if my partner referred to me by a general nick-name ~ not even a specific one for me.

To say that 'he gives a nick name to every female friend he has', just implies that any girl is just a girl to him, without any real personal meaning involved.

How real and strong is this relationship from his point of view!?
I think that you need to find out.

Good luck!

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Have you tried not using his name? I have been married for 20 years and noticed while my husband and I were still dating that he rarely used my name, not even a pet name. This continued after we were married I didn't say anything for a long time and then on occasion - maybe once or twice a year- he'd pop out with my name and it actually startled me!! I decided a few years ago that I wouldn't use his name at all to see if I got any reaction. Instead of "Hey Kevin", it was just "Hey", and so on and so forth. After about a week, he was the one who was looking startled...and started using my name as well as nicknames. Give him a dose of his own medicine and let him know how it feels.

It does seem rather demoralizing to women in general to refer to them with pet names only, tho.

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hrmph--am i the only one who is upset at the actual nicknames he's giving to other women? sexy? his ex is princess? what?? ok--i agree with everyone on how demoralizing it is, but on top of that, it seems it should raise a red flag--he refers to every woman by these so-called pet names, and you'd think, as his significant other, that he'd at least treat you differently and call you by your real name. hmmm--i no likey. how does he treat you otherwise?


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that's what I meant by "he sounds pretty demeaning towards women in general"


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And me when I said ~ "To say that 'he gives a nick name to every female friend he has', just implies that any girl is just a girl to him, without any real personal meaning involved" etc.

"Have you tried not using his name?" ~ Sounds l;ike a good idea, ntiggr2. Welcome!


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