Greetings That May Not Be Received Well
Good day fellow writers and readers.How are you today? Hope all is well. I'm doing ok just trying to be as positive as I can be. I'd like to first give you update on me because a lot of you have asked. Yesterday I had an eye doctor appointment and was given good and bad news.
A few things on the good news. I no longer have physical limits I have to follow. I'm still going to take a cautious approach to this. I was told that the bubble line in my eye should be gone in about a week. The bubble however will still be there for a few more weeks. Once bubble line is out of my vision view doctor said my eyes won't be so sensitive to the sunlight. All good for my timeline to getting back to normal activities.
The bad news is that my pressure in my eye is still high. Doctor prescribed me some new eye drops to use to combat this. I'll find out next Thursday when I get checked again if this is effective. If not I have to see another doctor which will most likely lead to another surgery. That's where I'm at friends, let's get onto the main course my topic for today.
In my last article, "Sir and Ma'am "I wrote specifically about using those two words for greetings. If you haven't read click here. Today I'm going to touch on greeting one usually makes to the opposite sex. Most guys aren't too picky on what they are called by women. I believe that is not the case for all women. I'm going to mention the following terms: dear, honey (hun), babe, and sweet heart (sweetie)I've found some dislike them and only prefer thier partners to call them such.
Dear
I think out of all the greetings I mentioned this one is used the most. I use it myself a lot but not everyone likes it. I find it's probably the easiest one to say to someone out of the rest. I do not use it when addressing my full-time customers. It's a little different with my other job. I will use to some of the merchants I pick up from because they know me well. If a customer refers to me with an opposite sex greeting I will end with a thank you dear.
Honey (Hun)
Ok I'm moving down the line on what may be hardier to say in my perspective. Some may be okay with being called honey. I have noticed s lot of waitress use this term. Are they taught to say this? Obviously it's easy to use back if referred to first. It can be used to someone you have built a friendship with. It just depends on which context you use.
Sweet Heart (Sweetie)
I hear this word and automatically think of my late grand mothers. I can't count how many times I've been called a sweet heart by an older women. Just for clarification purposes I'm talking about 60 years of age or oldier. I rarely use it and the only time I would if someone did something above the ordinary for me. Whoops I do use it on Noise to someone who refers to everyone as sweet heart but does that even count? I do use sweetie a lot though but again to those I know well and to a waitress that is serving me msybe.
Babe
I think this one is more or less to only be used with our partners. Not saying it doesn't get used elsewhere. I have used in the past but with someone who knows I'm not interested in them more than a friends.
Final Thoughts
There are several other greetings one may say to the other sex. These were just a few I came up with and use myself. I will admit being older it seems I'm allowed to say these more freely than someone who is under 3o to say.
Disclaimer I have never been slapped for using any of these terms. So I must use them wisely.
Haha but I have been told on social media twice not to even call them dear. I respect them for it and I'm still friends with one of them. I will slip every once in awhile and she doesn't call me out on it. Now I will often ask right away if they mind being called dear, sweetie, or honey.
Are there any gender greetings you don't like to be called?
This is all everyone thanks for stopping by again :)
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I use "Dear" a lot when communicating with a lady. The word is sometimes misused and I think I'm also guilty of that. Also some people, especially those not close to me don't really appreciate ben called dear. So now, when chatting, I use "hey dear" for close friends and "hey, there" for acquaintances. 😃