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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:44 PM Original message |
Poll question: If someone who was not your sweetie called you "sweetie" |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. ... I'd order the bacon and two eggs. And orange juice. n/t |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Why orange juice? nm |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. And milk! |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Here. Go to town. |
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Labors of Hercules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
57. BWAH!!!! |
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skiddlybop (408 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, especially if he is a BLACK MAN |
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Kool Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Please tell me you're joking. |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Exsnarkly! |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
60. Wait... he said that to a WHITE WOMAN??? |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #60 |
78. jgrz |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #60 |
83. hahahah!!! |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well since I'm male what do I do when a woman calls me sweetie |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Sorry sweetie, but we didn't have a voting option for a very long time. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. True but that was before I was born. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. You think we're gonna forget about it? |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Sure but what are the reparations? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. No more white males in the presidency. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #54 |
70. So what was wrong with Kennedy? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. What was wrong with women voting? |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. A barmaid at Vinny's Boom Boom Room called me "sweetie" a few days ago |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. I am a man and I have been called "sweetie" many times by women clerks and waiters. |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. Sugar, obviously you aren't from the south. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. I once worked for a company in the South |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. Really? I noticed you are from Wisconsin and I grew up there as well. I now live in Texas. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
50. I've only lived in WI and IL |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #50 |
84. We Southerners use ma'am as a term of respect no matter what your age! n/t |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 12:47 AM Response to Reply #23 |
76. That's okay! We'll forgive you! (smile) |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. That kind of language may affect younger women more than |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. "When God was in a stroller" Bwahahahahaha!! Agree with your comment too. :^) |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. Not only do i get called sweety all the time, but they also speak very loud to me. Just because I'm |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. Sweaty? |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. Where's the option for strippers calling me sweetie? |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. Good grief! If this is your only problem, you are lucky. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
61. "This is what we call a First World Problem." (nt) |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. Partial list of people who've called me "sweetie" in the past couple weeks. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. Happens all the time. Generally when I buy lunch or gas. |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
19. Non. Issue. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. It depends........ |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
45. Exactly. You don't talk that way to a stranger in a professional setting. |
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Madam Mossfern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
53. Whoa there!!!! |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
69. Reporter not ok |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #53 |
72. You people appear to live in an alternate reality. |
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Madam Mossfern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. You just don't get it, |
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TheZug (886 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. Is that someone a hard-working American, a white American? |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
24. Oh maaaa land! |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
25. Floozies/ Huzzies and Man whores, call people Sweetie! |
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Drum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
26. lol...the ? is gender free but the choices all pronoun-laden. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. I get "sweety" a lot nows days. I have gone thru a number of stages in my life. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
28. I've never used "sweetie" as an endearment, quite the contrary |
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sfaprog (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
29. If it was an attractive woman calling me "sweetie", I would probably fantasize about her later |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
30. Sweety-gate is so last week |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
31. Depends on the age difference... if it was a much younger person saying it to an older person |
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Dbdmjs1022 (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
32. I call girls I'm friends with "baby" all the time. Neither they or my gf find it disrespectful. |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
33. Depends on the candidates background |
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TheDoorbellRang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
34. As a woman and an Obama supporter |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
35. But if a Clinton called someone who wasn't their sweetie a sweetie--that would be SOME BAD SHIT. |
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graycem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. Hmm.. really? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
37. Shirley, you're joking. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. I'm SERIES!!! And don't call me Shirley! |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
40. Is "darlin" just as bad? |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
42. I've been called sweetie and honey by each sex and realized quickly its cultural |
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DemGa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
43. It depends - is there a clear power differential? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
44. It better be at a diner OR the man saying it better be over 70 years old. nt |
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graycem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
46. This will go down in history |
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haymakeragain (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
51. Lather, rinse, repeat. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
52. Sweetie-gate is offensive to me. People making noise about it are willing to abandon Roe v Wade |
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PoliticalAmazon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
55. "Sweetie" is okay with me. I draw the line at "Honey-Bunny-Boo" though..... |
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tokenlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
56. I protest the sexist wording of this thread!!! LOL!!! |
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shaniqua6392 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
58. Goodness gracious..Are we still talking about this crap?? |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
59. Other. I'd get me some digits. |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
62. Really. Why ARE we discussing this? |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
63. Lol who hasn't it happened to? I've heard it from women about 500 times and from men about 50 |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
64. It wasn't that long ago that he would have been murdered for that |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Whistling. |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
66. Other: |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
67. Sweetie is a friendly term, no dissing was intended |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
68. I would call him dick. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
71. i'd use an inappropriate term of endearment right back at him, with a smile of course |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
75. Y'know what? Fuck political correctness... |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
77. Just call him "Stud-muffins" back. That will make him think the next time before he does it. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #77 |
80. ...and you think that would dissuade him? |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #80 |
85. Not a Senator in a public forum. If a guy called me "Sweetie" in private I wouldn't care. |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
79. Ever been to the South? Women call me Sweetie all the time, and I love it |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
81. Other |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
82. I'm from the South. We call people sweetie all the time, even strangers! |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
86. Being called "sweetie" isn't something I find worth getting upset about. |
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