we have a bit of history, so we met a few years back pre Covid (2019) Over the course of a year we hung out a lot and I developed a huge crush on her. She later moved out of town and haven’t talked with her for a couple of years, she was in a relationship at the time. It’s now summer of 2023 and she reaches out and reconnected. I finally got to tell her how I feel and we dated for about 2 months. The relationship ended because ultimately she felt that we should just be friends (we never argued, she had a lot going on with in her life that was stressing her out and was not ready for a relationship). She set boundaries as to give her some distance which I respected. We did however kept in touch for the cordial holiday greetings but that was mostly it, with an occasional meme share here and there. Fast forward now this past weekend I had told her that I had planned to go on a solo trip to Disneyland for my birthday, she asked if she can join, I happily said “of course”. We meet up and talked a lot. So as we were walking i got distracted looking at something so thats when she called me babe instead of my name. It made really happy hearing it however i ignored it so i don't make big deal about it and make her feel uncomfortable. In the end she tells me she had really great time and was glad we had those conversations. what do you think? was it an honest mistake saying it out of habit. Or is she developing something again with me?
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Girls, A woman I dated briefly and recently reconnected called me babe by accident. Was it out of habit?
What Girls Said
Everybody calls everyone "babe". Even nurses in hospitals call their patients "honey" or "sweetie". Those terms have no deep meaning anymore since people misuse those terms all the time.
I personally abhor to be called anything like that by people that are not direct family members. It is about the same nonsense as when you say "love you" to a family member when you leave in the morning or if you say "bless you" when someone sneezes. Nobody thinks of the deep meaning of those words. They just have become a part of regular vocabulary and are spoken without even thinking of them.
Thus, don't overthink what this lady told you. It slipped out of her mouth and she probably did not even realize what she said.
It doesn't mean anything. I call everyone babe, honey, sweetheart or just sweetie.