How often do people use the word dear or darling?

[MementoMori777]

[Apulu_Imback]

Only one person on here calls me dear, no body else ever called me dear. This friend who is elder by few months from me is really proud about it and to address me as the younger one she sometimes calls me 'darling' lol. But both the nicknames are um romantic and remind me of romance novels of 1970's lol but dear is formal word to call out the younger one at the same time.

[MementoMori777]

So it's always older people I guess, does that mean if someone calls me this they are way older?

[Apulu_Imback]

Not way older, but why will they call you otherwise? Lol, you're an adult male, only an elderly woman will call you. It seems like opposite gender who are elder than you will call this but since you're an adult it seems like an elderly women of at least above 50 will call you that. I'll still a kid so any adult can call me that but then it'll change when I become adult myself. Otherwise your romantic partner can call you that as well or vice versa. I just observed this but of course, exceptions are there.

[MementoMori777]

Yea I guess that makes sense but why do you gotta have an age difference ti be a dear 😂

[Apulu_Imback]

Will you feel comfortable if your nephew calls you dear? 😂 I mean it just seems like that, it's like that. It's like a fact with no explanation.

[MementoMori777]

Maybe not, I don't know how I'd react considering all my family members speak mostly Spanish so it would be a real shocker no lie lol

[Apulu_Imback]

Ah, I see lol. But still, it'll weird if a kid comes and calls you dear, it's like calling someone elder from you as 'Son' lol.

[MementoMori777]

Yea that's true, it doesn't come from someone the say age but still how does dear refer to someone younger tho, or darling lol

[Pinay_ako]

I haven’t ever used these words to address people. But people have called me that. At a doctors office 😂

[MementoMori777]

Oof, it's like doctors are required to say it ha, but I didn't specify so I guess that counts lol

[Pinay_ako]

Nah the Scottish older secretary used to call me that.

[MementoMori777]

Yea I've noticed a lot of people in the UK use it

[ColHathi]

Never. Unless maybe it came from someone that cared about me deeply, I'd find it insulting. Same reason I don't call other people "son" or "kid" or any other nickname when I don't know them.

[MementoMori777]

Really?

[PointTaken]

I say "my dear" to someone often. I probably shouldn't. Lol

[MementoMori777]

Lol why?

[PointTaken]

It's someone I know that nothing will ever happen with us. Lol. I just say it to her.

[MementoMori777]

Oof, fair enough

[comekitty]

I've never heard these endearment terms used in RL

Most frequently, I hear: sweetie or honey

[MementoMori777]

I've heard those more as well, so what makes someone say dear? Lol

[Siri137]

Strangely enough, I get called 'Dear' quite often. 'Darling' not so much.

[MementoMori777]

I see it every once in a while normally

[SAMI_DABBAB]

Everyday if you're a Russian woman born before 98' (dear)

[MementoMori777]

Lol fair enough 🤣

[NathanDavis]

that really depends on how British they are...

[Nikki1989]

Too often.

[MementoMori777]

Sounds legit lol

[belle_kai]

So much here in England haha

[belle_kai]

Also poppet, love

[MementoMori777]

What's poppet 😂

[belle_kai]

Lile sweetie. Love is used a lot also

[belle_kai]

Like*

[MementoMori777]

You so seem like the type to use all of these lol

[MementoMori777]

Do**

[belle_kai]

I don't actually lol. I'm what you call well spoken even 'posh' I don't use words of endearment unless its my partner

[MementoMori777]

I guess that makes sense even tho there's better words to call a partner lol

[belle_kai]

I don't use those particular words for my significant other thought. Other forms of endearment

[belle_kai]

Though*

[MementoMori777]

Yea I know I was just messing with you 😆

[BrookeS]

I use it often