Remember how I posted quite some time ago about how I kinda enjoy when older waitresses call me “honey” or “sweetie”? How it’s kinda like a natural affectation they get for being a waitress for a number of years?
Someone called me honey earlier today, and I kinda wanted to throw them down a well (go get Timmy!). I don’t know what it was for sure, but I think I just detected the difference between “Everyone is honey” and the sweetly pejorative “honey”.
There definitely is a difference! I don’t experience it in any context very often, but I’m surprised you don’t have more comments about the creepy-old-man use of “honey.” Usually it makes the bottom of my stomach drop out instead of inspiring rage, personally.
I haven’t seen too much of the creepy old man usage, but I have seen generally middle-aged men use honey to refer to a woman in a way that is way lame – like they’re a child or something.
I only use honey with my woman. I’ve said sweetie or sweetheart with best friends once in a great while, and I enjoy using beautiful or even, dare I say it, “hotstuff” :D Like, “‘sup hotstuff?”
And in related news, I just learned what “pejorative” means. :)
:D :D