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Andrea
Super January 2024

Pet names for your spouse/fiance

Andrea, on August 21, 2024 at 10:50 AM Posted in Community Conversations 0 13
So we were socializing with some other couples this weekend and one of them referred to her husband as “Lumpy.” Someone asked about it and she laughed and said “He’s my lump of love.” 😆 That led to chatting about pet names, and they were surprised I just call my husband by his first name. We’ll use hon, sweetheart, or babe occasionally, but otherwise it’s just first names.


Are we unusual? Do you use special nicknames for your partner, and if so how often?

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Latest activity by Kris, on August 28, 2024 at 11:07 AM
  • Lisa
    Rockstar July 2022
    Lisa ·
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    We use "babe" or "hubby" or "wifey" on occasion, but otherwise, we mostly just use our first names when talking to each other.
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    Katlyn ·
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    We mostly just use love/lover or babe and he'll call me Kat sometimes.


    Once in a while he'll give me a really weird nickname like his little leech or his little melted (some kind of candy) but I don't think I've ever called him anything weird like that
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  • Maegan
    Just Said Yes November 2024
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    I call him babe or bebe. He calls me honey or love. I cracked up at LUMPY though.

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  • Cece
    Rockstar October 2023
    Cece ·
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    If I called my husband by his birth name, he would probably think I had either lost my mind or he was in trouble 😂😂
    We use the typical pet names that everyone else uses (babe, sweetheart, love, etc.). But mostly I call him “Boo”. Which actually worked out really well, because we ended up getting married on Halloween! So this year for our one year anniversary, I am going to get a ghost tattoo to represent us 🖤👻
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    Carly ·
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    Do you ever sing for him? 😆

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  • Cece
    Rockstar October 2023
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    Ooof. Never. Trust me, nobody wants to hear that 😂
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  • Cece
    Rockstar October 2023
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    Oh no. If the power went out at my wedding, we just wouldn’t have had music. Brides and grooms who sing at their weddings give me the absolute ICK. Super cringe and awkward lol
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  • Cece
    Rockstar October 2023
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    Yikes. Yeah, I definitely would have just scrapped the first dance altogether. TBH, if we knew we wouldn’t have power for our entire reception, I would’ve just taken everybody out to a restaurant to eat instead. No way I am asking guests to sit in the dark without music, heat or AC.
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  • Andrea
    Super January 2024
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    You made a separate post about this and keep bringing it up in every thread you comment on, no matter how unrelated. It’s getting old. 🙄
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  • Janelle
    Beginner October 2025
    Janelle ·
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    So our pet names for each other are mama and papa bear when we had a dog before he passed he was baby bear lol. We’ll call each other babe/babes
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  • Janelle
    Beginner October 2025
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    Stupid phone sent it before I finished lol ok so he’ll also call me bunz or lightbulb head because my brain is always on ready to go! Sometimes I’ll call him string bean lol since he’s tall and athletic build.
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  • Andrea
    Super January 2024
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    Aww, that’s adorable.
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  • Kris
    Expert July 2021
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    I only call him by his name if he isn't answering me (his hearing his dicey, and he can normally hear that better), or if I'm angry. I used his full name the other day like I do with our daughter because he wasn't answering and immediately our daughter asked him what he did

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