"Lucy! You got some 'splainin' to do!"

Okay, so there are many mysteries in this life, but today there is one in particular that is on my mind.

Why do people feel that it is okay to call me "honey" or "darling" or "baby" or "sweetheart"? or any other irritating endearment?

First off, I'm not YOUR baby. Or your honey, darling, etc. So stop it please. For one it creeps me out. Another thing is that there is only ONE person in this world that can call me that and sometimes he even annoys me when he calls me some sappy, cornball endearment. Though, 99% of the time he just says it because he has a twisted sense of humor...at least when it comes to irritating me :D. haha!

I had originally thought that the culprits were only men. But then I heard from "Sue" (disclosure: the names in this passage have been changed from their original to protect the privacy of the subject matter). Sue finds it necessary in our two phrase conversations to throw in, at minimum, three endearments. "Hi honey is (insert name here) there?" ... "Yes, let me get her for you,"I reply. "Thanks darling. You're a doll." It's become a game to see how fast I can put her on hold before she can get out the last one. She's up 7-1.

I've thought about saying to them all, "HEY! You, jerk. Enough already with the endearments. You're creeping me out." But then I play the scenario out in my head which always includes "making a huge scene" and that's not worth it. So instead, I blog about it :) .. and I feel better already.