You're at your favorite diner, you're there regularly, semi- regularly. Eventually your server will address you by some shorthand term of endearment, which will let you know you're officially a regular. Which do you prefer?

Only bring it up because I've finally been upgraded to My Dear status at my Friday lunch spot today. Only took a few months. Reminded me that it took me a year and a half to get upgraded to Hon status by my old supermarket cashier.

I love a good Hon. Always makes me smile a little.

My Dear seems too intimate, would kinda weird me out.

When I moved back to Texas from Arizona 20 years ago, I moved to Alvin, a smallish town South of Houston. I was weirded out by the way women servers called me baby. I eventually got used to it. Baby ftw.

My love.

Dave N. wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:29 pmI was weirded out by the way women servers called me baby.

I feel like that would weird me out because I'd be into it.

I’ll take either of those over any dude (always a dude) calling me “big guy” or “chief”.

Babe.

Charlie D wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:46 pm

Dave N. wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:29 pmI was weirded out by the way women servers called me baby.

I feel like that would weird me out because I'd be into it.

Yes.

Prefer "Love" (with English accent if possible) myself. Of the two options, I'll take "Hon."

tallchris wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:55 pm I’ll take either of those over any dude (always a dude) calling me “big guy” or “chief”.

"Slugger" is the best.

Voted for “hon”. Very quick. Doesn’t really imply anything deeper. It works.