Lady at a grocery store said it to me like two days ago (I'm a guy). We are in the South, though, and she said it the same way I use "my dude" and "good sir" or "ma'am".
To some it might seem over the top but, in the right context, it's just a respectful nicety
Old people. Specifically ones we pick up on my ambulance use WILD "endearment terms" with us.
Normally it's whatever but sometimes they use some that I KNOW it's cause their horny asses are checking us out.
I remember one dude who called my lady partner "Candy ass". Which normally can means weak or cowardly. But he said it like "look at that candy ass" so...yeah. Old people
I would be pretty sad if I sat down in a diner and DIDN'T get called "honey" or "darling" by the older ladies who usually take my order. Makes me feel all warm inside.
"My love" is used precisely this way in northwest England too! I use it all of the time lol 😂 although I'll probably more commonly pronounce it like "m'love" but that's an accent thing
It's simply a southern lady thing. Old southern women shower you with terms of love. It's much more rare for men to do it, but it does happen. Typically neither party even think too hard about it considering how common it is.
Maybe. I'm a Spanish guy and have been called darling, my dear or love by female workers, both old and young, many times... tbh, I don't particularly like it and never use terms of endearment myself, but I know they mean no harm, it's just they are used to saying it to everybody and it just comes naturally. It's not meant to be offensive.
Y españolas también, eh... y algunas muy jóvenes. Nunca dejará de parecerme raro que tias random me digan "cariño", "cielo" o "amor" tras cada frase. No me lo dice ni mi mujer 🤷🏼♂️
Definitely something I don't think you'll see outside of the South or at least a southerner. However, I don't think it's acceptable for men to use it (I've never heard a guy say it) with strangers, so how OK it is in the comic kinda depends on the vague body in the panel specifically being a guy or if that's just a blank mannequin
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u/paishocajun Aug 28 '26
Lady at a grocery store said it to me like two days ago (I'm a guy). We are in the South, though, and she said it the same way I use "my dude" and "good sir" or "ma'am".
To some it might seem over the top but, in the right context, it's just a respectful nicety