Anyone else find this weird?

[Amy Jade]

This morning we went to Tesco and there was a guy on self scan and my mum had wine and when he came to approve it he called my mum babe, she's in her 40's and he was about 20...she found it funny but I thought it was weird, I work part time in a garden center and I'd NEVER talk like that to somebody much older than me

[Liam-]

Idk I think it can be a bit endearing at times, but a lot of the time I find it strange yeah.

[Jason.]

Like Liam, sometimes it can be used a term of endearment, but it is kinda cringe.

[Cal.]

Was he gay

[Crimson Dynamo]

Mum buying morning wine

yes that is weird

[Niamh.]

better than being called "Love" anyway :laugh:

[Daniel-X]

I understand why you think it could be weird but I call all my friends either chick or hun as a term of endearment and babe isn't much different

[LukeB]

I always get called 'bab' it's just a harmless word that they call everyone so i don't think it's weird.

[Amy Jade]

Was he gay

Not too sure, does it make a difference?

[Amy Jade]

I understand why you think it could be weird but I call all my friends either chick or hun as a term of endearment and babe isn't much different

Those are your friends though that's fine but a young guy calling a 40 year old woman babe seemed disrespectful to me

[Livia]

To be honest, if he'd called me babe, I'd have twisted his nipple until he said "uncle".

[Amy Jade]

To be honest, if he'd called me babe, I'd have twisted his nipple until he said "uncle".

:laugh2:

[kirklancaster]

Mum buying morning wine

yes that is weird

:laugh: For the witticism.....

But :laugh::laugh::laugh: for the crazy Avatar which made me LOL. Where ARE you getting them from?

[smudgie]

I Would not have been amused and he would have got the deaths stare.
Same as when strange men call you pet. :rant:

[Johnnyuk123]

Sounds to me like someone has a milf mommy.:hehe:

[Ammi]

This morning we went to Tesco and there was a guy on self scan and my mum had wine and when he came to approve it he called my mum babe, she's in her 40's and he was about 20...she found it funny but I thought it was weird, I work part time in a garden center and I'd NEVER talk like that to somebody much older than me

..if it made your mum smile Amy, then I guess it wasn't weird but a nice thing for her..

[Ross.]

To be honest, if he'd called me babe, I'd have twisted his nipple until he said "uncle".

:joker:

[Marsh.]

This morning we went to Tesco and there was a guy on self scan and my mum had wine and when he came to approve it he called my mum babe, she's in her 40's and he was about 20...she found it funny but I thought it was weird, I work part time in a garden center and I'd NEVER talk like that to somebody much older than me

YES!

I mentioned something like this in a chat thread a while ago and everyone thought I was mad.

Being called "love" by teenagers stacking shelves in the supermarket I find so patronising. Especially when you're strangers.

[DemolitionRed]

This morning we went to Tesco and there was a guy on self scan and my mum had wine and when he came to approve it he called my mum babe, she's in her 40's and he was about 20...she found it funny but I thought it was weird, I work part time in a garden center and I'd NEVER talk like that to somebody much older than me

I'd laugh but then I always laugh before I punish someone! :laugh2::devil:

[Mystic Mock]

I'd laugh but then I always laugh before I punish someone! :laugh2::devil:

Signs of a serial killer.:joker:

But seriously I think that babe is more patronising than weird tbh, and I hate it when anyone overuses the word cute.:fist:

[kirklancaster]

To be honest, if he'd called me babe, I'd have twisted his nipple until he said "uncle".

:laugh: And what if the cheeky young upstart was also into Sado-Masochism? Then he'd REALLY think you were a babe. :hehe:

[kirklancaster]

I Would not have been amused and he would have got the deaths stare.
Same as when strange men call you pet. :rant:

:laugh: "Howay pet", "Hey oop love", "Wotcha darlin'" - they're all just regional idioms and used without offense aforethought, but for a young man to address a woman twice his age as "Babe" is definitely weird to me.

A bit like a 20 year old girl addressing me as 'Young 'un' - now, 'Love God' and 'Hunk', I'm used to. :laugh: