Lesson 1- What to call your man
Im not married and lack certain life experiences for my opinion to be respected on certain matters. However, my profession requires me to work with dozens of couples every year, all of whom are madly in love with each other. I am careful to observe as many details and dynamics between couples, and (at least in my own mind) I am an expert on relationships. Im pretty much like a marriage counselor, only I dont do any talking, I just listen and watch.
Guys, you can chime in and say what you think about this, including additional names I have missed.
Women, if you think I am crazy (which I know most of you do) please at least try this out and see what type of response you get. You will notice the man in your life standing a little taller, walking a little more confident and feeling better about himself overall.
Pet Names you should not call the man in your life:
My Little Pumpkin Head
Sweet Pea
Honey Pie
Cuddle Muffin (where in the world do you ladies come up with these things?)
My Angel Boy
My Teddy Bear / Tickle me Elmo / Big Bird
Baby Cakes, Baby Buns, Baby Face, anything in addition to Baby. While “Baby” in and of itself is occasionally acceptable, the man in your life will respond much more positively to “Daddy”. (Not many men are brave enough to admit this).
Pet Names you should call the man in your life, at least once if not all the time:
Sir
Joe Montana (Joe works good too)
Conan The Destroyer
King Lord (insert first name here)
Master Jedi (insert first name here)
James (as in Bond) side note: you have to say this in a pleasantly surprised tone or else it wont work.
Rambo
Bach, Mozart, or any other genius composer (but not Einstein!)
Chairman of the Board
Mr. President (of the United States of America)
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I forgot a couple:
Sensei
Batman
C4 (as in the plastic explosive)
I love your observations, but I think you forgot – on the *should* list – Chuck (as in Norris). 🙂
lol —– nice
Really? Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms…guys would like that??? I would’ve never thought…hm…I’ll have to try that out, see how it works.
Great Stuff Michael!!! Let’s also add to this "THE BOSS", "HEFE" , "MASTER"
lol. I take it this is completely serious stuff! I definitely will give it a try. I’ll keep you updated. Gary, is it good to call your man hefe if that is what he is called all day at work by his employees?
Excellent…
I’m a big fan of "Batman"
I like Master Chief myself…
HEFE is more than acceptable!
You can also combine the good ones, such as, "King Lord Master Jedi Joe Montana" ps- what does HEFE mean?
Gary, are you sure you do not mean "jefe"? The Spanish meaning of jefe is boss, chief, leader, ruler, etc.
Roz calls me "manly man" which I can’t argue with.
Jefe is the right spelling in spanish, but the English say Hefe and spell the same, and Michael it means the big cheese!
Michael, "hefe" (hef-ay) means "boss" in spanish. 🙂
Leave it to us English speaking people to change the spelling 🙂 A guy I dated would always call me Hefe each time we had to make an important decision. I’m a woman and even I walked a little taller when he would say it! Thanks Gary for reminding me. I sort of miss it.
Nice article Mike. Now, I have a request. I want you to observe and then right an article on when good names go bad. In other words, my experience has been that many terms of endearment like "hun" "babe" "dear" go from being love bug words to being guilt trips, commands, or something else less than attractive.
In sum:
Step 1 – find a good name
Step 2 – under no circumstances let it erode into a sound like nails on a chalkboard