I was getting coffee with a friend
today
The women
making my coffee called
me sweet pea.
Three
times in a row
But
she did
not say it to my friend
Seriously,
sweet pea? not once, but three
times?
I have
mentioned how I
dislike being called
cute nicknames, like honey,
sweetie, babe, and sweet pea
And I
really do not like it, even if you are being super nice, even if I know you
personally
I do not know
exactly why I am
spoken to like this all
the time,
but it makes me feel like a kid.....like I am dumb..like I need
to be spoken to sweetly because I am viewed as sensitive or
weak
I dont
know...
But
it has
always bothered
me
I
even hate it
when my
parents call me honey and
sweetie
So if
someone I dont know says it to me, it makes me
cringe, but I am never rude about it, I just
smile and act like it does not bother me
But it
really does
It sounds
demeaning to me...like
you would talk to a child like
that
I could
be somewhere and
a girl next to me
would not be called honey, hun,
sweetie, darlin, or sweet
pea
But I
seem to get called
these
names everywhere
I go
I guess I just have a
certain look about me....I do not
know
