However men who use terms like babe,hun,darling tend to be the types who think it is like tinder and they often do it in a condescending way like we are bimbos.
It shows lack of uderstanding on their part that they are setting up a paid meet rather than chatting up some silly young thing on a dating site.
It smacks to me of 'trying too hard' to butter us up and it works against them for me as it comes across as too familiar from a client I haven't even met yet.
They need to realise that 'Hello Bibi,Could I come to see you on Wednesday for an hour at 2pm' is more reassuring in terms of what I think about them,whereas 'Hey babe,you available sexy?' makes me not take them seriously.
Thank you, Bibi. The postman, supermarket checkout, etc. "love" is quite normal and it's often used in civvie life and it's friendly and pleasant. Didn't know men would use it to each other, though in Yorkshire.
I wouldn't take "sexy" seriously anymore after being bitten by these "type" of men. There are loads of truths in what you say. Sadly, it's easier to avoid men these days, who use these oxymoronic terms when speaking to us. I once told one man "I'm a mature, middle-aged woman, I prefer you stop calling me "gorgeous" or "sexy". I felt insulted. This one is since blocked, not interested in throwing a bone for free or for less.
