My partner and I have tried out various terms of endearment (like “love”, “dear”, “baby” or “babe”), but none of them ever sounded natural when either of us used them — it just ended up being silly, and so we do occasionally pepper them into conversation, when we’re being silly.

The one I tend to use most often is “my love”, because it feels silly in an overly poetic and melodramatic manner. Recently I also used “my serendipitous saccharide” (saccharide meaning sugar, because he’s sweet, and serendipitous because this relationship was a surprise to both of us).

Anyway, I’m running out of ideas for terms that will evoke an affectionate eye roll out of him. Any suggestions?

  • HeroCool@nord.pubEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Little Poop, Little Fart, Little Terror, Little Pug (as in the dog). Believe it or not these are all extremely common in Dutch!

    Edit: to be fair they sound better in dutch

  • CombatWombat@feddit.onlineEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I’ve always loved mon petit chou chou which is roughly “my little cabbage cabbage” from French. I also like jannu, which I think is “my soul” in Urdu? Also solnyshko, little sun, from the Russian, is very fun.

  • [object Object]@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Ones I use: “My liege”, pal, beans, Slagathor, buns, honey buns, honey bunches of oats, oats, oat milk, oat milk latte, latte, soy latte, soy, soy sauce (you have to do this in a progression or else it won’t make any sense)

  • gole@lemmy.zip
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    3 months ago

    May I suggest the Korean word 여보? You can try both the 애교 style and the serious style to see what works. It’s sort, grabs the listener’s attention quickly and I think easy to pronounce. There are probably plenty of videos floating around on how to do it.

  • Almacca@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    3 months ago

    In my former married life, my wife was a fair bit shorter than me, so I’d occasionally call her ‘low-pockets’. When we got a dog, he became ‘no-pockets’. When we had a baby, he became ‘small pockets’. I did only actually use these terms a couple of times as a gag though.

  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    My wife and I have been together over 40 years. I call her “old woman” and she calls me “old man”.

  • Samsy@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Long time ago I learned people from croatia say “oko moja” to their partners which just translates to “my eye” this is silly and clever in a way I can’t stop thinking about.