Poopie, Boo Boo, Daddy, Digger...
Why is it that all pet names seem to come directly from the vocabulary of a five-year-old?
The above names, I am ashamed to admit, are all actual names my friends use to refer to their partners.
Names they assure their boyfriends will stay secret forever,
but are common knowledge amongst the girls.
As time goes by, it never fails to amaze/horrify me the names people come up with for their loves.
I will never forget the night a certain boy took me in his arms and whispered, "cuddle bunny" in my ear.
I literally jumped out of bed in horror.
Years later, I still physically cringe at the memory. My neck involuntarily spasms at the thought of it.
They're a funny thing, pet names. Some people are all for them, using them as openly as they would your proper name.
Others publicly shun them but secretly delight in whispering them behind closed doors or writing them in gushy love notes.
(From my experience, these people usually come up with the most horrendously embarrassing pet names, a la Cuddle Bunny.)
And then there are people, like myself, who are completely anti-pet names. I just can't bring myself to use them.
If I'm feeling particularly amorous (i.e. drunk) I might let the occasional 'baby' slip through. But that's as good as it gets.
They're just ... well, creepy.
Does anyone else have this vehement aversion to pet names? What's the worst pet name you've heard?
Also, just to clarify, I do not consider general terms of endearment pet names. Precious, darling and love don't count as they are generic names I use on any and all of my friends.
Best celebrity pet name: Puffin (Playboy bunny Holly's name for Hugh Heffner.)
Creepiest pet name: Daddy
Least flattering pet name: Flesh muffin
Most infamous pet name: Squidgy (James Gilbey's name for his lover Princess Diana)
