“Alright Dumpling?” Would you class this as a endearment or an insult?
I got called this last week as I was walking from the Saturday Market and I still can’t decide if I was insulted or not.
In the end, they are calling me a round pastry ball that you normally eat.
Or They are calling me something they would use to call their grandchildren.
But I’m not short and to be fair, I don’t look like a little girl.
There are loads of endearments that the man could have used (probably not a leek like it was suggest in the office) but either way, I’m not fond of being called a dumpling.
We all get called something on a daily basis, be it “love” in a bakery, “darling” in a take away or “hunny” in a supermarket.
But why is it that us teenagers rarely call people by anything but their name?
Personally, I never call anybody ‘love’ or ‘sweetheart’, its just weird calling somebody older “sweetheart” when you are the young one.
But then you see it all the time, out and about. My mum does it, always calling people “darling” at work or when she sees someone in Morrisons.
Are they just forgetful and don’t remember their names so they use a pet name instead?(saying that, who would call their pet “darling”?)
Maybe that’s why we young ones haven’t developed the name replacement skill.
It is the same with men as well, apart from their common phrase is “mate”.
Clearly another nice way to say, “thanks but I can’t remember your name so you will be known as mate” (commonly seen in pubs and in work places)
I’m sure I’m not the only teenager to feel like this, wanting to call someone ‘love’ but bottling out at the last moment.
Old people really can get away with anything; telling you off, chat to you for hours, and forget your name.
Looks like I need to age a bit first before I can get away with it.