What do you call your DH?

[Impish]

Oh...when he's bugging me about being dilated, in labour, etc, I've started calling him Sperminator. :glare:

[Aubrey]

Neanderthal, apparently. :lol:

 

Nah, we're pretty boring. We both say, "Sweetie." Well, that's not true. Sometimes I call him Senor Da Vinci. Or Papa Luego. But there's no good explanation for those latter two.

[Stages]

I call him Daddy or Mister (or Mr. Pants).

He calls me Momma.

 

Even in public, though I try not to, because it is kind of weird. I figure we have a few years before it's really strange (DD is 3 and we're getting another one in April), but by that point it will be such a habit we won't care.

[felicity]

I usually call him by his name, but when we were first married I called him "sweetie" all of the time. Until the day when a group of friends heard me and thought I said "susie" and all made fun of me. Apparently I have really bad diction and I felt silly so I dropped it right then.

 

He usually calls me Felic. It's the only nickname I've ever had.

[Jennifer3141]

I call him Peach for an unfortunate event we had with edible peach massage oil 15 years ago while we were dating. Surprisingly, it's not all that fun to lick off a man with a very hairy chest. Oh, and it's caustic so aforementioned hairy man will be writhing in pain too. :D

[Jan in SC]

I just use his first name. We don't really have any nicknames in our house. We used to have a dog that I adored. His name was Micah, but I always called him Pocahontas. (I have no idea why!). Maybe I'm just not good at giving nicknames.

[mytwomonkeys]

i call him kenny or KK (for his first and last initials). i would say my tone changes more than my phrasing. my best friend says my voice is higher and more like a little girl when i talk to my husband, lol. we are very affectionate and loving to each other, but we very rarely call each other hon, babe, sweetie, etc. the only time we usually use that type of term would be if we were a little irritated and trying to be more polite. i.e. "babe, you forgot to take out the trash".

[Just Robyn]

That's cute. It reminds me of Jim Dear and Darling from Lady and the Tramp.

 

That's exactly what I was thinking! I had to scan through the thread first to see if anyone had said this yet.

 

I call my husband all sorts of nicknames that are not typical terms of endearment.

[JVA]

Honey, Babe, Sweetie, Hot Stuf, LoverMan

[Nestof3]

John, Babe, Honey (Hun), or Myrt (short for Myrtle). Why? I have absolutely no idea!

[....]

Wow, we're boring. I just call him by his first name. :D He's from Korea and they tend to be very formal - I don't "think" Koreans use nicknames (I might be wrong, but I've never heard one).

[laughing lioness]

Fred (a joke from forever ago), Honey, You there, Citizen, Babe, Dr. whatever (as in whatever we are working on now), Mr. Incredible, Viking Man....every now and then I use his first name. :)

[AmyP]

Honey, Babe or the name he goes by to everyone else. Sometimes I call him first and last name together. I'm not sure why, but it probably has something to do with having a name like Amy and going by my first and last name togetherreallyfast throughout school.

 

He calls me Amy except when I call him on the phone, in which case he answers "Hello, Beautiful," and that still melts my heart. :001_wub:

[curlygirlzx2]

I either call him babe or daddy. I have to refrain from calling him daddy in public or else people look at me funny. lol

[bcnlvr]

He is "squitch" and I am "squitcha". Over the years, this word (and it's feminine counterpart) evolved from the word "sweetie":

 

sweetie --> sweestie --> dusweestie --> dusquatch --> squatch --> squitch

 

Squitch has stuck for almost a decade now, so I think it is done evolving...

 

Upon occasion, we use momma and poppa to address one another (say, 20% of the time, esp in public). :)

 

Oh, and "Adonis" when I want something!

Edited October 27, 2011 by bcnlvr

[Ester Maria]

By his name or amore.

[caayenne]

We have pretty much never used first names for each other. We both called the other Baby for the first several years we were together, so I still revert to that some of the time. But these days I am more likely to call him Love, My Love, or Sweetie. (I only use his first name when I need him to get to me quickly, like when there's a spider or other icky-crawly thing!) He calls me Love, sometimes Sweetie, and my favorite, "lassie" (said in a wicked Scottish accent with a certain twinkle in his eye). :svengo::001_wub:

[AHASRADA]

I never, ever use dh's real name when addressing him, only when I am referring to him while talking to someone else.

 

I call him "Babe" when getting his attention, and "Sweetie" in replies. As in, "Babe, do you want iced tea or juice?" "Iced tea, please". "OK, Sweetie, comin' right up!"

 

Don't really know how that happened, but there it is.

[Aquinas Academy]

Usually his first name, sometimes "chéri" or "rock" (translation of his name).

[Geo]

Since the kids call him Papa, I tend to call him "Poppy" or "Poopy". Either of which depends on his attitude (or mine). ;)

Edited October 27, 2011 by Geo

[chiguirre]

Buff or, if I'm feeling silly, Buffy. Fortunately the name still fits after 20 years, although I'm not sure about the vampire slaying...

[saraha]

I guess I always call mine "honey". Not very original. My kids now call him that too. Then my daughter started calling me ketchup. I'm "the other dipping sauce" apparently. Weird what kids will come up with....

 

That one made me laugh out loud :lol:

[kewb]

Honey, Hon, or sweetie. I really only use his name when I am angry with him.

[AndyJoy]

I call dh Boy because he started calling me Girl when we were dating. He rarely uses my name so it sounds really strange when he does! I use his name and Boy but nothing else.

[Heidi]

My dad (70) calls his current wife (37)... Lover. Just thinking about it makes me gag.

 

Anyway, I call dh by his name or Dear. He calls me "Mom". I hate it. I love it when he calls me by my name, yet I hardly ever hear it.

[NancyNellen]

I would say the majority of the time I call him "Love" or "Sweets".

[Rosie_0801]

Then, we use "dear" with a tinge of annoyance or sarcasm.

 

"Dear" is a fighting word in my family. Just reading that bit of your post made me bare my teeth!

 

I usually call him Pilch. He was in a silly mood one day while making up an Amazon account, so registered himself as Richard Pilchard Lastname. Sometimes Rich or Richie, sometimes DUDE!!! or Hey! Husband Type Person!

 

Usually he calls me Rosie, but sometimes he calls me Rina, which is short for Pilcherina. It's not a very pretty name. :001_huh:

 

Rosie

Edited October 27, 2011 by Rosie_0801

[Tap]

"love" or "Loverboy"

 

He calls me "honey bunches of oats"

[Mommy22alyns]

I call him by the same nickname almost everyone else calls him by. He uses his actual first name for work purposes only.

[Heather in OK]

Usually "honey" or a shortened version of his name.

[BarbecueMom]

Hey... most of the time. As in, "Hey, can you grab the diaper bag for me? Thanks!" I also call him "one e" and he calls me "two e". That's how we kept the spellings of fiancé and fiancée straight when we were engaged. If I use his name it freaks him out for some reason, but he uses an abbreviation of mine all the time.

[ereks mom]

I use his first name or "baby". Sometimes when I'm talking to the kids, I refer to him as "Daddy Dude".

[Heidi @ Mt Hope]

Milo is really sweet. :)

 

I call my dh Hon. He calls me Love.

[LazyDazy]

I call all of the men/boys in our house honey so sometimes a honey I wasn't talking to answers. Otherwise I use husband, spouse, or daddy. Rarely, I use his given name. When speaking to him I use his full name but, when speaking about him to someone else I tend to use the shortened version of his name.

 

He calls me honey, mommy, lady, or woman.

[CAMom]

We call each other honey. I sometimes use his first name. He only uses my name when he's frustrated with me or trying to get my attention in a crowded place.:)

[IsabelC]

I mostly call him Gorgeous, Darling or Daddy (in front of the kids), sometimes it's Beautiful (which I also call the kids, among lots of other things) or Sexy (not in front of the kids). Occasionally I use 'My dear Mr Familyname', Lord and Master, or other jokey ones. He usually calls me Gorgeous, Beautiful, Wife or sometimes 'Office B*tch' (because I do his bookkeeping and nag him if he hasn't recorded the info I need to bill the clients).

I am actually trying to get into the habit of calling him by his name, but it feels weird because I really haven't for years!

Edited October 27, 2011 by Hotdrink

[nukeswife]

I used to always call him honey or hon, but then started calling my kids that so I had to come up with other things. I will occasionally call him Pook (as in Pookie bear which is something I called him when we first started dating)

 

I use Matt most of the time which is his typical nickname.

 

Now my kids are

Everett is called Ev or Bud mostly, but occasionally monkey butt

Annika is called bean or beanerella (dh said she looked like a bean on the U/S)

Lucas is almost always called Bubba, not sure why, he just seems like a Bubba. Don't ever call him Luke or he'll give you the stink eye.

 

DH mostly calls me Kel which is what my mom shortened my name to (I'm actually a Kelly, but if she ever called me that I was in deep doo doo)but occasionally he'll call me hon.

[Splinter]

Divorced now, but I was always Daniel, which no one else has called me in my life, or "Dear." She was usually "Dearie" or a shortened version of her name.

 

My parents have been married for 49 years. My dad still calls my mother "Chickie" and she calls him "Muff", which is short for Muffin, which is short for Studmuffin. :lol:

[chrissymama]

We call each other "babe." Our little kids always call us "babe" for a while too, once they start talking and haven't yet figured out that its a special nickname.

[prairiegirl]

I call my dh 'Honey' most of the time. I only use his real name when I am ticked with him. :D

[CLBMom]

If kids are around it's Dad or Daddy. Otherwise it's honey, baby or the first letter of his name "j". I don't often say his whole name. Strangely he never calls me by me my name it's always honey or baby. The only time he says my name is if he it's talking to someone about me. It's weird to hear him say it sometimes lol

[Baseball mom]

We call each other by our names or "hey"

[Scarlett]

My dad (70) calls his current wife (37)... Lover. Just thinking about it makes me gag.

 

 

:001_huh: Dh and I call each other that but only in PRIVATE!

 

If I say 'honey' ds will say, 'which one?'

 

:D