OK, I'm turning red ~blushing~

May I ask you more specific questions?
You bet, sweetie!

What meaning do you put behind those terms of endearment?
This is a hard one...I think you have to judge by the situation...of course that's what we're trying to figure out, isn't it? In the South and in England, according to mellors, this is pretty routine in casual relationships. I lived in the Midwest US for many years, and it was not routine...the closer a relationship became the more you heard these endearments.

Do you think you're special in that person's eyes? If they called you "Sweety," would you think they meant something more "profound" by it, or is it just a casual way of addressing you other than by your name?
Again, it just depends...I can say that, in my own case, if I use these kinds of words to a lady I don't know that well, I am trying to send a "positive" message.

More importantly, how did you feel when I first addressed you as "sweety" or "hon"? Did you think I was being fresh, rude or did you think I actually meant that I think you are sweet? All of the above? None of the above?
I must say that when you addressed me this way the other day, I felt a bit of a "charge", as you put it earlier. I had been away from PC for awhile, and I hadn't felt very welcome (my problem, no one else's) for awhile. So, when I read your post it made me feel very welcome, that you really meant what you said, and it made me feel really good!

Yeah, "Puddin"...it's right up there with "Shug" (as in "Sugar") and "Dumplin"'!!!

So...I guess you can call me "sweet hunk" any time, Puddin'!

DJ