I don't mind online when someone calls me sweety or hon...one site I was at it was said all of the time, but with concern and care, just like here...though IRL it is a totally different thing for me..I do not look my age, people even think my eldest son is my brother, and it feels very condesending when women who do not know me really at all, call me "sweety" or "honey"..that kinda irks me the wrong way...learning though to not take it so seriously..ok, slowly learning