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Originally Posted by atisketatasket
Mind on whatever he's doing on his long weekend maybe?
Honey, though...ick. The only people who get to call me that are my mother, partners, and elderly relatives. In other mouths it just sounds belittling to me. Particularly male to female.
I would stick to email though. If he won't observe boundaries, you probably should so as not to get hurt again.
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Yeah, maybe he was distracted or already in vacation mode, so he was being more casual/chatty. (He did say at one point how that tends to happen with longer-term clients...guess maybe I am one now at about 8 months?) I think ex-T may have called me "honey" once (or maybe it was "dear"?), but she's also my mom's age and female. So different. Think I may have to mention that to him on Monday, awkward though that conversation will be...
And yes, I think I'll just stick to the original boundaries. There was just this feeling of "damn it, I thought consistent boundaries were your thing? You know what happened with MC!" Which I suppose is another potential topic. To stress the importance of clear and consistent boundaries for me. (Or, like you said, I could opt to just hold my own.)