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Originally Posted by stopdog
I would go ballistic if a therapist called me honey. It sounds so patronizing to me.
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Yeah, my T and I are tight and I enjoy her maternal side, but pet names would make me shudder.
I can't stand when people call me "honey" in general (including my spouse) but that's a somewhat separate issue. It generally sounds incredibly condescending to me, even in completely benign contexts.