How Do You Call Your Wife/Husband???

@Hazelrose (2179)
Philippines
November 15, 2009 5:29pm CST
s tatay because it was easier for our kids to follow before.T'il now i'm still calling that way.Some couples calls,sweetheart,darling,honey,mahal,love,sweety,papa,mama and etc.How about you what is yours?Can you share?
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
16 Nov 09
s tatay? Is that a nickname, or is it a word in your language? What does it mean? My husband and I don't have children yet but when we do I'll call him Dad or Daddy most likely. Right now I call him baby or my pet name for him, which I won't disclose because I don't know that he'd want me to. I will say that this pet name is just something I came up with because of a song! lol!
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@Hazelrose (2179)
• Philippines
16 Nov 09
Hi SomeCowgirl,No,It is like Daddy.I'm here in the philippines where tatay is commonly use to call our dad. I just call my husband tatay in order my children to follow.Thanks for your response.Happy mylotting!
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
16 Nov 09
After responding to you I saw the response above. Tatay means daddy, well that is good to know. Yes, I think it's a lot better to not confuse the children by using pet names or even real names in front of the children as they may start using those names and while they wouldn't realize it it'd be a form of disrespect!
@aaguelo (69)
• Philippines
16 Nov 09
I call my hubby, dear. It was our endearment even when we were not yet married. For me, it's really sweet and in our dialect it means "palangga" or someone that you really cares a lot. Now that we have our son, I sometimes call him daddy for my baby to recognize him.
@Hazelrose (2179)
• Philippines
16 Nov 09
Hello aaguelo,It is so nice to hear calling your hubby that way,I can feel the sweetness.Thanks,Happy mylotting!
@mobhomeir (7558)
• Philippines
16 Nov 09
Hello hazel that was a good topic...my first time to read that..Well my partner and I calling each other as "Gang" as an expression of loving each other. But when problem occurs and a little trouble happens "Gang" would goes to "Hoyyyyyyyyyy!" YEs... that's us...I am just being honest! Cheers
@djoyce71 (2511)
• Philippines
22 Nov 09
@mobhomeir (7558)
• Philippines
17 Nov 09
Yes because wives has one thing in common.........!
@ckyera (17332)
• Philippines
17 Nov 09
hahaha...daddy its funny! coz, that's also how i call my husband when we are at war! my sweet 'babe, bebeko, be" will turn to that hoyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
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@rimarima (80)
• Philippines
16 Nov 09
I call my husband tatay too in front of my child and he calls me nanay. But if it just us, we call each other love or mahal. I have read that it is best to call your other half with a different name from how your kids call him/her. It makes the relationship sweeter with a "petname" and reminds you that you are not just a parent, you are a partner and lover too.
@Hazelrose (2179)
• Philippines
17 Nov 09
Hello rimarima,Welcome to mylot!I do understand that you are filina like me.It's good to hear that you also call your husband as tatay.My husband also calls me nanay until now.Thaks for sharing,Good luck!
• India
16 Nov 09
Most commonly "how is your life" usually the polite "go" is added often this life. " o take no go shu jin" is heard this is the polite "o". it is home or house'. here means your master in your house'. the usage of 'go' and 'o' is ambiguous. generally 'o' is added to traditional jappanese language oriented pronunciation ('kun yomi')and 'go' to chinese oriented pronuciation 'kun-yomi' but there are many exceptions. that is all right as colloquial expression. it is also heard, no 'o' or 'go' is added to most politely, the sama sir is added like as (too polite! "o" and "sama") it is all right. the same with above.noticeable is that the pronunciation for you are almost never used.it pronoun are used,it means that his wife is ignored, naturally they will have childrens call their father. 'o-toh-sa-n'. childrens ask their mother 'where is "otohsan" '. now the mother replies " otohsan " went to work. thus 'otohsan ' or 'tohsasn' becomes the pronoun for calling her husband,"otohsan" or "tohsan" becomes the pronoun for calling her husband, "otohsan". I suppose this situation would be much the same in other countries.
@Hazelrose (2179)
• Philippines
16 Nov 09
Hi vasudevan8880,Thanks for the response,Good Luck and God Bless!
@Jackie8 (127)
• China
16 Nov 09
I call my wife her nickname directly, and she call me "papa" following my daughter, I think anything with sweet voice is OK.
@Hazelrose (2179)
• Philippines
16 Nov 09
Hello jackie,Thanks for sharing,Good Day!
@djoyce71 (2511)
• Philippines
22 Nov 09
We simply call each other by our nicknames.
@raynejasper (2322)
• Philippines
16 Nov 09
..hi.. you're from the Philippines right? We're kababayan.. For me, I call my husband papa since from the experience of one of our neighbors who calls each other by first names, when their son grew up, he also calls his father with his first name.. I do believe that there is an impact when you call your husband tatay, papa, or daddy when it comes to child rearing because children usually imitate you first.. everything that they hear from us, they try to imitate it.. I think you also knew this..
@Hazelrose (2179)
• Philippines
16 Nov 09
Hello raynejasper,Yes,i am from the philippines. Well, that is really true.What children heard when they first learn to talk is what they heard from their parents.That 's why i call my husband that way.Thanks for sharing,Good day!
@rg0205 (2636)
• Hong Kong
16 Nov 09
I don't have a husband but I do have a boyfriend. I call him "baby", "babe", "tams" as in "sweetams", "love" and "mahal". We have other pet names but then those are the ones we usually call one another by.
@Hazelrose (2179)
• Philippines
16 Nov 09
Hi rg0205,It's nice to hear calling our love ones like that.Thanks for sharing,Good Luck!
@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
16 Nov 09
Hi...when my husband and I were still lovers we use to call each other "dear"...But later when we got married I call him "dy" and he calls me "mi"...We use this so our little girl would do the same, she call my husband daddy and I as mommy...Because if we call each other by other names she would also follow. She is already one year old and a good imitator.
@Hazelrose (2179)
• Philippines
16 Nov 09
Hi jndlponti,Dear is very sweet to hear, Well,It is true That what child hears in their first stage to talk is what they follow.Thanks for the response,Good Day!
@neelimaravi (1793)
• India
16 Nov 09
hi hazelrose, hey i call my hubby bujji, he calls me chitti, after marriage he kept me as a pet name, when he had good mood he use to call me chitti, sometimes neelu. hahaha... nice topic, have a nice day,
@Hazelrose (2179)
• Philippines
16 Nov 09
Hello neelimaravi,Ha ha ha!very unique,nice word to hear!Thanks for your response,Have a nice day!
• India
17 Nov 09
Nice topic I call my hus as "Emandi" its is like a respectable word in our laguage He calls me as " Rey".. Its is kind of showing effection Thanks BHA
16 Nov 09
Well I call my husband babe. And he calls me mami.
@Hazelrose (2179)
• Philippines
16 Nov 09
Hello danicaballero,I just want to know other people what they calls their husband/wife.Thanks for sharing,Good Luck!
@surekharathi (14146)
• India
19 Sep 11
In our Indian tradition papa means father and child called their parents called papa and mamma... and I called to my husband without name like Suno G or AG suno..