# Do you call your current lover different pet names than your ex-lovers?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-call-your-current-lover-different-pet-names-than-your-ex-lovers/402281>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 1, 2007, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-call-your-current-lover-different-pet-names-than-your-ex-lovers/402281 "2007-05-01T08:13:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Hildo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@Johnny\_Hildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Hildo)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-call-your-current-lover-different-pet-names-than-your-ex-lovers/402281/1 "2007-05-01T08:13:22Z")

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I do, just for the sake that I want them to have a diffferent identity. I don’t think I can ever call a girl by a previous same-name endearment, no matter how much I like it.

Former pet names I’ve used:

Hunner Bunner  
Baby Doll  
Baby Girl  
Wombat

My new one is Cuddle Monkey.

So how’s about you? Do you recycle names for your lovers or do you give them a new one? I think it’s right that you do.

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**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-call-your-current-lover-different-pet-names-than-your-ex-lovers/402281/2 "2007-05-01T17:37:15Z")

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I don’t think my ex-lovers had any pet name at all for my current one. They’ve never met.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-call-your-current-lover-different-pet-names-than-your-ex-lovers/402281/3 "2007-05-01T18:01:58Z")

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We’ve both avoided this problem by never having used Pet Names, either with previous lovers, or now.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-call-your-current-lover-different-pet-names-than-your-ex-lovers/402281/4 "2007-05-01T18:15:36Z")

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My first wife was Baby Toad. I just picked out two words arbitrarily (with her agreement). I was Bunny.

My current wife is Little One. I’m Dragon.

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**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-call-your-current-lover-different-pet-names-than-your-ex-lovers/402281/5 "2007-05-01T18:20:30Z")

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I’ve never used pet names for my lovers. Aside from the occasional “darling” or “sweetie” nothing I wouldn’t call any other poor sod I wanted to do my bidding.

I do always end up with the same pet names from my lovers, though – _cold-hearted ice queen bitch_ is by far the most popular…though they usually wait til they are an “ex-lover” to use that one…

In all seriousness, most of my exes were the type to use pet names and I did usually end up being called “baby girl” – I think because I am so tiny (short and thin) compared to the guys I tend to date.