My husband and I are self-admittedly disgustingly overkill with our petnames for each other. There are many, but he calls me “bunny” most frequently. I call him “Tommybearwah” or just “Bearwah.” Ugh.
Principessa (Italian for ‘princess’) is an occasional one stemming from our first date watching the movie, “Life is Beautiful” together. I really could go on and on, but this is too much as it is, haha.
I typically call my wife jizz-biscuit. She calls me love rocket, hammer (you know, because of the pounding on the love nail), or sometimes, the The Incredible Mr. Bratwurst.
Just kidding. I call her honey or sometimes beauty, she calls me honey and sweetie. She calls our kids booger and bean.
I call Sr. Olives ‘‘Squish.’’ He calls me Squish, too. We have a whole thing, we’re squishalopes who roam the wild frontier. Squish is also a verb in our household. We squish frequently.
We also call one another ‘‘Husband’’ and ‘‘Wife.’’ As in, ‘‘Husband, come squish with me!’’ (My Aunt started this with her husband, but then shortened it to ‘’'Bend, and now makes up variations on 'Bend, such as Bendolin or Bendjamin.)
I also call him ‘‘Angel Wings’’ or the Spanish version, ‘‘Alas de Ángel.’’
Alternatively, ‘‘Dom.’’ (Uh, given my response to Clockwork above, I should clarify that’s his actual name.)
He calls me ‘‘my little _____.’’ Chickadee, octopus, sea cucumber, strumpet. He knows I like weird creatures so he tries to call me the weirdest thing he can think of.
We’ve gone through a lot of different phases in 8 years. My fondest was ‘‘My Little Pumpernickel Loaf.’’ Loaf for short. I would say, ‘‘I love you, Loaf! I loaf you, Love!’’
I wish I could say it’s gooshy romance stuff, but it’s really not. I’m just a really silly person in general. It was bound to affect my love life.
Because once while dating, we stopped at a convenience store for snacks and they had these danishes called Snow Bunnies and Apple Bunnies and we had to have some.
We call each other Shmeek, Shmeeker, Shmeekerton…he calls me Shmeeky Von Shmeekerton/Von Shmeek sometimes. Occasionally he’s “duck” or “penguin” and sometimes I’m his “Tiny One.”
Since we recently got engaged, I’ve started calling him Mr. Levins, and he’s called me Mrs. Levins. Which sounds odd, like we’re someone’s parents.
All this is an addition to the usual “Honey/hon/baby/babe” stuff.