Topic: How does it make you feel
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Sun 02/26/12 08:02 PM


I might have to come up to Ohio and see how many people will talk to me and how many people give me funny looks laugh

My aunt is from Alabama and Texas. She moved to VA with her girls and had a hard time adjusting. She's bubbly as it is laugh


it would depend on where in Ohio - if u were in southern Ohio near the river up through west central ohio - it's pretty rural except for cinci - and cinci is a southern town - like Kentucky southern - not sure how that 's different than texas

but up by totage seems to me culturally to be more like the northeast - just my impression as a long time resident (lifer)laugh


They actually went somewhere in Maryland first then moved to Palmyra, Virginia. From what I hear....those states are very pretty. I love the colonial states because I have heard how pretty it is, especially in the fall

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Sun 02/26/12 08:04 PM
I am in northeast Ohio. Warren/Youngstown area.

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Sun 02/26/12 08:07 PM



I might have to come up to Ohio and see how many people will talk to me and how many people give me funny looks laugh

My aunt is from Alabama and Texas. She moved to VA with her girls and had a hard time adjusting. She's bubbly as it is laugh


it would depend on where in Ohio - if u were in southern Ohio near the river up through west central ohio - it's pretty rural except for cinci - and cinci is a southern town - like Kentucky southern - not sure how that 's different than texas

but up by totage seems to me culturally to be more like the northeast - just my impression as a long time resident (lifer)laugh


They actually went somewhere in Maryland first then moved to Palmyra, Virginia. From what I hear....those states are very pretty. I love the colonial states because I have heard how pretty it is, especially in the fall


yup absolutely beautiful anywhere KY, VA north through PA and NY north through the Appalachin & Allegheny Mountains when the colors change the trees - it's breathtaking - I go hawk watching at that time and I tell you, I have some beautful memories - pictures in my mind of a kettle of birds on a sunny day with the mountains and all colors on the trees as the back drop....it is beautiful your aunt is right

the colonial states have a lot of history too

yellowrose10's photo
Sun 02/26/12 08:08 PM
I love history!

BTW...we kinda got off topic didn't we? laugh

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Sun 02/26/12 08:09 PM
That's to be expected in my threads. :P

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Sun 02/26/12 08:11 PM

I've been to OBX several times, I've noticed that too, but it does seem to be a laid back town, where you can go and enjoy the beach.


They're beach towns, that's why. :wink:


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Sun 02/26/12 08:11 PM

I love history!

BTW...we kinda got off topic didn't we? laugh


I believe so, yes

sorry about that - a few digressions now & then let's us see a bit of a person tho

we'll get right back on in!


yellowrose10's photo
Sun 02/26/12 08:12 PM

That's to be expected in my threads. :P


mine too. I've moved more of mine into chit chat laugh

Any way....I do think it depends a lot on what part of the country you are from whether you are ok with it or not (in general)

I have a friend in England and she said it's basically the same. She uses pet names where she is from (can't remember where) and in other parts of England, people don't say it.

I wonder how many other countries are the same?

Totage's photo
Sun 02/26/12 08:12 PM


I've been to OBX several times, I've noticed that too, but it does seem to be a laid back town, where you can go and enjoy the beach.


They're beach towns, that's why. :wink:




Good point. :P

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Sun 02/26/12 08:12 PM

That's to be expected in my threads. :P


good man!

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Sun 02/26/12 08:13 PM


That's to be expected in my threads. :P


mine too. I've moved more of mine into chit chat laugh

Any way....I do think it depends a lot on what part of the country you are from whether you are ok with it or not (in general)

I have a friend in England and she said it's basically the same. She uses pet names where she is from (can't remember where) and in other parts of England, people don't say it.

I wonder how many other countries are the same?


That's interesting. I would be interested to know as well.

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Sun 02/26/12 08:14 PM


That's to be expected in my threads. :P


good man!


TY happy

p021's photo
Sun 02/26/12 08:14 PM
It doesn't bother me at all.
Everyone has their own way of calling u but it doesn't
change who u are If a stranger calls u sweetie and he/she
is not your sweetie why should it bother you?

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Sun 02/26/12 08:16 PM



That's to be expected in my threads. :P


good man!


TY happy


you're welcome and definitely keep us posted about your get together

yellowrose10's photo
Sun 02/26/12 08:16 PM

It doesn't bother me at all.
Everyone has their own way of calling u but it doesn't
change who u are If a stranger calls u sweetie and he/she
is not your sweetie why should it bother you?


well you are from another country...so we can ask you too.

Is it the same in your country? You know where in some areas people use those terms a lot, but in other areas they don't at all?

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Sun 02/26/12 08:17 PM

It doesn't bother me at all.
Everyone has their own way of calling u but it doesn't
change who u are If a stranger calls u sweetie and he/she
is not your sweetie why should it bother you?



doesn't bothere me at all

but some folk feel it's too familiar, shug:wink:

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Sun 02/26/12 08:17 PM
Edited by Totage on Sun 02/26/12 08:17 PM
I will, I'll have to find that topic. I'm still trying to figure things out about it.

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Sun 02/26/12 08:21 PM
It 's been too long since living in Germany and up near Quebec for me to really remember

as I recall we called each other by name usually in Germany - I don't remmeber the use of pet names there


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Sun 02/26/12 08:22 PM
You know what I find interesting? There have been some who have completely overdone it with the cutesy names and I've politely said they can call me by my name, rather than those other names since we really don't know each other. They went from being friendly to very offended quickly.

Normally, I just don't say anything unless it's completely overdone.

yellowrose10's photo
Sun 02/26/12 08:23 PM
I lived in the Philippines when I was young and I would say it was like that too, but we lived on base so that doesn't really count and I was too young to learn Tagalog laugh