Pet Names for Signigicant Others: Be Choosey! Don't Pick This One!

The absolute worst 'pet names' for your significant other, in my opinion, is the word 'SUG'.

What the hell is 'Sug? Does this mean I'm too lazy to completely pronounce the word Sugar? Can I not end a comprehensible sentence with, Sugar? Why do I have to revert to 'Sug'? Do I not know who I'm talking to?

My experience with this word, 'Sug,' was by mistake. A very long time ago I hung out with a guy friend that called everyone---you got it- 'Sug'. It didn't matter if we were at a ballgame, a concert, or in a restaurant; everyone was 'Sug.' Going to an event was like going to a 'Sug' convention. "Excuse me, Sug" or "Thank you, Sug" was his response to everyone.

Finally, one day, I asked him, "Why do you call everyone 'Sug.' His reply was simple and to the point, "Because I want them to think I recognize them as a person."

"Ok," I thought to myself silently.

I had been using this 'Sug' word often in conversations, on telephone calls, and in person. No one seemed to object to the word so I kept using it. I had innocently and subconsciously picked up the phrase from my friend.

Then my path crossed with my current significant other.

We survived months of courtship with every other sentence I said beginning or ending with 'Sug'. Suddenly, this all came to and end!

One day, I politely asked, "Sug, will you be sure to drain the pool?" This must have been his boiling point, but he simply replied, "My name is not 'Sug'. Call me anything you wish other than 'Sug.' What the hell is a 'Sug'? You call everyone 'Sug'. I am not just anyone or everyone! Pick another pet name! Please!"

This was when I realized that a "pet name" to a current significant other is just as important as a "pen name" to an author. A pet name should be a word you use for no one else pother than your significant other. Your significant other is the only one, who is privileged enough, for you to use your given pet name to.

You should not use your significant other's pet name in general conversation. You should not use it as if it were a name you would give to just anyone!

When choosing a pet name, you should go by the same rules author's use for their pen names. Make it short, special and most importantly---make it memorable! Happy hunting for names!