Ariza:
Yes nah , shebi it's your partner and it will be your break up too.

Mummyfour:
when I try to call the guy man my love, sweetie,and any other sweet name in private,he will look at me some how and say " what do you want now?. What do you want to buy" so he prefers i call him his name whether private or in public. We are cool with that.He feels calling him a pet name is a subtle way of catching him off guard to extort him

holuwajobar:

Lol.... It would end in tears

donstan18:
Having known that the use of romantic and lovely names is one of the common things in marriages, but I still do not think it's a yardstick to measure the respect and love your partner got for you, because some people prefer maintaining a high level of simplicity and straightforwardness in what they do.

So I would wanna know, how proper is it to address your partner by his or her real name in public places before people?


Let's see what people got to say

Ariza:
Lol... Please don't call her that o. Just use something else or call her her real name.

Ariza:
I think "Dear" is the normal word people accept.

Couples can also create pet names for themselves too, in my tribe "Ayanfe" "olami" ,"ademi" are very common and people don't react negatively to such name. How they come up with them? Shorten your partner's name and personalize it by adding "Mi" ( Mine).

donbachi:
Just like my friend's wife calls him "bro oke"

donstan18:
Having known that the use of romantic and lovely names is one of the common things in marriages, but I still do not think it's a yardstick to measure the respect and love your partner got for you, because some people prefer maintaining a high level of simplicity and straightforwardness in what they do.

So I would wanna know, how proper is it to address your partner by his or her real name in public places before people?


Let's see what people got to say

Ariza:
I think "Dear" is more acceptable. Nigerians don kuku normalize and bastardized the word already. Everyone nah dear.

The one that pains me most is underage ending every sentence with Dear in a conversation.

winkmart:
Call him DADDY WA

Ningen:
What actually matters is if your significant other is comfortable and okay with the name you are using to call him/her. People's opinion doesn't.

Ariza:
I think "Dear" is more acceptable. Nigerians don kuku normalize and bastardized the word already. Everyone nah dear.

The one that pains me most is underage ending every sentence with Dear in a conversation.

TheManOfTheYear:
Should this even be a big deal?
Why not call your partner with endearments like "honey", "sweetie" etc or if you don't like that, call yourselves by your names.

olab059:


Lol! I wonder when this became a thing. I was chatting with one smallie the other day and she kept ending her comments with dear. I was like, shay this girl no say I fit born am like this.

Ariza:
Lol... That thing can be annoying.

GreaterFuture1:

I was waiting for a Reasonable comment until you. I could not believe the Topic when I Saw it I laughed out so Hard lol
Nigerians are not normal, what the hell is "is it Proper?" What the hell is that! You call yourselves
Whatever you like! Are there Societal/Traditional rules to this too? Because there must be some ridiculous reason(s) why this is even an Issue.
Stupid Rubbish!

JidennaJason:
"The worst thing to happen to man, nah see finish"

I have heard some ladies say that if they can't call their partners "playful" names like "Big Nose" "Cow head" "Dog brain" and "Goat Mouth" they ain't in a relationship with the right person.


We shouldn't get all serious in a relationship and at the same time we shouldn't give room for stupidity.


Calling me by my first name is not disrespectful, but calling it like you gave birth to me and the sole administrator of my life in public, that's where I will draw the line.

Winneygirl:
I will just call him "Baba Bose".

Winneygirl:
I will just call him "Baba Bose".

donstan18:
Having known that the use of romantic and lovely names is one of the common things in marriages, but I still do not think it's a yardstick to measure the respect and love your partner got for you, because some people prefer maintaining a high level of simplicity and straightforwardness in what they do.

So I would wanna know, how proper is it to address your partner by his or her real name in public places before people?


Let's see what people got to say

donstan18:




But we know how ladies operate in that settings nh!

donstan18:
Having known that the use of romantic and lovely names is one of the common things in marriages, but I still do not think it's a yardstick to measure the respect and love your partner got for you, because some people prefer maintaining a high level of simplicity and straightforwardness in what they do.

So I would wanna know, how proper is it to address your partner by his or her real name in public places before people?


Let's see what people got to say

Ariza:
I think "Dear" is more acceptable. Nigerians don kuku normalize and bastardized the word already. Everyone nah dear.

The one that pains me most is underage ending every sentence with Dear in a conversation.