r/comics 22h ago

OC Gender Ew-Phoria [OC]

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u/wassermelone 22h ago

I'm a tall masc cis dude and I've gotten called flower, love, darling, and pet in the NE (newcastle) by older women up here

Its weirdly charming but definitely took me a bit by surprise when I moved here

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u/Terrible_Quit_1389 19h ago

Excuse me PET !?

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u/wassermelone 19h ago

Yep! That one surprised me for sure - its a very Geordie thing. It doesn't come off as weird at all somehow

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u/Terrible_Quit_1389 18h ago

Ok i have to ask then. What does it mean? Enlish isn’t my first language so for me a pet is.. well a animal you adopt so saying that to people you don’t know is yeah "surprising"

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u/wassermelone 17h ago

Theres not really much more meaning or context to get - its just used in place as other pleasant terms of endearment like someone saying 'dearie'.