We won't find out until we grow

   "Hey, Babe."?

Well I don't know if all that's true,
'Cause you got me, and baby I got you.

   "Hey, Babe."?

I guess that's so, we don't have a plot
But at least I'm sure of all the things we got.

but there are plenty of other appellations out there:

Sweetie is not that uncommon, and it's close kin:  Sweets.

There's the ever popular honey.

Sugar is popular with gals from warmer climes, and one gal from the Slavic regions uses a term that I can barely pronounce.  I hope it's good.

Some K-gals call me "boyfriend", which is kind of endearing.

One gal likes to call me Mistah Fishah.  People from the Boston area can figure out what town she's from.

I like to use the term "luv", myself.

"Honey" is first, "boyfriend" is second.

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it's sugar

I like using babe. It means we care. Calling you by the first name is just to proper. I mean we can do that but what fun would that be. It's much nicer saying, Hey babe how are you doing? Or baby, doll, sweetie, etc. I think it's just overall a nice gesture.

Pumpkin

I had one woman go from calling me "babe" to "pumpkin". I'm neither round nor orange, but I thought the shift was cute. On the other hand, maybe "pumpkin" is code for stupid dork!

My favorite is actually when I get called by my name or some variation on my handle. It's unexpected. Babe and sweetie are most common. Regardless of what she calls me (or herself) the name, all names go out the window BCD once the small talk stops.

Like  right out of a corny 30`s Hollywood movie

call you "hooker", "bitch", "f*ck doll", etc.

There needs to be a mutual respect.

I use terms like doll, sweetie, hun, honey, and baby. I think it is a nice gesture to say Hey babe as a opposed to the name of the person. Just seems sweet when your thinking of the guy you see and use nice names.