Calling Someone Amor

[kenshireen]

I know it is common to all almost anyone Amor.. Its very common.
Questions is what do partners call the special person in their lives.
If they say mi Amor it is so common it doesn't have any special significance

 

[JD Jones]

Whatever they want. My ex always called me bebo.

 

[SKY]

ATM.........

 

[Yourmaninvegas]

I know it is common to all almost anyone Amor.. Its very common.
Questions is what do partners call the special person in their lives.
If they say mi Amor it is so common it doesn't have any special significance

it is better to have something common...that way she does not have remember something special when she is with you.
"Que rico papi"

 

[Joseph NY2STI]

My favorite is "moi". Straight up campo chapi talk.

 

[cavok]

More, mi vida, corazon

 

[bob saunders]

My wife calls me , when she isnt mad at me, Mi Cielo, and I call her Mi Vida.

 

[chico bill]

My GF calls be bendejo, cabron y mi inutil when she isn't mad at me

 

[NALs]

Just because someone calls you "amor" is no reason to think anything of it. I think many expats at first think there is something to all this "amor" going around. lol

If you look younger or could be the random woman's son, she might say "mi hijo" instead of "mi amor." It doesn't mean you actually are her son. lol

As for what couples call each other, as has been said, it could be anything among them.

 

[Lucifer]

My better half calls me "mi pariguayo", with emphasis on "mi".

 

[scotia]

My husband calls me Mami or (mi) Rubia. If he uses my given name I know he's upset.

 

[Gadfly]

when I moved here a bank teller said mi amor to me I was not expecting that and didn’t know how to react and it kept happening everywhere I was pretty annoyed at first now I love it

 

[AlterEgo]

I think of “mi amor” as being like “sweetie” or “hon” in USA. Nothing more. I find I use it a lot with kids.

Mr AE and I use our names (imagine that!) but I do have a cute plaque by our coffeemaker that says “If I call you darling, will you make me coffee?”

 

[bob saunders]

when I moved here a bank teller said mi amor to me I was not expecting that and didn’t know how to react and it kept happening everywhere I was pretty annoyed at first now I love it

Exactly, I get called cariño by clerks, bank tellers, even female lawyers.

 

[Fulano2]

Exactly, I get called cariño by clerks, bank tellers, even female lawyers.

Unbelievable! 😉

 

[JD Jones]

I think of “mi amor” as being like “sweetie” or “hon” in USA. Nothing more. I find I use it a lot with kids.

Mr AE and I use our names (imagine that!) but I do have a cute plaque by our coffeemaker that says “If I call you darling, will you make me coffee?”

The last time I was in the states I called a woman at the Hertz desk 'sweetie' and she took offense to it. But all she did was correct me and say "My name is Ms Johnson"

 

[william webster]

Different world these days

 

[onebluecat]

Also could be used when you don’t know someone’s name or if you don’t want to make a mistake with your GF/BF if you have several relationships going on at once.

 

[Lucifer]

I think of “mi amor” as being like “sweetie” or “hon” in USA. Nothing more. I find I use it a lot with kids.

Mr AE and I use our names (imagine that!) but I do have a cute plaque by our coffeemaker that says “If I call you darling, will you make me coffee?”

If I call my better half by her given name, she responds with, "dime, José," the weakest-sounding male name in the history of EVER!
I better use flaca, flaquita, mami or chula... or else.

 

[Lucifer]

I once said, "Hello, young lady," to an ESL instructor and she took offense to it, as if I had just made a pass a her:

"You DO NOT call me 'young lady'. At my other job, I see many rich men, and they don't even dare call me that."

She intimidated the bejesus out of me, probably thinking I was eyeing her with bad intent.
I didn't have the guts to set 'er straight: "Hey, don't you start away uneasy."

That's what happens when I engage chubby, little fingers ahead of dendrites and glial cells.