Ladies, women, girls....

[Mr. Bloom]

I say "thanks hun" to the cashier when I check out.

Now, I will admit that when someone refers to me as "hun" it sounds like fingernails on the chalkboard

It's not offensive, per se, but it just never seems to be an appropriate reference - whether to a male or a female...too 'comfortable' for a stranger to use.

In high school and college, I used to have an issue with young women pinching my butt Why did they pinch it? Probably because I had one...and most males that age don't...

But, it seems like the women who pinched my butt were the same kind who use the phrase "hun"...so maybe that's why it bugs me ... and I was raised in the south where "hun" is common colloquialism.