Old: Honey
New: Darling
Why He'll Respond: A man has a case of the honey-dos when he hears "Honey do this, Honey do that." Honey is associated with nagging. But you'll sound glamorous saying, "Darling, fetch me a cocktail."
Old: Pooh Bear
New: Sunshine
Why She'll Respond: Pooh Bear is loaded with woe-is-me tones, but Sunshine will inspire her to stop complaining and be that ray of light.
Old: Henderson (or insert last name)
New: Amore Mio (Italian), Mon Amour (French) or Mi Amor (Spanish)
Why He'll Respond: Shocker, but guys don't really want you to call them the same name that their guy friends call them. It just doesn't have quite the same ring.
Old: Sweetie
New:Cake
Why You'll Both Respond: Okay, confession, we ripped this one off the couple one Million Dollar Listing on Bravo. Works for guys or girls.
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