I would love to hear stories about how you came up with whatever unique name you call your SO. Nothing graphic and don’t doxx yourself, I just think some nice stories like that would be fun for everyone in these ridiculous times.

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Not sure if it counts as it’s not really a pet name, but when one of us is looking for the other, we make dinosaur noises. The query has an upward inflection (“raahhhh?”) and the response has a downward inflection (“rahh!”).

At first it was just around the house. Now it’s in public too.

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I meow to find my husband and he will meow back.

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That is awesome!

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We “caw” like crows, but haven’t evolved to do it in public yet hahaha

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Yes! We donr have pet names either, but we have this dumb way to walk, where we sway in same rythm like penguins.

Its dumb and silly, but when we do it we know we are having a good time.

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I’m Sweet Potato.

We hadn’t really decided on any pet names yet, and while intending to say sweet pea, she accidentally said sweet potato and it stuck.

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That’s super cute!

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Your name isn’t Amity is it?

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Wi-Fi

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Is there a story behind it that you can share?

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I’m a geek, my wife claimed I love my Wi-Fi more than her (in a playful way) so I said, I love you just as much as my Wi-Fi…. Called her my Wi-Fi… Then it just kinda stuck.

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💻 🍆 💦

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I do the same 😄

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Draakje, which is Dutch for tiny dragon. Because she is cute and feisty. And can, when in dire straits, kick open a sturdy locked door.

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I like this! How is it pronounced phonetically?

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I tried to figure it out but I am not smart enough to figure out the phonetic alphabet. But basically drrr then a long aaaa and a kje sound.

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Thank you for trying! I didn’t mean to give you homework. I’m just very interested in other languages. I think your pet name is very sweet, thanks for sharing!

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Yes. But you have to understand - to my mind, the purpose of a pet name is to entertain me, while mildly annoying her, by being unforgivably twee.

I call her my little Smoddy-Dimble.

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