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BAB,when are you too old to be 'Bab'

People always seem to call me bab even younger people,and i only just realized i call most family members who are younger than me,babe,and my husband.
 
You are probabley right bab...there was a great mob of us cousins from the old end and May and myself are the only ones in regular contact.
 
Being the youngest in the family I was called the 'babbit'
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my dads sayings where, oh well! this wont get the babby a new bonnet, (when getting ready to work) and "if theres enough blue in the sky, to make the babby a pair of trousers, itll be a nice day" dear old dad!
 
I am 66 and my uncle still calls me bab it makes you feel a little bit special somehowm altho my daughter threatened me never to call her little ones babby or bab so I call them precious or sweetheart, cos they are.
 
Bab Is nice, babe is what I hate, cant stand it, i could scream when i hear some one say "alright babe" i wont go on I can feel myself getting angry just thinking about it
 
Resurrecting an old thread to say: I'm worried bab is dying out! Please tell me it's only being replaced by Love in the south of town? I live away and nearly cry when I come back and get called bab, but only younger people from the black country side seem to use it now [sobs]. Am I imagining this?
 
Tuppenny Rice said:
Resurrecting an old thread to say: I'm worried bab is dying out! Please tell me it's only being replaced by Love in the south of town? I live away and nearly cry when I come back and get called bab, but only younger people from the black country side seem to use it now [sobs]. Am I imagining this?
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I can't answer your question as I live in London now but I remember being in Brum, visiting my late parents about 12 years ago and a Big Issue seller called me Bab, it was so nice!
 
Here in Staffordshire Duck’s the favourite term of endearment. When I visit Brum I love it if someone calls me Bab. It reminds me of my lovely Mom….And makes me feel young again!
 
HelloEveryone. said:
Sayings

Anyone know where my Mom got this.If we got lost and riding around.She would say,"We are going all around the Reeken" Not sure of spelling,since it was never written.
I haven't heard that expression in ages that I just read:
Playing your Mother Up.
England is a long way off but still right here.
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Wrekin.
 
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