Your boyfriend has been acting
strangely recently. You want to have a serious talk with him to find out why. You
start the conversation this way.
· Mothers can call their children "sweetie"
· A father can call his daughters "sweetie", but probably not his
sons.
· Teachers might call their students "sweetie" if the students are
very young, like 8 years old or lower.
· Some gay men call their friends and various other people
"sweetie".
· Some older women call anyone younger than them "sweetie", even
strangers.
· You can call your boyfriend or girlfriend, husband or wife
"sweetie".
When you need to ask someone a question that's
important, complicated, or might make them upset, you first ask:
Can I ask you something?
Or:
Can I ask you a question?
Of course, this is already a question, so
sometimes when you ask someone "Can I ask you a question?" they will
respond:
You just did!
This is supposed to be a joke. Do you get the
joke?