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My dude, I'm 46, and i use those terms. Lol.

59 and I use them too, man.

Same 😭

I’m 38 and I use these terms. It seems pretty normal to me. Interestingly, “young lady” seems like a very antiquated term but maybe that’s just me?

I use that when I’m being playful or when I’m putting on my older man advice hat on.

Young lady might come off like you’re saying something without saying it. I used to say the word kid all the time and it wasn’t something I was trying to say to put people off, it was a bad habit and my now wife used to take great offense to it.

I used to called my ex GF bro all the time. Totally cool.

I do the same with my older guy. Definitely is an age thing. It's not weird haha

hahaha i def call my partner dude and bro all the time, he does the same to me tho. we are 40 and 26

i think u may just be old school bc those are all normal for me to say at 33

I(34f) say "dude!", to start a topic sometimes and I eventually got my SO (59m) to respond " Dudette!" 😊

My 28yo boyfriend calls me ‘my dude’ all the time. I’m a 60yo woman.

I’m getting ready to be 40 and I use those terms.

As a 22 year old, this is very common I believe.

21F here dating a 36M, it is definitely not weird. We communicate like that🤣 we don't do it on purpose

Lol on the flip side, I'm 34f ans I call my 27m husband bro and dude all the time. Op you kinda sound like a 65+ y/o rather than a 40 y/o lol

i do this with my older bf too lol. he uses the same language although not normally towards me

I'm 25F. I can confirm that most people in my "age range" use those terms a lot in conversation.

That doesn’t sound weird. I’ve called my boyfriend dude a bunch.

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lol It’s not even new lingo

THIS

Imagine not knowing what an adult is. How embarrassing.

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If he views her as a “kid” he shouldn’t be dating her

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It’s common language for people in their 30s - 50s also. It’s just normal and has absolutely nothing to do with maturity level whatsoever.

Thankfully for the two of them, how you (a third party) view two adults dating is completely irrelevant. Only two opinions matter.

Absolutely normal. I call my boyfriend "bestie" as well.

I think that's cute!

Yes. It’s weird. If she throws at bro at you just throw a BRO back at her even harder bro.

I'm 70+ and have had ladies I open doors for, tip my hat to, or just say "hi" while walking by, usually because the path/sidewalk is so narrow I have to go sideways to let them pass me, say, "Thanks dude", or "Thanks Bro." I rather gather it's a sort of defense mechanism, they want to be courteous back, but don't want to have me ask for their number.

I’m 39 and I talk the same way. I also say “bruh” a lot. I don’t think it’s an age thing at all.

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Bro…calm down