I once had a guy call me "shweetie", ...and I just shot him a look and rolled my eyes. We both laughed,
because we BOTH knew he had caught himself just in time. He almost called me "Sheila". His ex girlfriend who he had been with for 10 yrs was named Sheila, so I let it go. I knew how difficult it can sometimes be to get names straight in the beginning. When I broke up with my first boyfriend, who I had dated for 7 years, I kept calling the next boyfriend by his name. It was devastatingly uncomfortable for me each time I did it. He would just laugh it off, ...but I hated doing it. Funny thing is, when you do that with a guy you're just friends with, ...it's no big deal, ...but do it with a new guy you're dating and you feel mortified.