I know I'm going to get in trouble for this, but what the hell.
In the 49 years that I'm on this planet, I've yet to see a good looking woman offended by being addressed as sweetie. It's always the uggos and the lesbians that complain about it.
There, I said it.
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.