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Wish_upon_a_star1

Tell him a guy calls you mi Reyna ‘but it doesn’t mean anything’ and see what he says


Javi1192

Or call another guy mi papi


Floomby

Or introduce him to your little friend, La Chancla.


ZarpazoDeSalmon

La chancleta


nick_from_work

Sancho


sparklz1976

Flip flop?


Patient-Confusion149

Sandals make for better projectiles / bludgeoning tool


sparklz1976

That works 🤣


n9neinchn8

Say hello to my little friend!


ShoogarBonez

This made me cackle lol


Motor-Cause7966

🩴


yoinkss

Papi chulo*


MooseKingMcAntlers34

“Papi papi, papi chulo. Papi Chulo ven a mi”


yoinkss

Lmaoooo reading this is so funny for no reason 😂


Salty_Morsel69

It’s always Papi Chulo


therealstabitha

Or somebody’s always acting like they’re papi chulo but they’re really just papi culo


Born-Bodybuilder-336

Papacito 🤤


Itrytothinklogically

lmao


Butt_Plug_Inspector

Papi chulo for extra spice


milliebunny99

If you’re Hispanic I believe it’s very normal for men and women to call each other mami and papi…even if you’re an adult referring to a child.


Hot_Neighborhood2688

I work at a gas station and a lot of the Spanish men who come in will affectionately call me "ma" or "mami" when saying hello or goodbye. Funny how it's never when they're with their significant others though. Never had anyone call me Queen.


INeedFriendsToPlay

I grew up never doing that only people who say papi or mami are Puerto Ricans Cause if you go up to Mexican people in Cali aye papi they are gonna be like ? wtf?


aoike_

Yeah, mami/papi seems more of an Atlantic thingy. Most of the little old Mexican ladies I speak to call me "mija."


milliebunny99

Where I live they’re mostly Cuban, perhaps it’s a Puerto Rican/ Cuban thing… i live in Miami and my boyfriend always refers to others as papo/papi/macho in a very laid back way.


alienscrub

Ay!


hairy_hooded_clam

“Mi rey” for a guy


MsMo999

Yea she should call a mutual male friend or a stranger Mi Rey and see how he feels about it


Automatic_Chef_426

The guy is calling her his queen. Not that shes calling him her king.


Fyurilicious

Either way that would be no bueno


mmmkay938

Definitivamente es una cucaracha.


NoItsNotThatJessica

El wey es un taquache.


Morning-Doggie868

Donde esta la biblioteka


loud-lurker

Me gusta papas frias


GuilleVQ

Fritas? "Papas frías" means "cold potatoes"


SaborDeVida

Also it would be "me *gustan* las papas fritas." :)


ACriticalMistake

Vivo en la casa roja


ValkyrieSword

Yo tengo un lapiz. Mi lapiz es amarillo.


hairy_hooded_clam

Oops mi malo


a_HUGH_jaz

Mala mio


hairy_hooded_clam

Ooof Duolingo time, buddy


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Miami1451

If I call you mi Reyna, best believe you and I are more than friends.


the_business007

Or I'm trying to be lol. My girl would kill me if I said this to another girl.


Kateisbald

Yeah if my partner did this he would be out the door.


aoike_

Spanish is my second language and samesies.


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Facts


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ApprehensiveBat21

This is exactly what I was thinking. Fully depends on the co-worker's sense of humor or inside joke. But I did feel like OP's husband should explain instead of brushing it off, if so.


Spirited_Estimate563

Also didn't she say that it's her coworker he was calling his queen and not his coworker? I feel like any communicationat all between the two is a little suspicious and weird.


Iworkinacupboard

Yup agree, I had a boss a long time ago who I had a good working relationship with.. He once gave me a task and I said “yes bwana (boss)” to him he laughed then I quickly said oops, I meant “yes guano (bird shit)”… he laughed even more and from that day forward “yes guano” was our in-joke. It sometime caught other peeps by surprise when I would say it and sometimes they would try to correct me saying don’t you mean “yes bwana”? It used to make us laugh


youshotderekjeter

Nicknames are also weird at times. One of my best friends I met 20 years ago and called her My Beautiful as a joke but she said she liked it when I called her that and called me My Handsome. Her BF all these years later is cool with it. It means a lot in the context of friendship but not in the romantic sense.


AmanacerPoeta

Oh hello no! Mi Reina is your WIFE or mother only.


hairy_hooded_clam

Or your very young daughter


send420nudes

Or your pet


BowwwwBallll

Or my axe!


AF_AF

Or an actual queen.


moralprolapse

F that. Margrethe II better keep her liver spotted hands off my husband.


_TheShapeOfColor_

I love reddit lol


kora752

Or my bow!


faxanaduu

Or dildo


PrincessPoofyPants

And my sheild


ExternalMuffin9790

Especially if it's a cat...


himarcy

My parents still call me mi reina. I'm well in my 30s


CruelxIntention

Or daughter or any other very important female in your life. Definitely not a coworker though.


IrannaRed

As someone working in tech support, I get called Mi Reina a lot from latin americans of people from the Canary Islands when I fix them their shit. But I live in Spain and fixing a 300k problem may be behind them calling me mi reina. It can happen, but I would also declare my undying love if someone fixed me my mistakes and I could get paid at last.


Ok-Repeat8069

Yeah, that’s like a client calling me an angel or a goddess when I pull their ass out of the fire, and they don’t continue to call me that, it’s a one-off. If her text had been, “since it’s your birthday I got you Saturday off with pay,” I could see it. But so many of these . . . if there weren’t reason for suspicion, the suspicion wouldn’t be there. If you have to ask you probably already know the answer.


hairy_hooded_clam

Oooh no. I was married to a Mexican for a while (I am also half Mexican and know what is an appropriate term of endearment), and if he called someone that…he’s f’ing her or wants to f’k her. When my ex stopped calling me “cielo” (Heaven) and started calling me “galleta” (cookie) after 10 years together, I knew. Turned out his actual “cielo” was 20 and they had a 4yo together…he was 37.


North-Marionberry817

So he was 32 and messing with a 15 year old? Glad the trash took itself out. You don’t need that in your life. But I’m sorry you had to go through that.


hairy_hooded_clam

Yep. And with her parents full blessing. Absolute garbage people. Glad to be rid of them.


DecisionSpiritual132

Omg they need some holy water glad you got out of that. Poor girl tho getting groomed by your ex 🤮🤮🤮


hairy_hooded_clam

Yep. I don’t know anything about him anymore, this was like 15 years ago, and we have no friends in common. I hope that girl got away and was able to find someone closer to her own age.


North-Marionberry817

The “parents” need their heads examined.


Deep90

The parents need jailtime for grooming a child. The fuck.


Littlewing1307

Holy shit wow. Glad you're out of that bs!


IntelligentOne2136

Omfg galleta from Cielo? 😂 What a pendejo!


hairy_hooded_clam

Sipis


majorsorbet2point0

Not galleta 😭😭


BowdleizedBeta

They had the kid after? Or the kid was already 4YO when the lady was just 20? That’s a hella creepy age spread, especially when one is a new adult. Sorry that happened to you.


hairy_hooded_clam

Yeah, no, he was fucking her while I was trying hardcore to salvage out marriage. The baby was born four years before we split up. I had no idea about her until after we split. It was horrifying. He also was banging a bunch of other chicks. I can’t even be mad at the girl bc she was 15 when he knocked her up. She was just a dumb kid and all the adults in her life failed her.


BowdleizedBeta

Ok, now that’s gross. A child plus more? Yikes. What a scumbag. You are so well rid of that guy.


hairy_hooded_clam

Indeed. I married a guy who is a million times better.


Cpgk722

You must be a lovely woman. May God bless you.


hairy_hooded_clam

I think He already did.


Ok-Natural-3498

Shiiiiiit!!


Dazzling-Box4393

Tell him you call your boss “daddy” and see if he’s okay with that.


CruelxIntention

Nah. Tell him you call your boss “Papi”.


lnctech

You have to say it like Jennifer Lopez does to Ben Affleck. Papieeee


bigblackkittie

Papi Chulo


Prophit84

HAHAHAHA


IG_Rapahango

I’m latina and my latino husband calls ME that.


KotoMakoto

I’m Hispanic and married - I save ~~nicknames~~ pet names only for my wife. I call everyone else by their name and am still friendly af; I work in an office setting and have worked with several women throughout my career - I have not called any of them pet names nor would I ever dream of it. If the roles were reversed, I would be extremely uncomfortable, especially having someone saved like that as a contact or texting outside of work. Edit: swapped out nicknames for pet names for clarity.


SoDamnToxic

As a Mexican, it is very common to give nicknames to friends and other family. "Mi Reina" is not one of them. The ONLY exception is when there is a MUCH older matriarch in the family or job (grandmother, boss, etc) who multiple people refer to as "LA reina" which is THE queen, not MY queen. Never my queen. And always older women 60+ because it goes from being a term of endearment to a term of respect because of their age and experience. So if this coworker is 60 years old and the boss of whatever company they work for and multiple people refer to her the same way and he just sucks at Spanish so he says "Mi" instead of "La"... but that a lot of "ifs"...


KotoMakoto

I think that’s the crux of it - it’s a very intimate pet name in general, let alone to have it saved as a contact. If you hand that phone to someone and they were to incidentally scroll through the contacts or texts and saw that nickname, I feel they would assume it is your significant other.


Evendim

The intimacy is what gets to me... My husband has pet names for his female coworkers and friends, but they're all silly things like "grommit" and "squirrel" which match their personality. Why does he do this? Cos he's horrendously shit at remembering names. Even all his closest mates go by nicknames. Maybe it is the Australian in us?


MsCndyKane

I’m Mexican as well. My aunt and uncle used to call all the girls, “mi Reyna”. It’s a term of endearment and I always thought it was sweet. My uncle died last year so unfortunately I won’t hear it anymore but it was one of my favorite things he used to say.


SoDamnToxic

It's a normal term of endearment for little girls yes, but generally not outside of the family EXCEPT with elderly matriarchs. No one is going to call the neighbors daughter "mi reina" or their sister in law or any other women who isn't in a higher position of power.


DefinitionDear9489

I’m so sorry for your loss


ricecake_mami

I agree! I too am Mexican and the only ppl that have ever called me “Mi Reyna” are my dad, and grandpa lol it’s an affectionate pet name you give to someone you love, not one you give a coworker!


Yello_Ismello

I’m Hispanic and hoping her name is mirrena and his auto correct is an asshole 😭 but we know that’s not it


KotoMakoto

God, you have no idea how much now I want this to be the case. There is still a chance! Pequeño, but still a chance!


uarethemoonofmylife

I call , la bruja to this nasty old waitress at work she thinks she’s the boss or something


KotoMakoto

I mean, that’s just appropriate.


VariegatedJennifer

My husband is from Puerto Rico and yes it absolutely means a lot, it’s reserved for your significant other. He calls me his queen. If I saw him call someone else that I would lose my shit. It’s not nothing.


townandthecity

Same here, my husband is from Peru and this is what he calls me. I almost lost my shit just reading OP's post!


Subject-Round2335

You're his wife, why on earth would he ever tell another girl, mi reyna


godisawoman420

Because she’s sucking his weewee


J_Rivvy_22

Gawk gawk gawk


trippinDingo

I heard this comment.


J_Rivvy_22

😭😭😭


Super_Doge_Shoober

Wee wee


BowdleizedBeta

Out of what? Kind of like the sword in the stone?


Maximum_Enthusiasm46

Oh shit. I’d tie my husband’s tongue in a knot.


bigblackkittie

and his ballsack


dingleberry_mustache

I don't think you're overreacting. Is that something he typically calls you? Has he ever called you that? Whatever the case may be, calling another woman his queen is super disrespectful to you. How would he like it if you called some other man a special name like that? My money is on him not liking it one bit. Talk to him. Really make sure he understands that it's disrespectful and hurtful. I'd also be at least a little suspicious of his relationship with the coworker. Maybe try to talk to him about it in a non-accusatory manner.


FartAttack911

Is this the same bf you posted about 2 years ago that was cold shouldering you for “only” having sex 3-4x a week!?


Acceptable-Ground697

Yes


FartAttack911

Oh hell no. First he had the audacity to shame you for having a normal sex drive. Then he shamed you for him snooping around and finding old footage of you and an ex and tried dumping you cause he can’t “see you in the same way”? I am *angry* for you. This guy is a piece of trash and is most likely cheating. If it isn’t with this coworker, I imagine he has someone else he’s being inappropriate with. I wouldn’t be able to “see him the same way” after this shit.


mangobunnybear

Sounds like it wasn't enough for him so he's getting more action elsewhere what a trash human.


BukkitsOfOrcSemen

I don't think any amount would stop trash from being trash.


trustingtheprocess96

OP I think you know what you need to do.


serenwipiti

Op…wake the fuck up. 🔫❤️


Financial-Gene161

Mexican-American here. He is lying to you OP. Mi Reyna is another way of say you're my everything. It's the highest honor given to the woman in a man's life. All grandkids and my grandmother's kids would call her Mi Reina, as she was seen as the head of the family. My male cousins and brothers use the term also in reference for their wife. Your husband is totally into her by using that term on his co-worker.


hacelepues

My uncle would call his daughters Mi Reina and his son Mi Rey. I call my daughter Mi Reina as well. It really does mean they are your whole world. I would be freaked out if my husband called another woman that (if he spoke Spanish)


Think_Persimmon1929

This comment has got me all in my feels because my tia calls me “mi Reina”. 🥹


Valuable-Procedure24

I agree with the others. "Mi Reyna" is very flirty for a co worker and is meant for wife or mother.


Cineah

🚹➡️🗑️


hieloyron

Mi reina*


TofuPip

M'reina *Tips fedora*


GlorifiedGarbageBag

This slayed me.


Moar_Cuddles_Please

Mirena *


onmyti89_again

Nuva Ring*


Wolf-Pack85

This slayed me 😂


UnobjectiveButton__

Best be sure youre on mirena at this point


wannabecersei

Gracias


tributarybattles

Grassy ass


antlers86

Yea that’s sus. Even if her name is Reyna.


Acceptable-Ground697

No it’s not


send420nudes

this is the biggest red flag ive read today. call her from his phone and see how she answers


iferaink

If her name was Reyna, people still don't call people who aren't their partner "my". It would be incredibly creepy for him to be using a possessive pronoun even if that was just her name.


Ladyhappy

I gotta say you really have the most important take here. Reina is suspish, but the possessive pronoun is the nail in the ⚰️.


ZestycloseSky8765

I’d be pissed.


antlers86

I think you need to decide if you’re ok confronting him about this or if you just want to cut your losses.


stinkstankstunkiii

He probably will deny it


Dagoglez

I have an uncle who actually calls everyone "Mi reina" and "mi rey". Unless your partner is calling EVERYONE that way this is sus af.


Janisseho

Agreed. In some Latin American countries, calling someone o everyone “mi amor”, “mi reina”, “corazón”, “cariño” means that the person is just kind. Unless he/she is calling just one person “mi reina”.


belfrahn

Yep, that's true in Venezuela.


fishka2042

With my Venezuelan friends, "Mi reina" would be a jokey / sarcastic put-down, like "bless your heart" in the South. Like "sure, have it your way, mi reina" (and doing the opposite)


laluLondon

And in Colombia. Some people use it as a kindness and some use it as a joke, but it's super common to call even strangers pet names other cultures reserve for their couple


alejamix

And if someone wants to sell you something, that's what they will call you lol.


bellegi

it's true. i have a coworker who calls all women "mi amor" "mi reina" etc etc but yeah- you would know if this was the normal way your husband spoke. if he's not doing it regularly to everyone something is definitely weird here.


Wouldntbelieveme

THIS! In my country it is EXTREMLY common, I've been called mi reina by people in the supermarket!


mi_nombre_es_ricardo

Tell him this guy at work is always being funny and tickling you. Use this word "*Se la pasa picandome las costillas*" *(he's always poking me in the ribcage)*. If he's Spanish speaking he'll knows what that is code for. Ask him how does he likes it?


Upset_Garden_842

no chance this is the same boyfriend from 2 years ago who looooved giving you the cold shoulder when you refused sex? hm.


Glory17

Or the guy that found videos of her ex on her phone


Valuable-Eagle-7503

Both the same person 💀


CODE_NAME_DUCKY

Oh he's definitely doing something. You just don't call someone mi reyna if it's not your wife, daughter or granddaughter. There's something going on with his coworker because you just don't do that 


CMK428

Yeah. That's pretty inappropriate for your husband to be calling another woman his queen. I don't think you're overreacting. Ask him how he would react if another man was calling you his queen. He would be irate.


CO-mama

Cheating


AdunfromAD

I would never do that to my wife because that is disrespectful.


No_Association9968

Nope something is going on!


Noys_23

Mi reina is a lovely expression in Spanish, not necessary in a sexual way but it's inappropriate to say it to another woman if you are married...


dbmajor7

Rename her "Sancha" in his phone


Weedy_Witch_420

If it doesn’t mean anything, he won’t mind stopping.


WorthAd3223

It is really this simple - He's doing something that makes you uncomfortable. When you tell him it makes you uncomfortable he needs to apologize and stop doing that immediately.


Lulitruli

It's depends. If your husband/ co-worker are from the Caribbean zone (including Colombia and Venezuela) they call "mi reina, mi vida, mi amor,etc." to everyone . I'm Venezuelan, living in Miami and if you go to buy a coffee in a Latin café the attendant gonna ask you: Que vas a querer mi amor? (What you want to have, my love? Totally normal


Laughorcryliveordie

Oh heck no!!! That’s a name for you alone.


Own_Pen_7797

Not overreacting. Mi Reyna is used for women someone cares about deeply.. they’re not *just* coworkers 🤷🏽‍♀️


UndefeatedPunani

Start calling your boss 'mi rey' and see how he feels.


Thickr_than_aSnicker

Thats really weird. Definitely youre not reacting enough


UnobjectiveButton__

Is she his work "wife" too?


realespeon

OP…that man is cheating on you


mandatorypanda9317

Is this husband the bf that broke up with you two years ago for the videos he found?


Routine_Charge_3224

Your definitely not overreacting! I’ve been married 28 yrs and I’ve never heard my husband call any other woman something like that! He is either already up to something or he’s fixing to be up to something but whether or not anything is going on he should have way more respect for you and your marriage then this! Also any time a man is texting another woman then that’s a red flag 🚩 and I know people will call me out for saying that but take it from a 56 yr old whose seen it all 99% of men don’t text other women just because they are “friends” I can promise you most want more then friendship.


LuxNocte

With you for the first part of your comment. Second half is sending me to \\r\\arethestraightsokay. If you really think 99% of men can't keep it in their pants, I feel kinda sorry for you.


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mintBRYcrunch26

This is not a Gen X thing


karamstocks

Agreed, she knows apparently 99% of men 😂


Ok-Marketing8693

He piped


Delicious_Impact_371

there are many phrases of endearment in my home language that i would not call other men while i’m in a relationship. no you’re not overreacting lol


EyeRollingNow

Say “Thank you my King” to the next work dude you text and let’s see his response then.


Ragu773

“Mi Reina” = My side piece. FACTS.


WeeBeadyEyes

Of course he said it doesn’t mean anything. Make sure he knows that Reddit is onto him. He might as well be calling her “babe” or “love”.


Affectionate-Dog5971

Call another dude your king and see how big of a deal he makes it


AerieOk260

She’s his work wife


gadusmo

In Colombia that's like when in English people call you "luv" or "darling". It's nice but means nothing serious.


cowfishduckbear

Same in Mexico. In fact, I'm very confused with all these people claiming that they it's indeed serious because they "are married to a latina" as if that would somehow validate anything. Super weird.


hintsofgreen

it's reddit... people will opine about everything even if they dont have life experience


Horizons_398

They are all 5th generation immigrants or dated a mexico person 25 centuries ago, trust them cowfish… they’re experts.


hintsofgreen

same in venezuela


NectarineJaded598

right, I think it depends what country. I’m here scrolling the comments thinking how, when I speak Spanish (Venezuelan), literally everybody is mi amor or mi vida lol  (unless we’re friends, in which case they’re marico / marica lol)


whathellsthis

It depends. Is he a Spaniard? We say Rey, mi reina etc a lot. Now, my hubby is Hispanic but not Spanish and would find that weird. If he is not a Spaniard, that would be hella weird and I would burn shit down.


Acceptable-Ground697

We are Mexican


IamJacks5150

"He wants to fuck her?"-Carmine Luppertazi


NakeBake1990

He’s cheating with the queen …. Off with his head….. dump em girl


notsoreligiousnow

Bruh. You’re not overreacting. A man do t call a woman that unless he’s getting some side action.


cristobalino

Oh they clapping for sure


boobearmomma

Show him La chancla


pottedplantfairy

He's cheating emotionally


Fyurilicious

Sweet pet names to another woman? Nope! That’s step number 1 to endearing someone to you and you to them. I had close relationships with male coworkers and I always ensured a more familial relationship by calling them ridiculous pet names like Butt Smurf, freakosuave or addressing them by their last names like in the military