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Which is why I call everyone "bro."
I'm a 37 year old woman.
I call everyone baby. Young? Baby. Old? Baby. Man, woman, black, white, purple with green polka dots? "What's up, baby? How are you?" I'm a middle aged white guy.
There's a 60-odd year old black guy that comes to one of the bars I frequent. I always greet him with "What's up, baby?" He always says "Same old, baby, how you doin'?" I have no idea how that became normal because it feels so weird explaining it but it feels super normal saying it.
Ever get in trouble for it with someone who doesn’t know it’s your signature, baybeeeee
Nope. It may be because of the tone. I don't do an Austin Powers thing. I say it the same way I'd say buddy or friend.
Thinking harder about it, generally if I'm meeting someone for the first time I use their name because I'm trying to get the hamster that runs the wheel in my brain to put their name somewhere I'll remember it. By the time we've interacted a while it's very likely they've seen me say it to half a dozen of my friends.
Just substitute with mate, bro
I'm not your mate, guy
I'm not your guy, buddy
I'm not your buddy, pal
I'm not your pal, himbo
Bro I feel you, dude.
I feel you, homie
I gave someone some somewhat joking advice to use "dogs" as a gender neutral alternative to "guys". I ended up trying it just for fun and it stuck.