I'm glad you put it that way cos it helps with my understand of everything.
Yes I never thought I'd hear W use those sorts of affectionate terms, even now when we talk on the phone she's ending the sentence with "Hon", "Hon-ee" or "love" but my dumb brain is still trying to process what shes said a few seconds later and I lose the thread of the conversation. But I guess it will come to me naturally soon.
What I need to do now is to link my brain to my mouth so I can say ILY in return.