not stupid
i just had about a 30 - 40 min phone call from lb
he hadnt been in touch today which is not like him, so i was a bit concerned something was wrong (not between us, but wrt his day)
anyway he called and as i thought , had a shitty day with everything going wrong, so told me about that
he listened to my shitty day, through my almost gone voice and we both cheered each other up, and laughing by the end
he told me that if i dont hear from him into the day not to read anything into it (whichi hadnt) it was only cos he was up to his eyes in it, and i was to know that i would always hear from him in the evening regardless
at which point he called me babe , without even realising it i think, though i noticed it
generally i object to being called babe because it is used by guys who are trying to chat me up and cant be bothered to remember my name in case they get it wrong with someone else, imo
but this was a different babe, and i actually will admit to a smile when he said it, though i didnt mention it
anyway he knows tomorrow is a hard day for me and said that he will be flat out so unlikely to be in touch but will be thinking of me and will call me in the evening when he gets home
then we had a bit of a saucy chat and both ended up smiling