Quote Originally Posted by aprilmaejon View Post
...Here in the UK I have found people use endearments (DARLING, LOVE, MY LOVE, HONEY, SWEETHEART, DEAR) such an ordinary thing to call anyone. In the Philippines, using those terms to someone is really awkward. We only use those to someone very special to us like gf/bf/husband/wife. ...
Some years ago we had a couple of priests from Philippines visit us in UK.
They were so confused about being called love, darling sweetheart etc

A couple of times in the supermarket the check-out lady would say something like "OK darlin thankyou see you later" at first they really thought she wanted to meet up with them later...