Well maybe we should just turn the roller coasters around and go the other direction.

Re-read the comments. No one argued that nobody uses terms of endearment. The argument is that using given names doesn’t need to be normalized because it’s already an extremely normal thing…and that the abnormal behavior would be someone actually getting upset that their SO called them by their given name.

Lol, ok buddy. Have a great day. 👍

Never using real names ≠ not using pet names.

I also have never met a couple that never calls each other by their given name. That doesn’t mean those same people never use pet names.