Endearing and loving terms do not always mean you love someone

An elderly gent was invited to an old friends home for dinner
one evening. He was impressed by the way his buddy preceded every request to
his wife with endearing terms such as: Honey, My Love, Darling, Sweetheart,
Pumpkin, etc. The couple had been married almost 70 years and, clearly, they
were still very much in love. While the wife was in the kitchen , the man
leaned over to his host, 'I think it's wonderful that, after all these
years, you still call your wife those loving pet names'. The old man hung
his head. 'I have to tell you the truth,' he said, 'Her name slipped my mind
about 10 years ago and I'm scared to death to ask the old bitch what it is?