Rare!?! What stories have you been reading babe/baby is used all the time is these so much so I get annoyed seeing it now. I wish if they were going to use a pet names it would be a original one not just babe.
it's just based on my observation and i really do rarely encounter couples that use endearments with e/o cuz they always tend to just use honorifics (even first name basis is a big deal in jp bls)
That's Crazy that you manage to stumble on all the ones without it lmao I find them so often I'm sick of seeing it lol well not sick it's not that extreme it's just Babe is such a blanket statement it could be anyone I know that's not this story but you could be dating 5 other people call them all babe and never slip up calling the other the wrong thing and that annoys me lol if a pet name gets used personally it should be specialized to the person but there are a lot lol you've just been lucky...well unlucky in your case since that's what you're wanting lol
i loooove when a couple have endearments/pet names idk why it's lowkey rare in bl