I don't remember ever calling anybody "Dearie"

Sorry, Jackie Darling. A quick search suggests I've been fantasizing about lusy in his reply to you (or was he addressing himself?):
http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=2157

Oh well, thrown in bel, whose true feelings towards me are yet to be confirmed, and we've got quite a ménage à quatre going. That is, unless you want to bring along those wallowers, too?