It's a good thing I trust my husband....

I have almost done that myself to a couple of friends and sometimes!  Well, sometimes I do say I love you to me friends so that isn't the bad part...it's the "sweetie" that comes afterwards!

LOL, so how stunned did the neighbor look when she dropped over? Or did she decide to pass on the swim?

I used to work in a call centre and there was a standard way of answering each call ie 'This is Michelle. How may I help you?'

The number of times I said this without thinking on my home phone. My family and friends became quite used to it.

That is so funny. Really cute.

Margie :)

How very cool that this is someone you have a prior connection with and you already have a good friend in your new neighborhood!

That is just too, too funny.  Did your neighbor mention it when she came over, or did she even pay any attention to it?

This reminds me of a time back when I helped out at a friend's antique mall.  Nick, my boss, left me to back-up all the day's computer activity by myself.  He told me to call his cell phone if I ran into any issues.  Of course, I did run into an issue.  When I called him, he must not have looked at the number because he answered and said in the sexiest tone, "Hi, Babe.  How's it going?"  This was followed by a heavy pause while I collected my wits before bursting into gales of laughter.  Needless to say he was embarassed when he realized it was me rather than the girlfriend he'd been expecting to call.  And, of course, I had to tease him about it a few times afterwards.

 Thanks for sharing your story, Donna!  It made me grin.