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 Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:33 am
My friends call their girlfriends their, well... girlfriend.
It's some bullcrap to make it seem less obvious to the rest of the world for fear of homophobia.
Speaking of that, I wonder what the term is.
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:40 am
CleoSombra And Val - you live with your girlfriend? o____O Yep. I completely ignored the rules that said "Don't move in with the girlfriend until you've dated for years" in favour of the "Hey, cheaper rent" D:
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 12:29 pm
Valheita CleoSombra And Val - you live with your girlfriend? o____O Yep. I completely ignored the rules that said "Don't move in with the girlfriend until you've dated for years" in favour of the "Hey, cheaper rent" D: Practicality FTW.
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 5:44 pm
My boyfriend and I had a big discussion about this stuff while we were still in the pre-relationship quasi-courting-but-not-really-openly stage, not in regard to gay couples but just in general. We kind of agreed that "boyfriend" and "girlfriend" seemed a little high-schoolish (we're both in our mid-20's), but "significant other" is too clinical and PC, "lover" makes you think sex is involved, and a lot of other pet names just sound doofy when you use them out loud. I remember him finally deciding that he'd like to call his girl his "sweetheart" someday, which I agreed was a perfectly nice term. (And it was even nicer when it applied to me. smile )
Whether it's ironic or not, once we did actually become a couple, it wasn't hard for us to use "boyfriend" and "girlfriend" to describe each other, simply because that's the clearest term for what we are. And we're not so over the hill that we can't consider ourselves a boy and a girl. :p
(Of course, we also jumped right into the ridiculous over-the-top made-up pet names, just because it's hilarious and it makes our friends gag. biggrin )
So like... I don't know how well that relates to the original homosexuality question, except that I figure that every couple regardless of orientation should use the terms they feel most comfortable with.
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 7:41 pm
Cherry Brossom My boyfriend and I had a big discussion about this stuff while we were still in the pre-relationship quasi-courting-but-not-really-openly stage, not in regard to gay couples but just in general. We kind of agreed that "boyfriend" and "girlfriend" seemed a little high-schoolish (we're both in our mid-20's), but "significant other" is too clinical and PC, "lover" makes you think sex is involved, and a lot of other pet names just sound doofy when you use them out loud. I remember him finally deciding that he'd like to call his girl his "sweetheart" someday, which I agreed was a perfectly nice term. (And it was even nicer when it applied to me. smile ) Whether it's ironic or not, once we did actually become a couple, it wasn't hard for us to use "boyfriend" and "girlfriend" to describe each other, simply because that's the clearest term for what we are. And we're not so over the hill that we can't consider ourselves a boy and a girl. :p (Of course, we also jumped right into the ridiculous over-the-top made-up pet names, just because it's hilarious and it makes our friends gag. biggrin ) So like... I don't know how well that relates to the original homosexuality question, except that I figure that every couple regardless of orientation should use the terms they feel most comfortable with. Fits in perfectly fine. Half of that was just a rant anyway.
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Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:24 pm
Creas Why is it that any heterosexual couple can have a boy/girlfriend, but any same sex couple always has a "partner?" What the ******** is up with that? Screw having a partner it sounds like I'm just going to be with that person for like five minutes to complete an activity. I want a boyfriend damn it. It sounds much more endearing. My question is this: "How do you feel about relationship pronouns such as boyfriend, or partner?" Ill date you creas redface jk redface
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Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 6:31 pm
Infernal Goddes Creas Why is it that any heterosexual couple can have a boy/girlfriend, but any same sex couple always has a "partner?" What the ******** is up with that? Screw having a partner it sounds like I'm just going to be with that person for like five minutes to complete an activity. I want a boyfriend damn it. It sounds much more endearing. My question is this: "How do you feel about relationship pronouns such as boyfriend, or partner?" Ill date you creas redface jk redface Pssh you couldn't afford it. I've been watching Kat, and taking notes.
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Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:42 pm
Hmm i've never thought about it like that before!! I would be offended too!! I'm not homosexual, but it does seem pretty judgemental to use that term. I think the reason for it is probably that people are just trying to keep same sex couples away from the general public because they think its "socially unacceptable" to be open about it. They think that using the term partner will keep people from assuming that you are a couple. It's pretty stupid if you ask me, but people in general are pretty stupid most of the time. rofl But everyone deserves respect no matter what their preferences so I hope everything works out for you!!
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