Re: OT: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded? "Yer Ugly Mug," etc.

 --- John Cowan skrzypszy:

> For the five years before Gale and I were married, I called her my partner.
I've never really known what to call Marina. "Mijn vriendin" (the Dutch
equivalent of "my girl-friend") is a term I thoroughly dislike, because to my
ears it implies a claim - do not come close to this lady, because she is mine
mine mine! But what is the alternative? "Partner" sounds sterile, indeed. "Mijn
geliefde" (my beloved one) sounds a bit too pathetic. So usually I avoid
classifications of that kind at all.

Sometimes, depending on the situation, I call here "wife". Not that we are
married yet - we know each other more than nine years now, but only now we have
to possibility to get married - but sometimes it is just easier to avoid
trouble.
On the other hand, a friend of mine, who has been married for many years, still
calls her husband "my boy-friend".

BTW Are boy-friend and girl-friend terms that you can use for every age, or are
they supposed to be applied to younger people only - like boy and girl?

Jan

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