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

Jan van Steenbergen wrote:

>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 -
>
You mean 'we've known each other (for) more than nine years now, but
only now have we (got to|began discussing) the possibility of getting
married'.

>but sometimes it is just easier to avoid trouble.
>
(My personal opinion: if you want children, get married then. If you
don't want children, don't get married. Marriage doesn't have many
advantages over defacto relationships anymore, at least here (Victoria,
Australia) (and defactos have the obvious advantage that you don't need
exactly one woman and one man).)

>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?
>
Depends on who's saying it. For some, it's only for younger people. For
some, it's for any age (but unmarried). For some, it's for any age (but
unmarried and in a relationship that resembles those of teenagers). For
some, it's for any age (but when used of older people, it implies
contempt and is a way of talking down).

And the word isn't hyphenated :)

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Tristan                  <kesuari@...>

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