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Why do people say 'partner' instead of girlfriend / boyfriend / husband (etc)

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  • #102
    cartell_best
    Closed Accounts Posts: 579 ✭✭✭cartell_best


    Methinks that we live in a place that would find shock value in introducing a natural relationship from our perspective to someone who "we think" could possibly take such as less than ordinary, regardless of whatever. Such is the world that we live in, everyone has their interpretation of whats "normal". Boy meets girl etc...or...girl meets girl or boy meets boy and in their book = WTF? We live in a suspicious world, such a shame.


  • #103
    Rayne Lemon Tackle
    Posts: 0 ✭ Rayne Lemon Tackle


    I don't understand where people are getting all this 'PC' and 'gender neutral' crap from. In the English language, the words 'girlfriend' and 'boyfriend' just sound incredibly juvenile. You have girlfriends and boyfriends when you're 14, not when you're 35 and living together with kids. 'Partner' is just a way of saying you have a serious romantic partner you're sharing your life with. The term makes it clear that it's a serious relationship in a way that 'girlfriend/boyfriend' just doesn't. Nobody needs to bleat on about it, but I can't get my head around someone having a problem with:

    Person A "Who are you going on holiday with, your mates?"
    Person B "No, with my partner"

    Is it that it annoys you that you can't figure out whether the person is gay or straight? Why does it matter?

    For the 'put a ring on it' crowd, why on earth do you think everyone should conform to what you think is normal? Some people just don't want to get married. Some people can't get married for one reason or another. I'm actually shocked at some of the uber-conservative attitudes on this thread and even more shocked at how much people think it's their place to poke their noses into other people's personal lives. Maybe I've been living in London too long.


  • #104
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    --LOS-- wrote: »
    because believe it or not it is common for gay guys/girls to use it so that they're not prematurely judged based on their sexual orientation.

    I noticed this too. I know two lesbians who refer to their "partners" so sexuality does cross my mind when I hear it.


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