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What is a good substitute for the word "girlfriend"?
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September 11th, 2011
I am fast approaching an age where the word “girlfriend” starts to sound a little juvenile. In fact, my current “girlfriend”, who is a doctor and has a couple of children, doesn’t really like the word as applied to her. She thinks it is, well… juvenile, plus non descriptive.
“Partner” seems like a word that gays have already appropriated. NOT that there is anything wrong with that but, assuming that is true, in my case it would not fit.
Significant Other is hard to say (6 syllables), and has a kind of New Age ring to it that does not suit me at all. Plus, I just don’t want to go around saying to people, “Oh, she is my Significant Other”.
What else is there?
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