What age Is Too Old for ‘Boyfriend’ and ‘Girlfriend’?

Co-habitating, single passionate partners don’t know tips relate to each other, the
New York

Times

Style area reports
. These lasting lovebirds believe that lovers can outgrow “boyfriend” and “girlfriend” (most Cut bloggers’ grand-parents disagree) and therefore are  relying on silly neologisms like

fusband

, for phony spouse. These terms are an insult to your English vocabulary, in fact it is rich with synonyms for “my no-longer-a-boy-/girlfriend exactly who won’t get married me.” Use the Cut’s convenient self-help guide to discover which is right for you.

Phrase:

Partner


Great for:

Folks would love to marry until their gay buddies can.

Phase:

Kid daddy/mama


Good-for:

Yuppies just who tune in to rap.

Phase:

Gentleman/lady friend


Good for:

Grand-parents.

Phase:

Lover


Beneficial to:

Oversharers, go mature sex article authors, PDA addicts.

Phrase:

Technique


Good for:

Our very own social-media publisher who is hipper than the audience is.

Term:

Lover


Good for:

Unique Age–y types, sociologists (Nota bene: Does not work in England).

Term:

Hot-and-heavy


Great for:

Parents trying to embarrass their own recently sexually energetic young children.

Phase:

Beau


Good-for:

Parents attempting never to embarrass their recently intimately effective young ones.

Phase:

Swain (from
Center English

swein

)


Advantageous to:

Peasants, shepherds/maidens, Ren Faire lovers.

Term:

Paramour


Good for:

Katie Roiphe
, other folks with Messy life.

Phase:

Partner


Great for:

Co-dependent individuals.

Phase:

Helpmeet (
biblical
)


Great for:

Adam/Eve, people who find themselves supposed to be submissive.

Term:

Old man/lady


Best for:

Lana Del Rey
, people who have daddy/mommy problems.

Phase:

Roommate


Good for:

Jokers, people that want to cheat on the live-in companion, genuine roommates who are secretly starting up.

Phrase:

POSSLQ (
Persons of Opposite Sex Revealing Living Areas
)


Good for:

Census workers.

Term:

Residential spouse


Advantageous to:

People that require health insurance
.

Term:

“the individual We have sex with.”


Good-for:

Awesome pair that Cut Charlotte met at a party, everyone else.