What age Is Too Old for âBoyfriend’ and âGirlfriend’?
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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 Ageây 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.