Things you really wish people wouldn't say

(or at least Tim's age. He feels stupid callin gme his girlfriend to his friends, so I'm "lady friend")

OMG.. LADYfriend?  That's worse than the Lover! 

Don't you mean LOV-AH?!

arrgggh

OMG.. LADYfriend?  That's worse than the Lover! 

Ladyfriend sounds like another name for ToM! 

I don't mind partner for a committed couple. I'm 46 and boyfriend/girlfriend (though I do use those words) sound a bit silly at times.

OMG.. LADYfriend?  That's worse than the Lover! 

Oh, he always gets an earful when he calls me that! 

He usually uses it when he's introducing me to someone "this is my ladyfriend, Rebecca" and only in those situations.

Ladyfriend sounds like another name for ToM! 

ToM?

Tim's parents and grandparents call me Tim's partner.  It drives me nuts because like you, I always assumed partner was used for homosexual couples!  But I think they do it because of our age (or at least Tim's age. He feels stupid callin gme his girlfriend to his friends, so I'm "lady friend")

I never heard the term "partner" used in heterosexual relationships until I moved here.  My now hubby called me girlfriend (and we're in our 30's / 40's) and it didn't seem juvenile.  He went through a short period of calling me partner until he asked me to marry him.  Then it was fiancee, then wife. 

DH's grandma is especially adept at asking very direct, pointed questions at the exact WRONG time.  One time several months ago, we went out to dinner with grandma after I'd had a big cry with DH about being homesick and being slow to adjust.  She turned to me halfway through the meal and asked, "you don't have any friends here, do you?" 

She sounds exactly like my boyfriend's aunt, who likes to say such things as 'So, Anne, I see both of your parents are fat. Are you going to get fat one day?' and (to our housemate, who she'd met 4 seconds before) 'How long do you plan on living here? You can't live with your friends forever, you know.' Uhhh. Wow.

I agree that boy/girlfriend can feel ridiculous as you get older. I just don't like the term "partner."

She sounds exactly like my boyfriend's aunt, who likes to say such things as 'So, Anne, I see both of your parents are fat. Are you going to get fat one day?'

Wow, isn't she just precious.

Thought of two more while reading another community -

"sammie" for sandwich

"cheeze"  for cheese.  Actually, replacing S with Z(ed) in general annoys me.

She sounds exactly like my boyfriend's aunt, who likes to say such things as 'So, Anne, I see both of your parents are fat. Are you going to get fat one day?'

I think I'd like your aunt. Where I used to work, we had an American girl temp (who had dual citizenship, but we called her "The American Girl"), and one day she said to me, "You know, your hair looks so much better when you wash it." I was quite unhappy about this remark, but I got to like her quite a lot as time went by.

I think I'd like your aunt. Where I used to work, we had an American girl temp (who had dual citizenship, but we called her "The American Girl"), and one day she said to me, "You know, your hair looks so much better when you wash it." I was quite unhappy about this remark, but I got to like her quite a lot as time went by.

You know, it's ok to like people even when they are not @ssholes to you first thing, when you meet them. Or maybe she just felt she couldn't get your attention unless she said something stupidly rude.

I think I'd like your aunt. Where I used to work, we had an American girl temp (who had dual citizenship, but we called her "The American Girl"), and one day she said to me, "You know, your hair looks so much better when you wash it." I was quite unhappy about this remark, but I got to like her quite a lot as time went by.

I'd have told her, 'You know, your mouth looks so much better when it's closed.'

I'd have told her, 'You know, your mouth looks so much better when it's closed.'

Another time I did say something in that vein, and she burst out laughing and offered to buy me lunch, which I accepted.

Saying "partner." I always assume it's a homosexual couple when I see or hear people use that term for a romantic relationship but often it's not!

When I hear "partner" I automatically think of a business relationship.  I find extremely irritating the government forms which ask about "your partner" and then go on to explain "By partner we mean somebody you are married to or live with as if you are married to."    It comes across as reducing a marriage to the level of a mere business arrangement.  If I were married, I'd be crossing out "partner" and writing "wife" or "spouse."

Wow, isn't she just precious.

She's something alright.

And I don't mind the term 'partner'. It has a sense of equality that traditional terms lack, IMO.