I am JUST like this, except about Penn State. (No offense, Penn Staters.) If I see one more person from my school wax poetic about Penn State, I will punch them. Especially when they refer to Penn State as "their" team. I want to whack them with their Susquehanna diploma...

Right, that's why you have to do what works for you.

I just like the term "friend", because to me, a strong romantic relationship is built on a solid foundation of the mutual respect, appreciation, and camaraderie of friendship. When I find myself attracted to a woman, I make building a deeper friendship my first priority. For me, in the beginning, I just think it's important to focus on developing a closer friendship with a potential partner before introducing romance. I'm speaking of a romantic relationship where its values are shaped by Scripture and a God-centered view of romance. Your actions should "accurately describe the importance of the other person", not the word.

I respect your opinion, and I think the bottom line is to not allow our differences over words to distract us from what really matters in a healthy relationship."Friend" vs. "girlfriend"/"boyfriend" isn't really the point (I just don't like it). The terms we use to describe our relationships with our significant others are meaningless by themselves. I think it just comes down to the way the two of you live, love, honor, and serve one another. To me, that's what really matters. But, whatever term the two of you choose to describe your relationship to others, just make sure that "term" is centered on that. It's also not about what others outside of your relationship "think", it's about what you and your significant other know.

But, back to the orginal topic of the thread. I'm still not going to be referred to as a "boyfriend", and grown as hell. And I'm definitely not going to introduce a grown woman in my life as a "girlfriend". That's silly LOL.

But, whatever floats your boat.

How did I forget how much I truly, truly hate the phrase, "turkey with all of the trimmings"? I always picture a turkey dressed as a Christmas tree!

"arm candy"
Every trendy boutique I follow on facebook or twitter keeps posting about "arm candy" bracelets. You know what I call them? Overpriced string with attached tchotchkes. 3 for $28 is no deal for basically a friendship bracelet with some mystery alloy cross/skull/evil eye tied on. And the phrase makes me think of getting sticky stuff on my arm.

FISCAL CLIFF

I don't see anything wrong with using boyfriend/girlfriend in regards to the person you are dating. If someone introduced their significant other/partner/whatever as their "friend" to me I'd assume it was a platonic friendship and if the person I was dating introduced me to others as a "friend" I'd think that maybe someone just wasn't into me.

Boyfriend/girlfriend: I never gave it much thought. I mean, I do think it sounds very young, but it wouldn't bother me either way to be introduced as "friend", "girlfiend", or whatever, because "pet names" aren't important, to me. I also wouldn't be concerned with what others outside of the relationship thought, either.

What's important to me are the other person's actions. That means how he treats me when it's just the two of us, and how he treats me around others. I don't know why, but I think as I've gotten older, I've become more in tuned with what is truly important. Whatever the reason --surface stuff, words, pet names, etc. that has nothing to do with the man himself falls by the wayside, for me.

I think the bottom line is if you are not walking in the same direction with the other person in life, you will end up going separate ways, whether you use "pet names" or not. ;)

I don't know how I missed this post, but you win at life. :)

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eta: even Brad Pitt likes what you've posted...:p

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"Enjoy," as in "Enjoy Free Shipping if You Order Today!"

:rolleyes:

I appreciate the free shipping and am glad to save the money, but "enjoy"?

I don't know why but I cannot stand people who root for a school that is not their alma mater. I don't care if that makes me sound snobby. If you wanted to root for ABC school, you should have gone there. :p

I think it's okay if their parents/family went there, if they're locals or if they have some other reasonable connection to the school, even if they didn't attend as students themselves.

I also think that an argument can be made that when a university is a public institution and is supported by tax dollars, then anyone who pays those taxes can claim some degree of "stake" in the school and is entitled to root it.

I used to hate how many redneck UGA fans there are who really have no connection to the school other than living in the state. But when you think about it, a lot of these people never had the opportunity to go to the school, even if they wanted too. Many were poorly educated or, especially in agricultural states, had an obligation to the family farm or Podunk, GA local business. They choose to support the football team and the students, even if the best way they can do that is putting a big "G" sticker on their truck and saying "Go Dawgs!" when they see me in a UGA shirt. Most Georgia residents that cheer for a state school even if they didn't go there choose UGA over Tech or State, so more power to 'em; They made the right choice.

This. If you've paid the lottery and/or your taxes in Georgia, you've helped pay UGA tuition. You may have invested more in it than some actual students and their parents.

Considering most people become fans of these teams BEFORE they go to college (or not at all) it's pretty silly to think only people who attend a certain University will be a fan. If I knew that choosing to attend NLU would cancel out growing up in Baton Rouge and going to LSU games my entire life, maybe that full paid scholarship wouldn't have looked so enticing. ;) My husband is a LSU FANATIC but went to LA Tech. I don't think his mom would have been okay sending her 13 year old 180 miles south to college so he'd be able to be an LSU fan when he graduated, either.

It's okay. They didn't mean it. They are really, really sorry. Now leave them alone and go play elsewhere.

They did mean it, but they don't see the other side of the argument. They can have their opinion. That's fine. I'll still be a ULM and LSU fan, and I don't need permission. :p