What to call...

[magdalinka]

How about alternatives for "boyfriend" and "girlfriend?" Those words lack...poetry???
I would call a woman anything but "girlfriend" and I don't like to be called "boyfriend."

How about a "fiance"? Or my "woman", my "man"?

[ArmoBarbi]

Yeah I've been called a lot of "alternatives" hehehe but not in that sense. What do you think about calling him/her by a special name that has only been used between the two of you? People like to use like "munchkin" and "baby" and "honey" and "sweety" etc etc... I think its a bit unimaginative. I won't share any ideas now, as they may be coming into play soon, but I believe there has been a thread on that.

Siamanto, can you give some ideas? When it comes to my bf talking to someone about me, I have been called "my girl" before also, but otherwise just "girlfriend"

[ArmoBarbi]

How about a "fiance"? Or my "woman", my "man"?

My woman lol how romantic... I like to be called "woman" in private only. I never refer to a bf as "my man" I'm not sure why I dislike it, I mean it isn't really wrong, just doesn't seem like a respectful way to refer to someone I care about.

Fiance sounds much nicer, but it's more specific, you can't really use it unless you are engaged. Once I am engaged I will be using it for sure.

[CatWoman]

I agree with Siggie... avoid calling them by name, but if you really have to then I think it's better to say "digin/baron X", than "X morkour" lol. Usually when I wanna sound really polite over the phone I say "barev dzez" and the word "dzez" is both polite and replaces the name...

[ArmoBarbi]

Too bad I don't speak Armenian.... lol

[CatWoman]

Too bad I don't speak Armenian.... lol

ahhh I forgot...
Then your boyfriend's parents will not like you no matter what you call them. lol

[ArmoBarbi]

Poop on you! They have to like me! I'm the Armenology student, not their son. lol I guess I'll play it by ear...

[Siamanto]

Yeah I've been called a lot of "alternatives" hehehe but not in that sense. What do you think about calling him/her by a special name that has only been used between the two of you? People like to use like "munchkin" and "baby" and "honey" and "sweety" etc etc... I think its a bit unimaginative. I won't share any ideas now, as they may be coming into play soon, but I believe there has been a thread on that.

Siamanto, can you give some ideas? When it comes to my bf talking to someone about me, I have been called "my girl" before also, but otherwise just "girlfriend"

To be honest, I always called women - with two exceptions - by their name. I used - naturally and to my biggest surprise - words such as "sweety," "sweetness' or "angel" only with one!

What would I suggest? How about something that reminds a beautiful story. For instance, "Hiroshima" as a reference to the beautiful love story by Marguerite Duras: "Hiroshima mon Amour". Or "Orpheus" as a reference to the movie "Orfeu Negro" (Black Orpheus) etc...
How about words that mean something and are euphonic such as "(Sweet) Destiny" and "Epiphany." (You can't used them because they are both taken! )

[spiral]

Oh yes, I'm sure when one hears "Hiroshima" they will connect it to "Hiroshima Mon Amour" rather than WWII, Japan, Bombs, radiation, etc...











...I know.

[Siamanto]

Oh yes, I'm sure when one hears "Hiroshima" they will connect it to "Hiroshima Mon Amour" rather than WWII, Japan, Bombs, radiation, etc...
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You may be surprised!

...I know.

Can you please repost what you know using a different font color than the background color? Thanks!