Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Canvas The Town And Brush The Backdrop

I still don't know exactly what it is about the labels 'boyfriend' and 'girlfriend' that bug me, but I figure I might as well type out some thoughts. I don't even like using those labels when it's not me or the person I'm in a relationship with. The weird thing is I don't mind saying 'fiance or husband/wife'. Like "Hey how's your wife doing?" That's fine, but I am uncomfortable saying, "So that's your boyfriend" I think it might have something to do with that whole stage of a relationship being the most fragile and vulnerable stage. I mean once you are engaged that's a big leap of commitment. It deserves to have labels, but in the (I don't even want to type it out) boyfriend/girlfriend stage so much can happen to sway the relationship in any direction. What I'd prefer to say over "I have a girlfriend" is "I'm in a relationship". I don't know. Those labels just kind of seem pointless to me sometimes, and they also seem like they are used to kind of emphasize the fact that they have someone. Like I said I don't quite completely get why I dislike those words so much, but I do.

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