RE: Are Married Men "Husbands?" How About a New Term for a New Relationship?
July 2, 2015 at 12:04 pm
To me the whole issue of how to label the members of a relationship is almost a moot point,
since I have personally become disinclined to apply "type-of-relationship" labels, of ANY kind.
I would love to have a serious 'Significant Other' for the rest of my life,
but I am reluctant to marry...not because I don't love the idea of being married to a wonderful guy,
but because I am a realist and a pessimist,
and I don't ever want him to think of me as a 'ball-and-chain'.
I am now reluctant to even use the term "boyfriend"...because I feel even THAT term smacks of a degree of ownership or chattel,
and I don't want the man in my life to feel for one second like he is shackled to me, in any degree.
since I have personally become disinclined to apply "type-of-relationship" labels, of ANY kind.
I would love to have a serious 'Significant Other' for the rest of my life,
but I am reluctant to marry...not because I don't love the idea of being married to a wonderful guy,
but because I am a realist and a pessimist,
and I don't ever want him to think of me as a 'ball-and-chain'.
I am now reluctant to even use the term "boyfriend"...because I feel even THAT term smacks of a degree of ownership or chattel,
and I don't want the man in my life to feel for one second like he is shackled to me, in any degree.
