My wife and I often refer / have referred to the other as partner for two reasons: 1. boyfriend / girlfriend sounds a little juvenile, and 2. for the same reason that cis people put their pronouns in their signature / profile or whatever: it normalizes it and doesn’t let people draw any further conclusions about our relationship beyond that there is someone to whom we are in some way committed.
I always prefer partner to boy/girl friend. Pre engagement it’s the most serious/mature term you can use and it’s more typical to use that term in my language.
Also privacy. In fact I use they/them usually to refer to my partner and they aren’t necessarily nb. It’s just more private.
My wife and I often refer / have referred to the other as partner for two reasons: 1. boyfriend / girlfriend sounds a little juvenile, and 2. for the same reason that cis people put their pronouns in their signature / profile or whatever: it normalizes it and doesn’t let people draw any further conclusions about our relationship beyond that there is someone to whom we are in some way committed.
I always prefer partner to boy/girl friend. Pre engagement it’s the most serious/mature term you can use and it’s more typical to use that term in my language.
Also privacy. In fact I use they/them usually to refer to my partner and they aren’t necessarily nb. It’s just more private.