Question - what is a another word for male lover?
I've gone blank. Want to say character A is character B's lover but I'm not crazy about the word at that point - too twee.
Boyfriend is even worse. The context is that he had been her friend for the last two years, her lover for the last six months.
When I ask the thesaurus it only comes up with female options (mistress, concubine, courtesan)
So I'm asking the ladies what you've called your lovers, and the gents what you would like to be called.
Maybe I should spend less time writing and more time out there finding out stuff first-hand.
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And yes
If you were out there in the "Field" and had some "Hands On" Training ..im sure you would like that a lot better than talking about it..............
Stumped. Maybe like you, I should go out and experience it 1st hand!
Exactly what they were Boyfriends.
Seriously though, I have a tough time with this on as well. I'm middle aged so
boyfriend sounds weird to my ears. I would probably just call him my beloved, but not when introducing him. That would sound strange to most people.
Her Companion
Her Boo
Her Shadow.....
Manfriend exists, but sounds makey uppy
Good one, especially 'The Boo'
I should've called my Bobikins that!
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I re-wrote it to add an incident six months earlier and 'they had been together ever since'
This is an older couple so boyfriend was just not going to work. I tell you what, though, I LOVE Boo. My boo just got renamed!
An older couple?
Who your daddy!.....
Then! Let's go with; Big Pappa....
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I tend to go with my bloke, or my fella, because that works where I live, but how boring is that? My blella? Nah. Way too feminine. And sounds like he'd be handiest when it was raining
( Boy Toy!) That stands for young men. And much older women. Or old women and young boy!....
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I know someone in her 60's who calls himself manfriend.