To be honest, one of the reasons I wanted to get married was that after more than a decade together, and being in my 40s, calling Jason my "boyfriend" seemed wrong.
Srsly. When I have to fill out forms asking for emergency contact (and this is the first time in in life that I've put someone else other than my mom!), I put The Boy, and some of the forms ask for relationship, and I always stumble over than one. I feel like "boyfriend" looks like I just put down the name of the guy I've been on 3 dates with. "Signficant other" is just weird to me, so I tend to default to "partner." Which makes me feel like a business partner.
The Boy's dad has taken to identifying himself on the phone (to me) as "this is your father-in-law." Heh. Someday, Dad of Boy. Some day.
I think it's funny how many of my friends and their partners call each other "Baby" all the time.
I tend to call The Boy "Baby" whenever I'm joking/teasing, like, "Oh, Baby, I love it when you wear footie pajamas!" or whatever.
(Note: he does not have footie pajamas. Although it's so cold in this house that *I'm* considering them.)
DNS
is
that complicated, Scola. You just understand it and are good at explaining things.
Is bromance also off, ita?
Nah, because that's between bros, not brothers. Twincest, on the other hand? Totally verboten, right there.
In theory, I am supposed to go to the grocery store on the way home tonight, and then start cleaning the apartment for Suzi's visit.
I'm not sure why there is laughter in my head, but there is.
I use "the ___" to describe my family members sometimes. Or if one is annoying me and I'm talking to another "YOUR ____." My dad routinely refers to me as "the daughterlet." Including to
my director!!!
Oy.
Debating on whether to go out on NYE or not. Kinda like the idea of ending the year in MY HOUSE where it is warm, but....we'll see. I'll probably make the call that night.
I love my footie pajamas, ftr. So cozy.
I also love Tom's DNS explanation. So clear.
I also am the freak who started to call him Dad and "your dad" when talking to the kids.
I don't think that is freaky - my family almost always adjusts someone's title to that of the youngest person there (like we all call my grandma GG when any of the great-grandkids are around). Then again, if I am talking to anyone in my family, I refer to the other family members as "your XXX". Like to my brother, "have you talked to your parents?". To my mother, "Did your husband tell you that I called?"
I still stumble over referring to my parents as Grandma and Grandpa to the nephews. But once when I called Dad Dad, D got all indignant. "That's not dad, that Grandpa!"
Yeah, it seems weird to say "my mom" when talking to my kids and nieces and nephews. Those times she's Grandma Enie. (Eanie? Short for Enid.)
xpost with sarameg
When I was about six, my brothers and I decided to call our parents M and D. And occasionally Ma and Pa Kettle.
I call Wallybee Sweetie most of the time, and occasionally Baobei (Chinese, more or less, for "My Precious". And now I'm curious to see LotR dubbed in Mandarin.)
