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Old 07-11-2011, 09:49 PM
Chimera Chimera is offline
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Originally Posted by nycindie View Post
You can throw away all the labels and just... simply... love.
This.

Hierarchical language doesn't work for me at all (primary/secondary), I don't want to rank things, even if they are distinct. I do end up using different words for people -- my long-term partner is my partner, then any combination of boyfriend/girlfriend or most often "sweetie."
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