If 'boyfriend' is too insignificant a word, try getting on your knee and proposing to Ciro. Then you can call him your fiance. Most people seem to respect that word.
Keep in mind that when you want approval from the world (if even for a single word), a majority of your audience are going to be idiots at best. These are the same people who dated in school expressly for the sake of dating, knowing that the relationship had no direction, visiting the hospital once a week to check for STDs, and then marry and start a family with the first person who isn't nailed down the moment they hit 18 only to end in divorce some odd years later. When it comes to referring to that special someone, I opt for the following:
Significant Other (the genderlessness of which aids homosexual anonymity) Mine (or "My [girlfriend's name]" such as "My Rachel" or "My Michelle") And finally, Pet. You can't go wrong with Pet. I'd say Ciro would probably be a pet lion.
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Boyfriend.
Date: 2006-10-30 08:53 pm (UTC)Keep in mind that when you want approval from the world (if even for a single word), a majority of your audience are going to be idiots at best. These are the same people who dated in school expressly for the sake of dating, knowing that the relationship had no direction, visiting the hospital once a week to check for STDs, and then marry and start a family with the first person who isn't nailed down the moment they hit 18 only to end in divorce some odd years later. When it comes to referring to that special someone, I opt for the following:
Significant Other (the genderlessness of which aids homosexual anonymity)
Mine (or "My [girlfriend's name]" such as "My Rachel" or "My Michelle")
And finally, Pet. You can't go wrong with Pet. I'd say Ciro would probably be a pet lion.
-Bluezy Bunny