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Originally posted by Jay Fenty
Personally i will never use that term , im fine with saying 'my boyfriend' , ill even say 'my man' before i say 'my partner'
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My ex always called me his partner, and referred to his exes as his "ex partners" and it drove me insane. I can't stand that word. Saying "boyfriend" seems so blasé, like you're just letting it slip that you happen to be gay. People will just shrug it off and not even acknowledge it, they'll just think "oh, he's gay, that's cool, whatever."
But if you say "partner" it just seems like you're going "I AM A HOMOSEXUAL, I AM A MEMBER OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY AND I MARCH IN GAY MARRIAGE RALLIES EVERY WEEKEND." Almost like they want to be seen as different, just so they can fight to be seen as the same. Whereas boyfriend/girlfriend is like "well, I am the same and I don't really give a **** what anyone thinks about it."