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Ask for help > Girlfriends and boyfriends
Girlfriends and boyfriends
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zoemorosini
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Hello all:
Such an interesting discussion! And Zuzana, there�s nothing to be embarrassed about in asking! Use of the language in this way is actually a very practical concern.
I �ve heard men refer to their "female friend/s" and women refer to their "male friend/s" if they want it to be understood that there �s no romantic attachment.
Also, people will say "Oh, Annie? Yes, she �s just a friend" if they want to say they �re not in a physical or close emotional relationship.
I assume you �re all familiar with the idiom "friends with benefits"?
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10 Jun 2010
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Jayho
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Well Zoe, that is a new one for me. I have never ever heard that idiom but I googled it and it is just what it implies. See, we never stop learning. |
10 Jun 2010
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mariamit
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Well I often have cofee with my girlfriends (female friends) and my friends (male or female). Now, if my husband of 27 years were to have coffee with his girlfiend- I �d kill him and then I �d divorce him. If he were to do it with his boyfirend- well that would probably send my to the psychiatrist wondering why I hadn �t had a clue all these years. In other words alien Boy got it completely right. At least in the US a girlfriend is a friend who is a girl but a boyfirend implies romantic involvement whether it is said by a female or a male
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10 Jun 2010
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