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21029960 No.21029960 [Reply] [Original]

Is it still appropriate to use the term "lover" to refer to a romantic partner you are not having sex with?

>> No.21029966

>>21029960
No, that sounds like a roommate.

>> No.21029989

>>21029960
i believe "Wife" is the correct term

>> No.21029995
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21029995

The Great Salami says: "words mean what you want them to mean :D "

>> No.21030391

>>21029960
Have you had sex with them before?
I believe the term can still appropriately work retroactively

>> No.21030412

>>21029960
Term "making love" used to mean the act of courting, not having sex, so lover can still be applied to romantic-but-not-sexual partner if you want it to.

>> No.21030590

>>21030391
Talking about chaste romance specifically

>> No.21030620

>>21029960
yes

>> No.21030652

>>21029960
The correct time nowadays is "waifu"
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