Lesbians of lemmy, how do you introduce your SO to other people without getting them confused for just a friend?

catsup@lemmy.one to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 67 points –

Since a lot of women have started to call their female friends "girlfriends", I have to wonder how women with actual girlfriends have been dealing with this lol

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I use that to refer to business partners and people have been confused by it.

let them be confused. does one supercede the other?

The point of speaking is to express an idea clearly to listeners. So, since this usage of 'partner' to mean the other person in a romantic relationship has become popular, to be specific I say 'business partner'.

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