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In response to "if i told someone "yeah, we've been going out since april" i wouldn't expect them to ask me when we would be taking it to the dating level" by stuffed pixie

i think once you are older than say, 18, those slightly different shades of meaning become irrelevant.

Posted by Andie (aka Andie) Nov 4 '11, 13:40

sure, there might be a jump in status the first time someone introduces you as their 'boyfriend' or 'girlfriend'. but to say "i'm dating this guy" or "i'm going out with this guy" or "i'm seeing this guy", it's all the same. it implies the beginning dating stage. it's all semantics.

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wait what? it's the beginning only? I thought you could "see someone" for years. -- nm - amanda Nov 4, 13:41 19
- i suppose you can. see? what does it matter? i had a friend (Lori) who, even in her 30s hated - Andie Nov 4, 13:46 16
  - now "date" I would think that is a friend who is going to a party with you. - dogbert Nov 4, 13:49 1
    - exactly. that's the implication. she didn't care. -- nm - Andie Nov 4, 13:50
  - I never use the word boyfriend besides ironically. it's so loserish. -- nm - amanda Nov 4, 13:48 13
    - whoa whoa. to *me,* it is. I just use names. "groiny and I went to a movie this weekend." - amanda Nov 4, 13:49 3
      - It adds clarity when you do the hand gestures too while referring to him. -- nm - pmb Nov 4, 13:58
      - Lover? -- nm - loosilu Nov 4, 13:50 1
        
        so poncey. actually the second worst. I just use names. -- nm - amanda Nov 4, 13:52
    - jammer? jam-master?? -- nm - stuffed pixie Nov 4, 13:49
    - What do you call someone you're dating seriously? -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 4, 13:49 7
      - for the record, i can't call Dave my fiance. i just can't. it just sounds super-pretentious to me. - Andie Nov 4, 13:51 2
        
        those French words really can't help themselves -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 4, 13:52 1
        
        well, if they could help themselves, they wouldn't really be French, would they? -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 13:52
      - "Here's that guy Frank that tosses me some dick on occasion." - TFox Nov 4, 13:50
      - I don't date seriously. -- nm - amanda Nov 4, 13:50 2
        
        It's more . . . comedically? -- nm - pmb Nov 4, 13:54 1
        
        it is; half. my dating life is tragicomedy. -- nm - amanda Nov 4, 13:56
- Say, this reminds me. What did the blind girl say to her blind bf when breaking up with him? - Dr.Vermin Nov 4, 13:42 1
  - :) -- nm - Andie Nov 4, 13:46

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i think once you are older than say, 18, those slightly different shades of meaning become irrelevant.

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