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Confidence and Success => Relationships/Dating => Topic started by: time2shine on September 17, 2008, 06:14:20 PM

Title: Fiance, girlfriend, my broad?
Post by: time2shine on September 17, 2008, 06:14:20 PM: I'm getting married next summer, and I feel weird when i say "fiance". For some reason it feels cheesy or too traditional to me.
Some people have told me, "You better not let her hear that you called her your girlfriend, she will be offended!! (gasp)"
well she feels the same way, so we're sticking with boyfriend/girlfriend.
What's your take on these titles? Where did the term Fiance come from anyways? I could hit up wikipedia, but you guys are a more credible source.
Title: Re: Fiance, girlfriend, my broad?
Post by: GASlick on September 17, 2008, 06:15:33 PM: I always felt weird with "fiance" too. I introduced her as "My future bride".
Title: Re: Fiance, girlfriend, my broad?
Post by: buuckkweet on September 17, 2008, 06:20:33 PM: How about "future better half"? ;)
Title: Re: Fiance, girlfriend, my broad?
Post by: schro on September 17, 2008, 06:22:55 PM: I always referred to to The Lovely Mrs Schro as "my ticket into the Married Filing Jointly Tax Bracket" O0

Damn, I'm a romantic summmavabitch. O:O

By the way, it's our wedding anniversary today.........13 years! She's the best thing that ever happend to me.
We went out for a very nice lunch, and I'm throwing down a serious barbeque this evening.
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Post by: GASlick on September 17, 2008, 06:25:05 PM: Congratulations Schro! Best wishes for many, many more.
Title: Re: Fiance, girlfriend, my broad?
Post by: champ007 on September 17, 2008, 06:34:40 PM: OMG!!
The only thing I can think of when I read this thread is...is
You only got 1 year left to tap all the strange you can get ahold of... :'(
shall we start a doomesday ticker in your signature?
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Post by: Mikekoz13 on September 17, 2008, 06:34:48 PM: I hated Fiance also. I referred to the future Mrs. Koz as "The Future Mrs. Koz"!!!
Title: Re: Fiance, girlfriend, my broad?
Post by: nomad on September 17, 2008, 07:27:32 PM: Quote from: schro on September 17, 2008, 06:22:55 PM
I always referred to to The Lovely Mrs Schro as "my ticket into the Married Filing Jointly Tax Bracket" O0

Damn, I'm a romantic summmavabitch. O:O

By the way, it's our wedding anniversary today.........13 years! She's the best thing that ever happend to me.
We went out for a very nice lunch, and I'm throwing down a serious barbeque this evening.

Big Congrats to you and the Mrs. O0
Title: Re: Fiance, girlfriend, my broad?
Post by: buuckkweet on September 17, 2008, 08:09:49 PM: Quote from: champ007 on September 17, 2008, 06:34:40 PM
OMG!!
The only thing I can think of when I read this thread is...is
You only got 1 year left to tap all the strange you can get ahold of... :'(
shall we start a doomesday ticker in your signature?
:*)) :*)) :*))
Title: Re: Fiance, girlfriend, my broad?
Post by: slyinglide on September 17, 2008, 08:12:30 PM: Never call her "Your Old Lady"...........if you do remember the swelling will go down..........eventually O0
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Post by: PowerOfCheese on September 17, 2008, 08:25:57 PM: I agree 100%. Fiancé seemed weird to me too. Especially since we both had to call each other Fiancé/fiancée (pronounced the same... that's odd right there). This borrowed French word isn't even pronounced correctly by most Americans (myself included).

WIKI: "A man who is engaged to be married is called his partner's fiancé; a woman similarly engaged is called her partner's fiancée. These words are pronounced identically in English; the separate feminine form exists because of the inflectional morphology of grammatical gender in French, where the term originated."

I'd rather:

This is my girlfriend (insert name), were getting married next (insert date)
This is my sweetheart (insert name), were getting married next (insert date)
This is my future wife (insert name), were getting married next (insert date)
This is my _________ (insert name), were getting married next (insert date)

When I was engaged I did use fiancée often but it seemed to depend when and where. I tended to use it more around seniors.
Title: Re: Fiance, girlfriend, my broad?
Post by: champ007 on September 17, 2008, 09:39:13 PM: Is it just me or does fiance seem awfully close to finances ???
Could be a hidden meaning :(
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Post by: Timmay on September 17, 2008, 09:59:24 PM: I always introduced Kris as my tag-a-long. LOL No but seriously, just like PowerofKRAFTcheese...lol I would use Fiancee when needed but normally would say this is my soon to be wife/maid/friend/maid/partner/maid. Some how though after 16 years....i think the maid has kinda been slipping out on me.
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Post by: time2shine on September 17, 2008, 10:51:50 PM: LOL... start the ticker, Champ!

glad u guys agree about nixing the fiance term. Future bride is a good one.. I don't feel french when i say it.

Appreciate the wikipedia explaination Cheese - didn't even know there was separate spelling for the man and woman.... weird.

And congrationlations, Schro!
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Post by: tomgallagher on September 18, 2008, 07:37:38 AM: Congrats to you and the bride Schro. Have a good time tonight.
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Post by: The Anvil on September 18, 2008, 02:59:44 PM: I am very happy for you, good luck!

My suggestion (and I am DUMB) is simply do not introduce her to anyone, act as though you forgot! If she wants to step up and tell folks who she is, you can just say, "Oh Yeah, OOPS"! After about three or four times she will introduce herself right away, or you will be single again, WooHoo! O0
Title: Re: Fiance, girlfriend, my broad?
Post by: nomad on September 18, 2008, 08:09:26 PM: How 'bout "this is some chick I slept with a couple of times and she won't go home" or would that be to long of an intro?
Title: Re: Fiance, girlfriend, my broad?
Post by: FR8TRAIN on September 19, 2008, 10:14:18 AM: Quote from: nomad on September 18, 2008, 08:09:26 PM
How 'bout "this is some chick I slept with a couple of times and she won't go home" or would that be to long of an intro?
:*)) :*)) :*))
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Post by: wpruitt on September 19, 2008, 08:59:21 PM: Quote from: nomad on September 18, 2008, 08:09:26 PM
How 'bout "this is some chick I slept with a couple of times and she won't go home" or would that be to long of an intro?
too long
Title: Re: Fiance, girlfriend, my broad?
Post by: Robmeister on September 20, 2008, 11:20:52 PM: Quote from: schro on September 17, 2008, 06:22:55 PM

She's the best thing that ever happend to me.

DUDE !!!

That's awesome !! Congrats !!!
Title: Re: Fiance, girlfriend, my broad?
Post by: Robmeister on September 20, 2008, 11:27:41 PM: Quote from: nomad on September 18, 2008, 08:09:26 PM
How 'bout "this is some chick I slept with a couple of times and she won't go home" or would that be to long of an intro?

Maybe a bit long....

Might want to save that intro just for the clergy. :*))

Seriously..

Fiance? Never gave it much thought when I was engaged.
Title: Re: Fiance, girlfriend, my broad?
Post by: Alexander215 on September 21, 2008, 10:44:34 AM: I refer to my gf as, "my woman"
Title: Re: Fiance, girlfriend, my broad?
Post by: FR8TRAIN on September 21, 2008, 03:12:37 PM: The joint in my checking account!