Girlfriend

[blue_lotus13]

I should add that I always find it weird when women refer to their friends (platonic) as their "girlfriends". I've noticed that people may age tend not to do it as much. It seems to be a more middle-aged woman thing.

It also interests me that men never refer to their male friends by this fashion. Guys can saying that they are waiting for a friend, but there is no way for them to specify the gender of the friend without sounding like the friend is their male or female partner. I wonder why we are socialized to use these particular terms.

Thoughts?

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[elf-chick.livejournal.com]

there's a comedian (Jeffrey someone...not Ross; i don't remember) who was talking about his grandmother referring to a male friend of his as "Jeffrey's boyfriend". He told her not to and everafter she would say, "This is Jeffrey and his friend Warren; they're just friends."

I think that it's an older generation thing (my grandmother says it of my friends...hee), when they could say it without the automatic implied meaning (like now) because people didn't really talk about that issue.