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

  • squiblet
    12•7 months ago

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

      • squiblet
        2•7 months ago

        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’.