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Thoughts on some furry sub-culture terminology anyone?
12 years ago
I have been getting this from a few people... Saying that they thought of my new relationship with 
Sinsaku and me calling her my "mate" meant that she was my "life mate" or "The one" aka wife. And we only just started dating
Now to me, "mate" is just the term I use out of affection to a BF/GF and not something like husband or wife. Though if that comes to pass, I will still use the term.
I am wondering if I should change the wording of my mention of her on my page from "mate" to "Girlfriend" or "in a relationship with"?
Yet I wonder about this because I have seen other furs (both online and in real life) refer to a BF/GF as just a mate though they are not engaged or anything...
Either way, I still will call her my mate, as she seems to do the same thing, and neither of us have any problems with this term, but I want to get some ideas on this so if I tell a person (or a person see's our page mentions of each other) who does not know either of us, they won't get confused or anything.
Basically, I don't want any confusion among my friends and such. Or general public ^,=,^
Marriage is by no means ANYWHERE near the top of my "To Do" list right now.
I have to many other things to settle and make sure are in place before that even becomes a thought. I am just happy I have someone to hold and lavish affections on and get that in return hehe.
Sinsaku and me calling her my "mate" meant that she was my "life mate" or "The one" aka wife. And we only just started datingNow to me, "mate" is just the term I use out of affection to a BF/GF and not something like husband or wife. Though if that comes to pass, I will still use the term.
I am wondering if I should change the wording of my mention of her on my page from "mate" to "Girlfriend" or "in a relationship with"?
Yet I wonder about this because I have seen other furs (both online and in real life) refer to a BF/GF as just a mate though they are not engaged or anything...
Either way, I still will call her my mate, as she seems to do the same thing, and neither of us have any problems with this term, but I want to get some ideas on this so if I tell a person (or a person see's our page mentions of each other) who does not know either of us, they won't get confused or anything.
Basically, I don't want any confusion among my friends and such. Or general public ^,=,^
Marriage is by no means ANYWHERE near the top of my "To Do" list right now.
I have to many other things to settle and make sure are in place before that even becomes a thought. I am just happy I have someone to hold and lavish affections on and get that in return hehe.
No one really got on me about it. I just noticed I had to clarify a few things when I said "mate" It gets tiresome easily.
LOL!
Well... That does make sense, the whole, "going steady" is where it can be said they are your mate.
I'll probably end up using the term girlfriend for most people. I do hope that we become a steady couple though. She is pretty fun to have around and a great snuggler!