(Now I’m reminded of someone in the Italian edition of Loveline asking a question starting with “I’ve been with my girlfriend for a year, but we haven’t had sex yet” and being answered with something starting more-or-less with “first of all, if you aren’t having sex with her, then by definition she’s not your girlfriend; she’s just a friend”.)
As far as I can remember, something like “well, I can kind-of sort-of see her point, but on the other hand I don’t (say) kiss my friends on the mouth in public on a routine basis or implicitly promise each other to not hook up with anyone else, so assuming the caller does, I wouldn’t say that she’s not his girlfriend but just a friend”. But now that I think about that, that definition is broken, too (e.g. it doesn’t encircle open/poly relationships).
(Now I’m reminded of someone in the Italian edition of Loveline asking a question starting with “I’ve been with my girlfriend for a year, but we haven’t had sex yet” and being answered with something starting more-or-less with “first of all, if you aren’t having sex with her, then by definition she’s not your girlfriend; she’s just a friend”.)
What’d you think when you heard it?
As far as I can remember, something like “well, I can kind-of sort-of see her point, but on the other hand I don’t (say) kiss my friends on the mouth in public on a routine basis or implicitly promise each other to not hook up with anyone else, so assuming the caller does, I wouldn’t say that she’s not his girlfriend but just a friend”. But now that I think about that, that definition is broken, too (e.g. it doesn’t encircle open/poly relationships).