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Steven refers to Kimberley as his partner, now I know there are hard and fast rules for when it is generally considered to be appropriate to use girlfriend/boyfriend and partner but it seemed to me that he has started using partner sooner than people usually do, don't people refer to their new friend as boyfriend/girlfriend for a while longer and then maybe someway down the line start calling them partner?

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    Wildrover06Wildrover06 Posts: 4,227
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    I doubt if he even knows the colour of her eyes.
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    racol5racol5 Posts: 3,216
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    Wildrover06 wrote: »
    I doubt if he even knows the colour of her eyes.

    :D:D:D
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    Frankie BoyleFrankie Boyle Posts: 212
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    Apparently he loves her as I've heard him say it over a million times and I've thrown up each time.
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    GroundhogalGroundhogal Posts: 9,491
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    There's only one way to settle it. What's the legal term used to describe their relationship on Kimberly's restraining order? :D
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    FizzbinFizzbin Posts: 36,827
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    Wildrover06 wrote: »
    I doubt if he even knows the colour of her eyes.
    Right click - personalise - pick any eye colour he wants.
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    farlofanfarlofan Posts: 1,888
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    Wildrover06 wrote: »
    I doubt if he even knows the colour of her eyes.

    Grey probably, to match the personality.
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    chavetchavet Posts: 2,503
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    After you say, 'Howdy', prob'ly.
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    Blondie XBlondie X Posts: 28,662
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    I'd say the norm is probably when you move in together as that's when the relationship really steps up from just being boyfriend/girlfriend.

    Calling someone your partner after a few weeks and one 30 second shag is a bit soon imo
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    ***netty******netty*** Posts: 132
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    My boyfriend always calls me his partner but I call him my boyfriend. I just think partner doesn't sound very romantic.
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    Cornish GirlCornish Girl Posts: 743
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    ***netty*** wrote: »
    My boyfriend always calls me his partner but I call him my boyfriend. I just think partner doesn't sound very romantic.

    It always makes me think of business partners! The trouble I had was I got married when I was 39 and I felt too old to call my other half my boyfriend so he ended up a partner/other half until I could call him my husband!!
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    azureanneazureanne Posts: 1,756
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    Never thought about this but I think you have to at least dated. There's is more like a holiday romance + never heard anybody come back off hols with a partner. I'm surprise he didn't refer to her as his fiancè or future wife!!
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    AnnsyreAnnsyre Posts: 109,504
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    threadstarter wrote: »
    Steven refers to Kimberley as his partner, now I know there are hard and fast rules for when it is generally considered to be appropriate to use girlfriend/boyfriend and partner but it seemed to me that he has started using partner sooner than people usually do, don't people refer to their new friend as boyfriend/girlfriend for a while longer and then maybe someway down the line start calling them partner?

    What hard and fast rules are these? I've never heard of them.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,591
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    Seemed weird, but then again it come out of his mouth and he is kinda weird, he seemed all cocky when saying it,
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    pope_tartpope_tart Posts: 3,801
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    I would use partner as soon as it was established that I was commited to being with someone. Calling someone my boyfriend never sounded right after I hit 30...boyfriends and girlfriends sound a bit teenagey really.

    Seeing as he is already planning the wedding, babies, pledging his soul to the devil in order to be able to follow her into the next life with a chainsaw etc.....it seems quite a reasonable term for him to use.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 94
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    When I saw him having that conversation in the DR I was like ooooooooh shut up you pillock, it was like he kept saying partner over again just incase we had managed to forgot in the short time Kimberly had left that they had a serious showma.....I mean relationship. I wanted Big Brother to say in the coldest voice possible.....if you loved your PARTNER as much as you keep whining about, you know where the door is. Either go and be with her......or stay in and hear nothing. Think we'll of seen then who steven really cares about....number one.
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    threadstarterthreadstarter Posts: 1,391
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    Annsyre wrote: »
    What hard and fast rules are these? I've never heard of them.
    oops missed a word out but looks like everyone got the drift

    now I know there are not hard and fast rules
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    StrawberryLacesStrawberryLaces Posts: 585
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    Frankie Boyle wrote: »
    Apparently he loves her as I've heard him say it over a million times and I've thrown up each time.

    But don't you know how much he loves her?
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 94
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    StrawberryLaces wrote: »
    But don't you know how much he loves her?

    Haha i love ( or hate, im not too sure) just how deluded he is, next he'll be claiming hes a real lads lad who always lets the ladies do the chasing.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 379
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    ashley87 wrote: »
    When I saw him having that conversation in the DR I was like ooooooooh shut up you pillock, it was like he kept saying partner over again just incase we had managed to forgot in the short time Kimberly had left that they had a serious showma.....I mean relationship. I wanted Big Brother to say in the coldest voice possible.....if you loved your PARTNER as much as you keep whining about, you know where the door is. Either go and be with her......or stay in and hear nothing. Think we'll of seen then who steven really cares about....number one.

    Spot on! Total pillock.

    I don't know about you, but for me, it was the use of 'my partner' that really got on my nerves. It seemed like he was saying it as though she was his possession - rather than saying 'Kim', he had to keep saying 'my partner'.
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    StrawberryLacesStrawberryLaces Posts: 585
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    Theredendi wrote: »
    Spot on! Total pillock.

    I don't know about you, but for me, it was the use of 'my partner' that really got on my nerves. It seemed like he was saying it as though she was his possession - rather than saying 'Kim', he had to keep saying 'my partner'.

    Bang on, typical control freak phrase! :o And yet somehow he seems so desperate to be loved.
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    AOTBAOTB Posts: 9,708
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    When you're a cowboy?
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    Sachin_Shah1Sachin_Shah1 Posts: 271
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    It was absolutely stomach churning when he mentioned the term partner...as if they had been together for 10 years or so.

    " you know she's my partner...so erm...you know we sleep together and stuff " ..(whilst reclining back on the diary room sofa nochalantly and stuffing his face with toast and speaking at the same time like a farmyard pig)
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