Since i'm fifty and she's 47, bf/gf seems a little young for us. Significant other sounds like I'd be refering to a robot, never liked that from the first time I heard it in the late seventies. I'm looking for other terms to use when we refer to each other in conversation. Right now, I'm using "the gal that I'm seeing" but that doesn't really do the trick either. We're in an exclusive, committed relationship so I'd like to find a term that is respectful of that.

In another relationship we used "companion" which worked quite well.

Any other ideas?

Thanks!

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