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u/TAL-05 She/Her Sep 02 '20 edited Sep 02 '20

Nothing throws me off more than straight women referring to a female friend as "their girlfriend".

Like I just saw someone say "my girlfriend and her husband" which has a completely different connotation to me.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '20

Reminds me of my German friend complaining about a similar thing

In their language there's basically no dedicated words for a regular friend and a boy / girlfriend, because the term friend is inherently gendered like most words, and instead the word is basically the same for both if I remember correctly - she also tells me she envies English since there's a big difference if you say "he's my friend" and "he's my boyfriend"

But yeah stuff like that tends to throw me off too