GenQ - For the not so straight individual
Single in the City: The Labeling of RelationshipsThey say that love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning. Does that mean that a relationship just a word until someone else comes along and gives it meaning? We can call anyone we know a friend, but why is it so hard to label our romantic relationships? Why is calling someone your boyfriend, lover or partner so difficult?
When we were in school, we were afraid to be labeled into a group: nerds, jocks, greeks, goths and preps. But we all wanted to be labeled into some relationships: friends, boyfriends, girlfriend, going steady, junior varsity. As adults, we try to get past some labels: gay, straight, queer, bi. But we all seek certain labels: wife, husband, boyfriend, partner, girlfriend, and lover. Does labeling have something to do with intimacy? My friend David has recently started dating a lovely young man named Mario. They had met a few weeks back at the Italian Festival. It was the typical Sydney gay love story: soy latt
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