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I also don't understand GP's comment and am curious about this non-girlfriend flatmate situation.

• hnfong 5y ago
  I guess that's exactly what the GGP wants to avoid explaining by pretending the roommate is the girlfriend :P
• washadjeffmad 5y ago
  Then you get their reasoning perfectly! I use "SO" online, but we're financially independent cohabitating partners because our state doesn't recognize domestic partnerships. If I say "fiance" then I have to answer when we're getting married (we aren't), and if I say "girlfriend" or "roommate", it doesn't convey that we are each other's beneficiaries, emergency contacts, requests for power of attorney, etc, so I just use her name and leave out the relationship in conversations altogether. I was surprised to discover how common this was after I tried to explain and found out many of the couples we knew and worked with who are "married" aren't.
  • Gortal278 5y ago
    I hear partner often to describe this sort of relationship. Sure that work?