More specifically, what is the difference between a significant other a boyfriend/girlfriend? and the difference between a significant other and a husband/wife? Are you set apart? If so, how?
2007-12-02 08:04:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
This depends on how each person interprets it. Anyone considered a "partner" in a romantic or domestic relationship who is not actually married to the other can be an"S.O".
. So it could be a gay relationship or a tradtional boyfriend/girlfriend .
It usually denotes a more long term or serious typething- they are not just dating.
2007-12-02 08:11:13 · answer #1 · answered by FoudaFaFa 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have been in a committed monogamous relationship for 14 years. We never were interested in getting married. Neither one of us has any religious reasons that compel us to marry. I come from a multiple divorce family and see no real value in marriage vows when they can so easily be broken. He comes from a home of religious hypocrites, his mom and dad will thump the bible at you all day, but his dad is diddling with the preachers wife, and his mom knows and doesn't care as long as he brings home his check. So he is my significant other, not my husband, but to refer to him after 14 years as a boyfriend seems to devalue what he is to me. The commitment we have made to each other, and our family and the ties that bind us together could be no stronger by a piece of paper. So we never bothered. I think what sets apart a husband/wife and significant other is that piece of paper, and the mounds of paperwork, and money, should you decide to go your separate ways.
2007-12-02 16:22:17 · answer #2 · answered by Jen N 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a significant other is someones partner usually there husband or wife or long term girlfriend or boyfriends, its just if someones doesnt want to say if they are married or not then they can say significant other
2007-12-02 16:08:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have always known it as another way to call someone who is a boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse.
2007-12-02 16:09:07 · answer #4 · answered by davester1970 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's just another way of saying anything it can be a partner in a relationship; mate or spouse; boyfriend or girlfriend; companion.
2007-12-02 16:09:00 · answer #5 · answered by ☼ kayla ☼ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋