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Boyfriend: History of 'Dating' The term dating developed in America between the 1800s and 1900s. The term came from the idea of 'courtship.' The reason for the addition was that the number of partners that an individual could have before marriage increased during this time period. This caused the idea of 'courtship' to go from very serious to more casual and easy. Even though we consider 'courtship' as dating in today's society, it is important to understand that we have not left a courtship structure and replaced it with a dating structure. We have simply added the idea of 'dating' to the idea of 'courtship.'

At the turn of the 20th century, lower-class men and women started to use the the term 'date' to describe going out publicly rather than privatizing the relationship. Because of the entertainment industry advertising the idea of dating, it quickly moved up the socioeconomic scale and quickly became more popular. At the turn of the 1940s after World War 2, youth started to idealize the idea of promiscuous popularity. This is the idea that the more dating partners you have, the more popular you become. This is how the idea of dating that we know of today started to emerge. This caused the term "going steady" or "going out" to become significantly less ideal to the idea of popularity.

The Difference Between Boyfriend and Partner There is a difference between the idea of boyfriend and partner. The idea of 'boyfriend' mainly has the same idea of 'dating.' It is like having a casual relationship with someone but not being committed. The term partner is short for life partner, meaning that they are a more permanent addition to your life rather than a boyfriend. Alexis.black (talk) 18:53, 23 April 2018 (UTC) Partners will take time to plan activities with you, and will want to physically touch you in non-sexual ways. Another example would be that boyfriends won't share secrets with you like a partner will. Partners will get excited about the things that you get excited about. You could catch your partner smiling at you when you're looking away. Albaker2020 (talk) 02:53, 2 March 2018 (UTC). I think that the biggest difference between a “boyfriend” and a “partner” is that a partner is there for it all. A partner represents a deep and actual commitment. A boyfriend can be someone that is in it for the long haul... but a partner is a part of you. There is a deeper commitment there. “'''For those of you who have ever loved, you know love is selfless. It endures the hardest battles and it puts up with the toughest of sacrifices, but it’s all worth it in the end. Love is a partnership, an adventure all in it’s own. An unbreakable bond between two people who are conscious of it and willing to maintain it’s strength; but just because you are in a relationship, doesn’t mean you are in love. Nor that you’ve found yourself a MAN. Let me remind you, ''there is a major difference between BOYS and MEN, GIRLS and WOMEN. There is a difference between a BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND and a PARTNER.”'

There are a lot of different reasons as to why someone would rather call their "boyfriend" their significant other or "partner." One main reason is that it is a reminder that there is equality in the relationship. Partner is a term that people use when they want to feel equal to someone like a partner in a group project at school. By using the term "partner" in place of boyfriend, you are acknowledging that superiority doesn't play a role in the relationship and that you are both equal to each other. Another major reason why "partner" has become more popular recently is because it is a gender neutral term. It doesn't specify how someone sexually identifies and it doesn't cause any assumptions about how people identify their gender. Albaker2020 (talk) 18:23, 15 April 2018 (UTC) Alexis.black (talk) 18:53, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Terms of Endearment Although "boyfriend" and "partner" are two ways that are commonly used to reference a significant other in social settings, there are other words commonly used called terms of endearment. Alexis.black (talk) 18:53, 23 April 2018 (UTC) Terms of endearment tend to gravitate toward things that are related to taste like "pumpkin," "sugar," "lamb-chop." It is hard to determine exactly how and why these terms have evolved and originated. One thing we have seen is that terms of endearment have been traced back to 1290 with the term "sweetheart." This term was originally written as the two separate terms that they are today but eventually turned into one word which addressed someone a person one is in love with. Albaker2020 (talk) 18:23, 15 April 2018 (UTC) I think of something similar to “sweetheart” when I think of the term “Stud Muffin.”  It is another term of endearment developed to be geared towards men.