too old to have a Boyfriend, not together long enough for Partner?

[PyongyangKipperbang]

I dont subscribe to the notion that in order to refer to someone as a partner you must be living together, but I do think it is a ltr type title. I feel too old to refer to him as my boyfriend, but we have only been together a few months so what else can I call him?!

This guy I know? Lol

We've been together (living apart) for three years, I call him 'my bloke'

Call him by his name maybe? (i.e. John - the guy Im dating!)

I do call him by his name but there was a funny moment a couple of weeks ago when I introduced him to someone. "This is Boris, he's my......Boris" :o

Hahaha awkward... Friend works there, then gaze into his eyes, people get the drift

Friend. While holding his hand.

'We're courting' 😁

Friend is fine. My daughter says term to use is Lad - she "helpfully" set me up with a tinder profile! She now keeps asking if I've found a lad yet, and I keep telling her I want a gentleman not a lad ... gentleman friend is the term I've heard older women use

I sway between boyfriend and partner. I hate the term partner though but at 40, with a baby on the way, boyfriend feels a bit trite.

I'm in my early 50s and still refer to my dp as my boyfriend. It does feel a bit ridiculous but I've never really liked the word "partner".

my fella.

I would rather say boyfriend or partner than ‘dating.’

I hate labels
I'd just stick to "Boris"
As in "this is Boris"
Or "this is my friend Boris"
If there is a need for additional info then "this is my friend Boris - he's a horse groomer and in his spare time he loves cooking with tofu"

I’d go with “lover”

"this is my friend Boris - he's a horse groomer and in his spare time he loves cooking with tofu"

I'd say boyfriend btw.

I'm pretty sure on real life no one cares. This is only an issue on mumsnet.

@PyongyangKipperbang I'm in the same boat!!! At 50 it feels odd introducing 'my boyfriend' (funnily enough don't mind being his girlfriend!) but we both hate the term 'partner' . We have been dating for 2 1/2 years but no plans to live together and certainly never to get married!! Both been there - done that - never doing it again

My neighbour was 80 and intoduced John as her boyfriend I think it is fine nobody really bothers, Dame Judi Dench calls theguy she is seeing her chap

Paramour 😉😂

Part-time lover.
Sex machine.
My guy.
My chap.

Lover and gentleman friend sound like FWB to me.

Does 'other half' work or is that the same as 'partner'?