Girlfriend/Boyfriend in old age? Or what...!

@waflay (2737)
Nairobi, Kenya
September 23, 2011 2:46am CST
Hi Mylotters, I saw a 70 year old guy dating a 60 plus year old lady and it left me wondering how they call each other. To me, I can't imagine him calling his lover as a girlfriend and her calling him boyfriend... . What do you say about this? I will appreciate your answers.
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@sexyice (873)
• Latvia
23 Sep 11
So?! Do you think if you are old you stop live, just need sitting home and looking soup operas? I think it is realy sweet, when you can go to dates in 70 years old. He he his calling her as oldgirfried un her call him for oldboyfriend. An so what need be happy for people who live life, because better go to dates than be surly men or women.
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@waflay (2737)
• Nairobi, Kenya
23 Sep 11
I think you have invented two new words that should be in dictionary- oldboyfriend/oldgirfriend
• China
23 Sep 11
yeah,this is very sweet and cute.A man is not old as long as he is seeking something,a man is not old until regrets take the place of the dreams.
• Australia
23 Sep 11
Actually, fatoldboyfriend/fatoldgirfriend in most [places. Lash
• Philippines
30 Sep 11
I think it is cute! As long as they are not still married to another, then I think it is perfectly fine. :D
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@waflay (2737)
• Nairobi, Kenya
30 Sep 11
Hi miadsoriano, you are perfectly right as far as English is concerned, because what I have noticed here is these words boyfriend/girlfriend does not specify the age group in dating or just general words to mean a dating couple. But at 70, would one feel okay introducing his/her partner as boyfriend/girlfriend to other people?
@waflay (2737)
• Nairobi, Kenya
1 Oct 11
Yes! For shy people like me.. those words are so big for me. Thanks.
• Philippines
23 Sep 11
well, if they are lovers, they could still each other as girlfriend and boyfriend. love knows no limitations and age, it could be shared by everybody, and it doesn't mean that if we get old, we don't have a right already to fall in love with someone if we are still free. there is nothing wrong if they will be calling each other girlfriend and boyfriend, anyway, it's their life and they are happy with what they are doing, provided that they did not hurt anybody with their relationship.
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@waflay (2737)
• Nairobi, Kenya
23 Sep 11
Hi churchill1980. You are right, the word they use to refer to each other does not matter as long as they care for each other and the love they share is strong. ...give a deaf ear to criticism...
@saphrina (31552)
• South Africa
23 Sep 11
uumm sweetie, i don't really see the difference. No matter what your age as long as you love someone, you will always call them your girl/boy friend or husband or wife. I think it's nice that they met actually. No one want to grow old alone.
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@saphrina (31552)
• South Africa
24 Sep 11
Thanx sweetie.
@waflay (2737)
• Nairobi, Kenya
24 Sep 11
saphrina, you have said it all. ...love can't grow old and no one wanna grow old alone. Girlfriend/boyfriend till last breath...
@fantabulus (4000)
• India
24 Sep 11
No age limit for love because love is blind if we both me and my husband love to each other till end of life then I will also call him like boyfriend like honey came here haha...
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@waflay (2737)
• Nairobi, Kenya
24 Sep 11
fantabulus ,How nice! Age is like a passing wind but love is an oasis of hope in a relationship, we can get old but our loving heart is always stuck in youthful time... and boyfriend/ girlfriend is the way we spark it..
@Ayeth22 (66)
• Philippines
23 Sep 11
They can call each other as girlfriend and boyfriend if they are dating if they are not married yet. There is nothing to use that name. It doesn't how young and old are they.
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@waflay (2737)
• Nairobi, Kenya
23 Sep 11
It shows I was taking literal meaning of these words.... Well answered and thanks
@erez98 (166)
• Israel
23 Sep 11
what????? if they are in love who cares anymore??? why not calling him "my boyfriend"? is life stopped in the age of 70? she can call him "my handsome guy", "my wonderful lover" or whatever she wants. these days , 70 years old is not that old, you know.
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@waflay (2737)
• Nairobi, Kenya
23 Sep 11
erez98, You have reminded me of something I didn't think of..Beauty is never lost when we get aged, as the person who is in that age bracket will always see beauty in his/her lover.