re: woman, girl, whatever

[arethinn]

dancinglights brought up the term "lady" and its uses, and I made a remark myself in a comment to someone else about how I thought maybe people just used my name rather than a generic term if they needed to refer to me, but it actually does make me curious what word or words other people might use for me. Out of the following choices I think I would mostly use "girl" for myself (although as mentioned, I think I may be growing out of it). You?

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[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

"I usually say, "My friend [info]tass..." because you are my friend first

Aww. *warm fuzzies* Actually though, I would prefer this sentence construction too. That's why I gave the example I wanted people to fill in the blank for, since I figured many people might default to a relational term like "friend" (as opposed to general term -- i.e., something that takes "my" rather than an article).

"When I was your age"

...she says as though the difference were vast. ;)

[ahril.livejournal.com]

Well, "pushing 40" and "almost 30" are two entirely different things. LOL

[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

Yes, but my mother is another 25 years older than you are, so that means the difference between you and me is only 2/7 the difference between me and her -- thus, it doesn't feel all that big to me.