Miscellaneous Griping

You know what gets on my nerves? When people refer to their significant others as if they are inanimate objects. Here are two examples of what I'm talking about:

"The boy is coming over tonight."
"Today I'm going running with the man friend."

I don't know why this annoys me so badly. I think just because it's so affected. For one thing, why can't you just call him your boyfriend? Or your friend, or fiance, or whatever he actually is? Is that too boring? Too commital, maybe? Better yet, why not call him by HIS NAME (if you can even remember it)?

Maybe it's the use of the article 'the.' He's not just my boy(friend), he's THE boy(friend). I don't know if this is meant to imply that your boy(friend) is the most specialest, most importantest boy(friend) in the whole world, or if it's an unconscious way of communicating the fact that he's just a placeholder. You know, he's just 'the boy' that you happen to be dating right now. Swap him out with someone else when you're not looking, you might not even notice, so long as you have someone to take you out and show you a good time. It would be so embarassing not to be dating someone, right?

Wait, what was I bitching about again? My point is, if you can't bring yourself to refer to someone as your boyfriend, or, God forbid, by their actual name, then do what I do. Call him 'what's-his-face.' That gets right to the point, I think.