May 20, 2025 • 8 mins
Tiff's BFFE needs help with a modern day term to call her SO, because "boyfriend" just isn't cutting anymore.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're waking up with in the morning. Kiss morning.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
If you or someone in your inner circle has a
kid with someone that you're not married to, what do
you refer to that person as if you're in a
relationship with them?
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Do you want to help with something?
Speaker 2 (00:18):
I figured you'd be a really good person to lean
on to get some help for someone in my inner circle.
You might be familiar with her name, Ashley. She's my
best friend. She's a teacher in Boston. She's the one
that did the Boston Marathon. We talk every day using
this app called Marco Polum. And on Mother's Day, her
boyfriend Chris got her what would be considered like an
(00:42):
engagement ring or a wedding band stack, and she finally
had said to him, listen, listen.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
We have a three year old together. We love each other.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
We've decided that we don't believe in the institution of
marriage to each his oone on that decision, right, But
it feels a little childish to just keep referring to
you as my boyfriend. We have a three year old together.
We're in our mid thirties. He's in his forties. So
when I'm out and about in public and society, and
(01:15):
sometimes it's so annoying that we have to deal with
society as human beings, isn't it Like this is the
way world works.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
It's the way life works. She's like, it just feels
weird to.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Be like, yeah, my boyfriend, and I like, what.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Is the term? What is the term? Because boyfriend feels
like someone that.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
You could simply just be dating in your first year together,
second year, third year, all the way down to like, hey,
we've been together for ten plus years and we have
two kids together.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
What is the term that you use?
Speaker 2 (01:47):
And so she finally said to him, She's like, I
need something that symbolizes our love for one another. And
I guess in her eyes it was get, let's do
some sort of jewelry. But I think it was she
wanted to feel. She wanted to feel the commitment from
him as a girl and as anyone. I understand that, right,
But it was almost like a society.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Thing to a little bit. It was a little bit of.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Like, I'm just kind of tired of like feeling a
little janky every time I talk about this. She's being
really honest, of course, and raw about it, like I
just I don't know, And this is so millennial coded
this this is will one hundred percent be gen Z
coded too. As they get married, you know a little
later in life. Right, there's there's a very big gap
and divide. I think from the boomer generation where my dad,
(02:34):
my dad was my dad was married a few times.
My mother has been married a few times. When you
loved someone during that era, you just got married to
them and that was that. Now millennials are like, wait
a minute, we're not doing that. But we still haven't
quite figured out with the terminus. So I was like,
you know what, I bet you would have some advice
five one three seven, four nine one seven one. You
(02:58):
someone in your inner circle, give me ideas, ideas share here,
what kind of what should I tell Ashley back in
Boston about how to kind of approach this situation with
her with just even in our own inner circle five
one three seven, four nine one o seven one. Or
talk back with TIF on the iHeart app. What do
you call someone when you're in a relationship, you have
(03:20):
a kid with them, you're not married, Good morning? You're
waking up with TIF in the morning on kiss one
oh seven one. I'm going to try to rapid fire
these so we can get to as many as we
can before doci.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Hi, you're on the air.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
What do you call someone that you have a kid
with in your relationship with if you're not going to
use the term boyfriend?
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Just good morning? How are you?
Speaker 1 (03:41):
I'm wonderful, Mike Gal. Thanks for stopping by the show.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
I'm actually in the same situation weave any other for
six plus years, and I refer to him either as
my partner or.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
My person, partner or person. Okay, what's your name? What neighborhood?
Speaker 2 (03:54):
You calling me from, Alex and I'm from del Hi, Alex.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
I super appreciate you. Thanks, Mi Gal. Let's get to
number two. Good morning.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
I call my husband like my significant other, my partner, okay,
the love of my life.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
And are you guys married? Stuff like that?
Speaker 3 (04:09):
You know, still have more inclusive than my boyfriend.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Okay, what's your name? What neighborhood are you in?
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Nani and fourth part?
Speaker 2 (04:17):
All right, Nini, thank you for the call. We're kind
of still split on it. If you're just walking into
the show. My best friend, Ashley and Boston has been
with someone for a long time. They have a kid together,
and she's tired of just referring to him as her boyfriend.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
She says, it feels a little on the childish.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Side, and I said, you know what, I bet Cincinnati
you'd be a really good place the tri say, it'd
be a good place to touch base on this. I
have yet to use our talkback feature today, so if
you have something to contribute, I'd love to hear from you.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Good morning. I knew every word to that song.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
We're not far off from the three things you need
to know to get your day started in sincey you,
we're in the midst of checking your talkbacks on relationship questions. Specifically,
if you're in a relationship with someone, you have a
kid with them, but you're not married to them, what
do you refer to that person as outside of just
boyfriend and girlfriend. I'll explain why we're talking about it
(05:08):
here in a second, but I want to get one
talk back on the air.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
Hey, gen Z here. So we like to use the
term partner, okay, and if you want to like spice
up a little bit and kind of make it more
more unique and more like, hey, this is the person
that's going to the rest of my life with, because
we like to use life's partner as well. So hope
(05:33):
some help.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Yes, it does. Thank you for the talk back with TIF.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
You two can leave me voice notes from wherever you
are on this Cincinnati Morning microphone is in the top
right hand corner of the iHeartRadio app. You're our first
gen Z of the day on the topic, So I'm
glad that you shared that.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
If you're just walking into it.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
My best friend Ashley and I were chitchat and she's
been with her so so for a while and they
have a kid together, and she finally was like, I
just need some sort of ring or something on my finger, Like,
even if we don't move forward with marriage, I just
feel childish calling you my boyfriend. Like, what's the difference
between using the term boyfriend? If I start dating somebody
(06:10):
and I've been with them for like a year versus
she's been with them for like ten years. You know,
it feels like there should be something more. What's that word?
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Good morning, you're on the air. Thanks for stopping by
the show.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Terry from Sharonville, All.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Right, I'm good, my gal. We're going to a Leavine
here in a couple of weekends. What do you got
from me?
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Awesome?
Speaker 1 (06:29):
Good?
Speaker 3 (06:30):
Have a forty two year old daughter who's been in
a relationship since two thousand and three, and they have
three children. Okay, they have no desire to get married.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Okay, and I think they.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Just consider each other partners, and that's what they say.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
We're looking for a specific term terry. So she says,
this is my partner.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
Partner Okay, partner yees.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Okay, thank you, Mi Gal. I appreciate you. How we
got time for another one?
Speaker 1 (06:55):
You're on the air.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Okay, So I just talked here a minute ago. I'm
gonna redeem myself. I didn't hear the whole thing. It's
Michelle and Taylor.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Mill Okay, she's back.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
So if they're together though, like just say it's your husband,
it's like it doesn't you know what I mean, Like
it doesn't matter. They're together, they love each other. That's
your husband, all right, thank you for the call. One
more so, I called my husband before we got married,
my illegal husband. Ooh, okay, I hate a term boyfriend
(07:30):
as well.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Well, what's your name? What neighborhood are you waking up with?
Speaker 3 (07:33):
Me?
Speaker 1 (07:33):
And Jessica?
Speaker 3 (07:34):
And I'm in Madison Township.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Madison Township. I don't know if I know where that is.
You'll have to shoot me a DM or something. Let
me know of something you recommend out there. I almost
feel like we have It's an idea share type of morning.
There's no right or wrong answer, yes or no, not
black and white. Thank you for the ideas I'm telling you, though,
I don't think husband's it. I'm going to push back
on that one. I don't think husband is it I'm
(07:57):
looking for I think she's looking for a different word.
But this was super helpful so far. Partner or life
partner seems to be the word that's coming up. All right,
let us let us rest because we've got to get
into three things you need to know to get your
day started here in Cincy. I've got photos for you
from the Diddy trial.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
I'll have that in more next Uncle Bar
You're waking up with in the morning. Kiss morning.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
If you or someone in your inner circle has a
kid with someone that you're not married to, what do
you refer to that person as if you're in a
relationship with them?
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Do you want to help with something?
Speaker 2 (00:18):
I figured you'd be a really good person to lean
on to get some help for someone in my inner circle.
You might be familiar with her name, Ashley. She's my
best friend. She's a teacher in Boston. She's the one
that did the Boston Marathon. We talk every day using
this app called Marco Polum. And on Mother's Day, her
boyfriend Chris got her what would be considered like an
(00:42):
engagement ring or a wedding band stack, and she finally
had said to him, listen, listen.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
We have a three year old together. We love each other.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
We've decided that we don't believe in the institution of
marriage to each his oone on that decision, right, But
it feels a little childish to just keep referring to
you as my boyfriend. We have a three year old together.
We're in our mid thirties. He's in his forties. So
when I'm out and about in public and society, and
(01:15):
sometimes it's so annoying that we have to deal with
society as human beings, isn't it Like this is the
way world works.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
It's the way life works. She's like, it just feels
weird to.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Be like, yeah, my boyfriend, and I like, what.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Is the term? What is the term? Because boyfriend feels
like someone that.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
You could simply just be dating in your first year together,
second year, third year, all the way down to like, hey,
we've been together for ten plus years and we have
two kids together.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
What is the term that you use?
Speaker 2 (01:47):
And so she finally said to him, She's like, I
need something that symbolizes our love for one another. And
I guess in her eyes it was get, let's do
some sort of jewelry. But I think it was she
wanted to feel. She wanted to feel the commitment from
him as a girl and as anyone. I understand that, right,
But it was almost like a society.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Thing to a little bit. It was a little bit of.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Like, I'm just kind of tired of like feeling a
little janky every time I talk about this. She's being
really honest, of course, and raw about it, like I
just I don't know, And this is so millennial coded
this this is will one hundred percent be gen Z
coded too. As they get married, you know a little
later in life. Right, there's there's a very big gap
and divide. I think from the boomer generation where my dad,
(02:34):
my dad was my dad was married a few times.
My mother has been married a few times. When you
loved someone during that era, you just got married to
them and that was that. Now millennials are like, wait
a minute, we're not doing that. But we still haven't
quite figured out with the terminus. So I was like,
you know what, I bet you would have some advice
five one three seven, four nine one seven one. You
(02:58):
someone in your inner circle, give me ideas, ideas share here,
what kind of what should I tell Ashley back in
Boston about how to kind of approach this situation with
her with just even in our own inner circle five
one three seven, four nine one o seven one. Or
talk back with TIF on the iHeart app. What do
you call someone when you're in a relationship, you have
(03:20):
a kid with them, you're not married, Good morning? You're
waking up with TIF in the morning on kiss one
oh seven one. I'm going to try to rapid fire
these so we can get to as many as we
can before doci.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Hi, you're on the air.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
What do you call someone that you have a kid
with in your relationship with if you're not going to
use the term boyfriend?
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Just good morning? How are you?
Speaker 1 (03:41):
I'm wonderful, Mike Gal. Thanks for stopping by the show.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
I'm actually in the same situation weave any other for
six plus years, and I refer to him either as
my partner or.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
My person, partner or person. Okay, what's your name? What neighborhood?
Speaker 2 (03:54):
You calling me from, Alex and I'm from del Hi, Alex.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
I super appreciate you. Thanks, Mi Gal. Let's get to
number two. Good morning.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
I call my husband like my significant other, my partner, okay,
the love of my life.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
And are you guys married? Stuff like that?
Speaker 3 (04:09):
You know, still have more inclusive than my boyfriend.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Okay, what's your name? What neighborhood are you in?
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Nani and fourth part?
Speaker 2 (04:17):
All right, Nini, thank you for the call. We're kind
of still split on it. If you're just walking into
the show. My best friend, Ashley and Boston has been
with someone for a long time. They have a kid together,
and she's tired of just referring to him as her boyfriend.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
She says, it feels a little on the childish.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Side, and I said, you know what, I bet Cincinnati
you'd be a really good place the tri say, it'd
be a good place to touch base on this. I
have yet to use our talkback feature today, so if
you have something to contribute, I'd love to hear from you.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Good morning. I knew every word to that song.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
We're not far off from the three things you need
to know to get your day started in sincey you,
we're in the midst of checking your talkbacks on relationship questions. Specifically,
if you're in a relationship with someone, you have a
kid with them, but you're not married to them, what
do you refer to that person as outside of just
boyfriend and girlfriend. I'll explain why we're talking about it
(05:08):
here in a second, but I want to get one
talk back on the air.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
Hey, gen Z here. So we like to use the
term partner, okay, and if you want to like spice
up a little bit and kind of make it more
more unique and more like, hey, this is the person
that's going to the rest of my life with, because
we like to use life's partner as well. So hope
(05:33):
some help.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Yes, it does. Thank you for the talk back with TIF.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
You two can leave me voice notes from wherever you
are on this Cincinnati Morning microphone is in the top
right hand corner of the iHeartRadio app. You're our first
gen Z of the day on the topic, So I'm
glad that you shared that.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
If you're just walking into it.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
My best friend Ashley and I were chitchat and she's
been with her so so for a while and they
have a kid together, and she finally was like, I
just need some sort of ring or something on my finger, Like,
even if we don't move forward with marriage, I just
feel childish calling you my boyfriend. Like, what's the difference
between using the term boyfriend? If I start dating somebody
(06:10):
and I've been with them for like a year versus
she's been with them for like ten years. You know,
it feels like there should be something more. What's that word?
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Good morning, you're on the air. Thanks for stopping by
the show.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Terry from Sharonville, All.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Right, I'm good, my gal. We're going to a Leavine
here in a couple of weekends. What do you got
from me?
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Awesome?
Speaker 1 (06:29):
Good?
Speaker 3 (06:30):
Have a forty two year old daughter who's been in
a relationship since two thousand and three, and they have
three children. Okay, they have no desire to get married.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Okay, and I think they.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Just consider each other partners, and that's what they say.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
We're looking for a specific term terry. So she says,
this is my partner.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
Partner Okay, partner yees.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Okay, thank you, Mi Gal. I appreciate you. How we
got time for another one?
Speaker 1 (06:55):
You're on the air.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Okay, So I just talked here a minute ago. I'm
gonna redeem myself. I didn't hear the whole thing. It's
Michelle and Taylor.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Mill Okay, she's back.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
So if they're together though, like just say it's your husband,
it's like it doesn't you know what I mean, Like
it doesn't matter. They're together, they love each other. That's
your husband, all right, thank you for the call. One
more so, I called my husband before we got married,
my illegal husband. Ooh, okay, I hate a term boyfriend
(07:30):
as well.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Well, what's your name? What neighborhood are you waking up with?
Speaker 3 (07:33):
Me?
Speaker 1 (07:33):
And Jessica?
Speaker 3 (07:34):
And I'm in Madison Township.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Madison Township. I don't know if I know where that is.
You'll have to shoot me a DM or something. Let
me know of something you recommend out there. I almost
feel like we have It's an idea share type of morning.
There's no right or wrong answer, yes or no, not
black and white. Thank you for the ideas I'm telling you, though,
I don't think husband's it. I'm going to push back
on that one. I don't think husband is it I'm
(07:57):
looking for I think she's looking for a different word.
But this was super helpful so far. Partner or life
partner seems to be the word that's coming up. All right,
let us let us rest because we've got to get
into three things you need to know to get your
day started here in Cincy. I've got photos for you
from the Diddy trial.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
I'll have that in more next Uncle Bar
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