What do you call your romantic partners?

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It's a question that gets dredged up constantly with any number of permutations and I'm certainly not going to lecture anyone on their choices. (Assuming you aren't constantly calling them abusive names or some such.)

I still cling to "girlfriend" as implying some level of commitment and priority, although quantifying it remains a nebulous exercise.

I enjoy reading about how other people navigate the issue, especially those in relationships the culture doesn't have a default script for, which is why I enjoyed reading this article by a cis woman dating a trans man about her struggle to come up with terms and titles.