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Why do men introduce their girlfriend to their guy friends by their name ??

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does it mean they dont know your his girlfriend or could it be hes already talked about you to them? why do men do this ??? im really confused

KraftDinner Established Member

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Not sure I get what you're asking.

 

Why wouldn't they introduce her by name? What else would they use, her measurements? I'm sorry, could you clarify?

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You mean, "Hi my friend, Joe. Meet my girlfriend, Mary."

 

Seems like a normal thing to me.

 

Would you prefer he say, "Hi my friend, Joe. Meet my little Snookums."

 

Or how about, "Hi my friend, Joe. Meet this chick standing here."

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he doesnt even say im his girlfriend he says " This is joanna" weve been together for a while now....

KraftDinner Established Member

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OHHHH! Got it!

 

Yeah, doesn't sound good. Like he's hiding something.

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yeah could it be he is seeing some one else as well ? or has commitment issues

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does it mean they dont know your his girlfriend or could it be hes already talked about you to them? why do men do this ??? im really confused

 

Because introducing someone by telling other people their name is how you introduce someone.

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LittleTiger Established Member

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My guy and I are engaged. He has always introduced me by my first name. It's normal social etiquette. :)

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I reckon this depends on your social norms. Over here in the antipodes its normal to introduce anyone as Sheila, this is Fred, my boss and Fred this is Sheila, my girlfriend (wife, fiancée).

 

So, you mention their first name first, then their relationship to you and vice versa to give everyone who's meeting for the first time an idea of the relationship as well as the name of the new people.

 

Its different elsewhere of course and one has to be aware of the social norms when introducing people (and yourself).

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You should be grateful; I've been in the presence of men who have introduced their spouses as 'the' wife....

 

"This is my eldest son John, this is my daughter Cindy, that's Skippy the dog, oh - and that's the wife."

 

my son - my daughter, skippy the dog - and THE wife....?

 

I don't need to tell you he got short shrift from me.....! :mad:

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TaraMaiden Established Member

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Or - "she is part of my goods and chattels....."

 

That's pretty definitive. :D

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Indeed. And 'wench' is so vague...... :p

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I think it depends on the situation. For example, I recently went to a black tie professional function with my girlfriend, related to her work. She introduced me to folks at our table, and her colleagues, by "this is my boyfriend". However, I notiuced when she introduced me to other professionals in her networking group she was more formal and introduced me by my first and last name, no "boyfriend". Some of them "recognized" me from convversations she has had with them or facebook posts.

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"My old lady" works for me.

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I reckon this depends on your social norms. Over here in the antipodes its normal to introduce anyone as Sheila, this is Fred, my boss and Fred this is Sheila, my girlfriend (wife, fiancée).

 

So, you mention their first name first, then their relationship to you and vice versa to give everyone who's meeting for the first time an idea of the relationship as well as the name of the new people.

 

Its different elsewhere of course and one has to be aware of the social norms when introducing people (and yourself).

 

:eek: My guy is from the antipodes but he always stops the introduction after my name! He just says "This is LT" not "This is LT, my fiance"!!!

 

OMG!!! Should I be freaking out about this?????? :confused::laugh::eek::D:p

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he introduces you to his friends, why do you freat?

 

It also means you can mildly flirt with his friends - he'll remember the "girlfriend" part immediately, I can assure you of that!

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:eek: My guy is from the antipodes but he always stops the introduction after my name! He just says "This is LT" not "This is LT, my fiance"!!!

 

OMG!!! Should I be freaking out about this?????? :confused::laugh::eek::D:p

 

OMG, you think he might... like... want to marry you at some point ?:eek:

LittleTiger Established Member

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OMG, you think he might... like... want to marry you at some point ?:eek:

 

Well he did ask so......I guess so! :D

 

Very odd that he doesn't announce it to everyone we meet though! :eek:;):laugh:

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Well he did ask so......I guess so! :D

 

Very odd that he doesn't announce it to everyone we meet though! :eek:;):laugh:

 

OMG, he doesn't ??? you should sooooo run away :laugh:!!!!

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Would you prefer to be called by your name of by your boyfriend's girlfriend? eg. Peter's girlfriend.

 

For example, "Hey Peter's girlfriend, are you having fun?"

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You should be grateful; I've been in the presence of men who have introduced their spouses as 'the' wife....

 

"This is my eldest son John, this is my daughter Cindy, that's Skippy the dog, oh - and that's the wife."

 

my son - my daughter, skippy the dog - and THE wife....?

 

I don't need to tell you he got short shrift from me.....! :mad:

 

:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::bunny::laugh::laugh::laugh:

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Being introduced as "insert name of his last GF here" would be worse!

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I don't see much of a problem, unless I'm missing something. His friends probably already know about you. My boyfriend introduced me with just my first name and his friends definitely knew who I was.

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he doesnt even say im his girlfriend he says " This is joanna" weve been together for a while now....

 

If there is no reference by anyone that you are his girlfriend, then I would be worried. :(

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:eek: My guy is from the antipodes but he always stops the introduction after my name! He just says "This is LT" not "This is LT, my fiance"!!!

 

OMG!!! Should I be freaking out about this?????? :confused::laugh::eek::D:p

 

Yes I think you should dump him. Clearly he is not marriage material. I hope he has confirmed your status on facebook. No? Definitely dump him.

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