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I often let people know polmaven Jun 2012 #1
reading a poster that said he was scolded, to me it was a conversation, or listening to posters seabeyond Jun 2012 #4
You're just a humorless,sexually repressed, sufrommich Jun 2012 #2
ya. i am sure. and probably a person attack, too. lol. nt seabeyond Jun 2012 #5
I always use to tell my husband "I'm going out with the girls tonight".... Little Star Jun 2012 #3
i dont think so.... seabeyond Jun 2012 #6
I don't think there is a "doing it wrong" sufrommich Jun 2012 #7
IMO no, you're describing in-group use. redqueen Jun 2012 #8
I can barely read this on account of the sentence structure...eom Kolesar Jun 2012 #9
so what? then ignore me. that easy. nt seabeyond Jun 2012 #10
. Kolesar Jun 2012 #12
ya. so? really not addressing the issue i brought up seabeyond Jun 2012 #13
We don't shame our members here, sufrommich Jun 2012 #14
ahhhh seabeyond Jun 2012 #15
^^ what you said^^! Little Star Jun 2012 #20
The word 'girl' implies youth... redqueen Jun 2012 #11
Well then I guess I'm just... Little Star Jun 2012 #21
LOL redqueen Jun 2012 #22
Every woman I know uses "girl" and "boy" quite frequently arcane1 Jun 2012 #16
Here's a good explanation of the problem: sufrommich Jun 2012 #17
Thanks, that's just what I was thinking arcane1 Jun 2012 #18
the point would be, it is more a discussion than trying to force a rule. seabeyond Jun 2012 #19
To me, the issue is appropriate PARALLELISM eridani Jun 2012 #23
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