If decided that this year I'm going to really start primarily using they/them pronouns for myself, so I'm wondering what do you use in place of Mr./Mrs., Sir/Ma'am, or Boyfriend/Girlfriend?
I've never heard of anyone using neutral pronouns aside from online, but a few I do know of/heard of are: Mr/Mrs/Ms - Mx boyfriend/girlfriend - partner, spouse (if married), enbyfriend/NBfriend (I heard this more with young people/kids) sir/ma'am - I can't think of anything that would replace those
For Mr./Mrs. & Sir/Ma'am: "Ind., Rev., Dr., M., Misc., Mre., Msr., Myr., Pr., or Mn." Personally, I favor Myr., pronounced meer. And for bf/gf: Partner, spouse, love, lover, date, datemate, significant other, better half, other half, and specifically a Non-binary exclusive term, which I have grown to love: Enby. At first I thought it sounded weird, but it grows on ya.
Instead of Mr. or Mrs. I ask that people use my first and last name together. I don't like being called sir or ma'am, but I kinda have to deal with whichever gets used for me, since people on the streets couldn't know I don't like them. Enbyfriend is super cute and I love using it~ but partner is also nice, and a little more universal.
I use Mx - which was actually offered as an option when I booked a ticket on Bus Eireann’s website! Another suggestion that’s cute to replace boyfriend/girlfriend is datemate/datefriend. Or simply ‘date’. Partner is the most used though I’d say. I’ve seen joyfriend suggested online as something sweet but not sure how great it would be to use irl
I actually just had an idea for boyfriend/girlfriend you can say "my ___" using the person's name. If you're dating someone named Mike you can call them "My Mike".
