Hahaha hilarious

@ArrJaySketch  
Ok, this conversation has gotten weird… And I like it.

@Eeveeinheat  
See, that’s when you make it fun! Still no biggie. If it were me, then I’d probably be excited (internally) about going down that aisle.
 
 
@Background Pony #25D9  
Fair point!

@ArrJaySketch  
Earth horses, sure. Cartoon ponies? We have no idea.

@ArrJaySketch  
On the flipside, it could turn out even more lewd, given what kind of needs mares have during esturus season. There must be all kinds of feminine products for them to ‘beat the heat’. Would be even more awkward than tampons.

@BronyAirman2552  
Probably feminine hygiene products (tampons/pads)…which is really amusing to me, because horses and ponies don’t menstruate.
 
It’s honestly not awkward unless one makes it awkward.

What’s in aisle 13? Do I want to know?

@Meanlucario
 
If you tell just about anyone (with the apparent exception of yourself) that two people are ‘lovers’, it will be taken as an implication of a sexual relationship. It didn’t used to mean that so strongly (so you’ll find nonsexual uses of it in older literature), but it’s been used as a euphemism for so long that the connection is now extremely strong. Sort of the same way you can say ‘tool’ with the right emphasis and make middle schoolers giggle. That’s one of the ways that language changes.
 
But that’s beside the point, because this discussion is the result of you saying that my use of SO implied a more serious relationship than the comic depicts. It’s not. A girlfriend/boyfriend relationship very much falls under the umbrella of ‘significant other’.

@Dale  
And non-sexual relationships can fall under lovers.

@Meanlucario
 
It’s not limited to as serious a relationship as you seem to be limiting it to. ‘Girlfriend’ is definitely within the purview of ‘significant other’.

@Dale  
And Significant Other is mainly used as a gender neutral form of two people in a serous relationship.

@Meanlucario
 
Lover implies a sexual relationship, first and foremost. It also generally implies a passionate fling, often not expected to last. People in a long-term relationship use it with some irony, usually. Someone describing their long-term spouse as their ‘lover’ in all seriousness would be weird.
 
It also constitutes a fairly direct reference to sex, and could be considered… impolite isn’t quite the right word–let’s say gauche, to use in any social context in which you wouldn’t directly discuss whether two people are bangin’ or not.

@Dale  
What’s what the term “lover” is for.

@Meanlucario
 
That’s how the word is used. It’s a catchall. People invented it to use when they weren’t sure what the status of a relationship was, or to encompass a group with multiple relationship statuses.

@Dale  
Kind of cheapens to word if you us it that way.

@Meanlucario
 
Significant Other is a catchall term. It can be applied to casual f-buddies, spouses married for 50 years, and everything in between. In this case, I’m using it because I’m making a statement that I mean to apply regardless of the status of the relationship in question.

@Background Pony #F111  
It feels like a misused of the term if that’s what you’re asking.

@Meanlucario  
Wait, are you saying “significant other” isn’t just a catch-all term meaning whichever of boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse applies?

>This comment section  

@ArrJaySketch  
Why not just use GF than, since significant other seems to be a leap in their current relationship, or most relationships before marriage.

@Meanlucario  
Significant Other

@Dale  
SO?

A guy who gets squeamish about buying his SO feminine hygiene products is not mature enough to have an SO.

@Meanlucario  
One guy bought tampons becasue he wanted to be reincarnated as one…so there’s that

@Meanlucario
 
Hey now, don’t you be badmouthing Hank Hill now.