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  1. Wow, checked in just as there was a Brit question.
    I am not sure on gay usage, though. In the UK, ‘Lady friend’ would typically be used among straights in a somewhat sardonic or even derogatory way to mean anything from hook-up to mistress.

    One very old fashioned term for what you are referring to DIBS would be ‘escort’, but of course that has acquired s different meaning since.

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    She really likes Ft Greene and would definitely move there when her lease is up. So much for everyone moving from brooklyn to manhattan

    lol dave that’s ridiculous. she just doesnt like doing the walk (or subway ride) of shame. has nothing to do with people moving from one borough to another.

    *rob*

  3. Kens..it is required if you are on your partners health insurance. i believe in Philly there is also the avoidance of a tax on real estate when one inherits another’s portion.

    I don’t know what the legalities across state or in-state are for those states that allow marriage.

  4. Dave, do you get any benefits from being registered as partners? Is that what is meant by civil union?

    Can someone explain this to me. So in states where gay marriage is legal, do you get benefits just like a hetero married couple? meaning, you can adopt and have joint custody, your health insurance covers each other as spouse, you get tax benefits, you have all the same rights as a spouse in the event of illness and death of the partner, can also receive citizenship if you marry someone who is not?

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