I was arguing with some girls yesterday on whom a boyfriend or girlfriend is, and they were like a boyfriend is that guy whom they discuss some personal issues with and can confide in and not have any intimate contact with.
On my own part, I argued that a boyfriend/girlfriend is that person you can go intimate with i.e kiss, romance and have sex with aside sharing personal problems and discussiond with. I believe that one can discuss or share one's problems with any other trusted person including family members, but intimacy is what makes someone a boyfriend or girlfriend.
Please your opinion on this issue is highly needed so I can be better informed.

Jman06:
I was arguing with some girls yesterday on whom a boyfriend or girlfriend is, and they were like a boyfriend is that guy whom they discuss some personal issues with and can confide in and not have any intimate contact with.
On my own part, I argued that a boyfriend/girlfriend is that person you can go intimate with i.e kiss, romance and have sex with aside sharing personal problems and discussiond with. I believe that one can discuss or share one's problems with any other trusted person including family members, but intimacy is what makes someone a boyfriend or girlfriend.
Please your opinion on this issue is highly needed so I can be better informed.

Ooh Okie's...

So u highly practice the premarital sex abi but still wanna marry a virgin NUNU?

actually, it depends sha..some couples don't have sex at least not until they finish college or until they get married..

Any relationship shud not be measured by having sex alone.

The girls were right while you're right too depending on how you view the question. They explained a boyfriend in a platonic relationship while you defined a boyfriend in a romantic relationship.

A dictionary will explain better..

IamKashyBaby:





Ooh Okie's...

So u highly practice the premarital sex abi but still wanna marry a virgin NUNU?

actually, it depends sha..some couples don't have sex at least not until they finish college or until they get married..

Any relationship shud not be measured by having sex alone.

Personally I am not so much interested in having a virgin NUNU.
The couple may not have sex but get intimate through other means like kissing, else it is not a ROMANTIC relationship.

kimbraa:
The girls were right while you're right too depending on how you view the question. They explained a boyfriend in a platonic relationship while you defined a boyfriend in a romantic relationship.

If it is not a romantic relationship then he is not a BOYFRIEND. Oxford advanced learners dictionary was clear enough when it defined a boyfriend as one with whom a lady is in a ROMANTIC relationship.

Jman06:
If it is not a romantic relationship then he is not a BOYFRIEND. Oxford advanced learners dictionary was clear enough when it defined a boyfriend as one with whom a lady is in a ROMANTIC relationship.

So what do you call a guy I'm not in a romantic relationship with but we're friends?.

kimbraa:
So what do you call a guy I'm not in a romantic relationship with but we're friends?.

You are just friends like you rightly stated. The guy is in the "friendzone".