Commoner Mating in Zalanthas (Monogamy or not and other topics)

[Barzalene]

I go all Aussie and call my clannies and good friends mates, and sometimes random people I don't know too. So I'm all for that word NOT being used specifically to mean something relating to relationships.

I think this get sorted out with context.

[KankWhisperer]

Everyone knows Red Storm is Australia. So if someone says 'Hey mate!' you can tell that 'mate' is a term like 'guy'. No one ever calls their mate 'Hey mate!'. They might say 'This is my mate'. Non issue.

[Dresan]

I've heard people in game refer to their significant others as "This is my man" or "This is my woman". Equally others have referred to people in a intimate relationship as "He is her man", "That is his woman" and "That is his man". These terms are a tad more possessive in the way they sound when referring to a person in relation to another. I don't want to get into how common is it for people to be possessive in Zalanthas again, but I don't think you will be referring to someone as being yours in that way unless you are in a deeper relationship with them to me at least. Just another option for people who might not like or be comfortable with using the word mate.

[slvrmoontiger]

I've heard people in game refer to their significant others as "This is my man" or "This is my woman". Equally others have referred to people in a intimate relationship as "He is her man", "That is his woman" and "That is his man". These terms are a tad more possessive in the way they sound when referring to a person in relation to another. I don't want to get into how common is it for people to be possessive in Zalanthas again, but I don't think you will be referring to someone as being yours in that way unless you are in a deeper relationship with them to me at least. Just another option for people who might not like or be comfortable with using the word mate.

I don't know the connotations would make me feel like I was a piece of property. I guess that's just me.

[Narf]

I've heard people in game refer to their significant others as "This is my man" or "This is my woman". Equally others have referred to people in a intimate relationship as "He is her man", "That is his woman" and "That is his man". These terms are a tad more possessive in the way they sound when referring to a person in relation to another. I don't want to get into how common is it for people to be possessive in Zalanthas again, but I don't think you will be referring to someone as being yours in that way unless you are in a deeper relationship with them to me at least. Just another option for people who might not like or be comfortable with using the word mate.

Some degree of posessiveness is inherent in pretty much all Earth species with long gestation times. It's usually counteracted by other instincts though, so you end up getting some hefty variation in how much it predominates mating interactions.

[Ouroboros]

Some degree of posessiveness is inherent in pretty much all Earth species with long gestation times. It's usually counteracted by other instincts though, so you end up getting some hefty variation in how much it predominates mating interactions.

One might argue that social structure and survival priorities in Zalanthas tends to redirect such possessiveness towards one's boots over one's partner. But that's just one point of view.

[slvrmoontiger]

They are my boots....

And the boots she's wearing are mine too.

[James de Monet]

Yeah. Don't knock boots.

[The7DeadlyVenomz]

I hope you see what you did there.

[James de Monet]

 

[LauraMars]

Of course he did - monet is no dumbet.

[The7DeadlyVenomz]

Heh.

[MeTekillot]

how can you be monogamous when there are only two to three layers of fabric separating your genitals from that cute stranger at the bar?

Well that's true in real life too, and some people somehow manage.

theirs is truly a miserable existence.

[James de Monet]

Of course he did - monet is no dumbet.

Haha, I see what you did there, too!