Chapter 19:  Partnerships Classified

partnership classifications  a leading edge classification system which relies on the universally recognized and uniformly defined partnership label sets of boyfriend/girlfriend, boymate/girlmate, boybuddy/girlbuddy and boytoy/girldoll; also referred to as friend, mate, buddy and toy/doll

partnership attributes  collectively define each of four partnership label sets which are dependent on two people having sex, formally operating in open or closed status, speaking daily or periodically, and keeping or not keeping third-party sexual encounter secrets from each other

boyfriend/girlfriend  one of four label sets within the partnership classification system; distinguished by the four attributes of having sex, formally operating in closed status, speaking daily, and keeping no sexual encounter secrets; “friend” without the pronoun is also used

boymate/girlmate  one of four label sets within the partnership classification system; distinguished by the four attributes of having sex, formally operating in open status, speaking daily, and keeping no sexual encounter secrets; “mate” without the pronoun is also used

boybuddy/girlbuddy  one of four label sets within the partnership classification system; distinguished by the four attributes of having sex, formally operating in open status, speaking periodically, and keeping no sexual encounter secrets; “buddy” without the pronoun is also used

boytoy/girldoll  one of four label sets within the partnership classification system; distinguished by the four attributes of having sex, open status, speaking periodically, and knowingly keeping sexual encounter secrets; “toy” or “doll” without the pronouns are also used

lust  1. a desire to gratify the senses; bodily appetite  2. a) sexual desire  b) excessive sexual desire, esp. as seeking unrestrained gratification

partnership elements  collectively identify the hopefully cumulative steps a partnership can pass through starting with lust, then like, then love, and ultimately in-love

TNT track  abbrev. T(itillation), N(udity) and T(ouching) track; a track human beings will consistently take leading up to an explosion, i.e., an orgasm during a sex act, following titillation, glimpses of nudity, and touching one another

monogamy degrees  four universally identifiable levels that a partner can operate during a particular monogamy practicing partnership short of having outright sex with a third party; degrees which are not necessarily equally adhered to or honestly identified by each partner: first degree practices exclude titillation, nudity and touching others; second degree practices exclude nudity and touching, but include titillating others; third degree practices only exclude touching; fourth degree practicing partners embrace all three, significantly increasing the risk of third-party sex acts

partnership contract terms  optional waiting periods for promising monogamy, ranging from one year to day one, and renewal periods to reaffirm any monogamy promise commitments, ranging from every day to one year; recommended periods are based on the age of the youngest partner

boyfraud/girlfraud  a fifth partnership label set forged upon the partnership classification system; distinguished by the attribute of having sex with third parties and lying about it to one’s existing partner(s) even though promising monogamy or giving the impression one is practicing it; “fraud” without the pronoun is also used