TALKING ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS.

Here you have some vocabulary regarding relationships taken  from  http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode29/languagepoint.shtml

RELATIONSHIPS			more Lingo
	a chick, a bimbo - These are informal (and unpleasant) terms for a girl or girlfriend. a bloke, a guy, a geezer - These are informal terms for boyfriend. He / She is good looking! - She's pretty / sexy! He is handsome / sexy! She's a real babe! - She's gorgeous!
		Asking someone out a date
	To go on a blind date - To go on a date with someone you haven't met before. a chat up line - a line to get yourself talking to someone e.g. 'Do you come here often?' To ask someone out - to invite someone on a date
		Advertisements for love - 'small ads'
	WLTM - Would like to meet GSOH - Good sense of humour LTR - A long term relationship NS - non smoker easy-going - relaxed, not easily annoyed or upset. fun-loving - young at heart, enjoys having a good time. socialising - spending time with friends solvent - not in debt or owing money. broadminded - tolerant of different kinds of behaviour and opinions. likeminded people - those who share interests and opinions.
		Being in love
	I'm mad/crazy/bonkers about him! - I really like him and can't stop thinking about him! He's the love of my life. - He's the one I love. I think the world of him. - I respect and admire him very much. I'm head over heels in love. - I am totally in love. He is The One - I know it! - I'm certain he's the only one for me! We're living together. - We share a home. We're going to take the plunge. / I'm going tomake an honest man of him. - We're getting engaged [to be married]. My other half / my better half - My partner [male or female]
		Getting serious
	Finishing the affair Things just aren't working out between us. -Things keep going wrong in the relationship. We're bickering all the time. - We're arguing about unimportant things. He's never got any time for me. - He's too busy [or maybe selfish] to see me. I'm sure. he's having an affair! - I'm sure he's seeing someone else [and not telling me] Here is some vocabulary to describe some of the different stages of a relationship Chat up - starting a relationship  to chat (somebody) upto talk to somebody in the hope of starting a romantic or sexual relationship to flirt (with somebody)to behave playfully towards another person who you are - or pretend to be - attracted to romantically or sexually a flirta person who likes to flirt a blind datea meeting (arranged by a third party) with a person you might be interested in romantically but who you have never met before lonely hearts Loved up - being in a relationship to be smitten with somebodyto be deeply affected by your love for somebody to fall for somebodyto fall in love with somebody it was love at first sighttwo people fell in love with each other as soon as they met to take the plungeto get engaged/married I can hear wedding bellsI suspect that they are going to get married soon terms of endearmentnames people in love give each other or call each other: darling  sweetheart  love  pet  babe/baby  cutey pie  honey bunny  Break up - finishing a relationship  they are having a domestic (informal) they are having an argument they have blazing rows they have very serious, often noisy arguments (s)he is playing away from home(s)he is having an affair to break up with somebody to finish a relationship with somebody to split upto break up to dump somebodyto finish a relationship with somebody without much thought for the other person break-up lines(fixed) expressions, often sweet or apologetic, used to tell a partner, girlfriend or boyfriend that the relationship is finished or is going to finish: We need to talk  I just need some space  It's not you, it's me  I hope that we can always be friends  This is hurting me more than it is hurting you  It's not enough that we love each other  It simply wasn't meant to be We're going to couples' therapy. - We're having professional help [counselling] to try and improve our relationship. I need some space. - I need some time to think on my own. Let's have a trial separation. - let's stop seeing each other [for a while].