abraxus wrote:ah! it was just that not many men use the term "lover" these days, its more of a female usage...that was all...

Ah thats okey. I don't really tend to use it. But I don't think I would be like that around a 'partener' but would if the relationship had gone on to be 'lovers'. If you understand what I mean.
A man moves into a nudist colony. He receives a letter from his mother asking him to send her a current picture. Too embarrassed to let her know that he lives in a nudist colony, he cuts one in half and sends her the top part.
Later he receives another letter asking him to send a picture to his grandmother. The man cuts another picture in half, but accidentally sends the bottom half. He is really worried when he realizes that he sent the wrong part, but then remembers how bad his grandmother's eyesight is and hopes she won't notice.
A few weeks later he receives a letter from his grandmother. It says, "Thank you for the picture. Change your hair style...it makes your nose look too long."