Schrottkatze (-> treehouse.systems)@schrottkatze@mastodon.catgirl.cloud
generally, we will not talk about people as {friends,partners} until explicitly confirmed with them.
with "friend" that's kinda relaxed, as in i usually don't ask for explicit confirmation but i will also not call you a friend until you call me one OR we've been spending a lot of positive time together
(romantic) relationships require explicit mutual agreement, though if that's implied through interactions (and not just making out once, but general interaction patterns over weeks) and you call me that (e.g. "partner", "girlfriend"), i will likely not dispute it (especially if i confimed that i have feelings earlier).
friendships can fade out and i will not call you a friend after some time, if that doesn't feel right anymore, mutually confirmed romantic relationships will keep that label until confirmed otherwise (=broken up)
if we mutually agreed that our relationship is "undefined" or whatever else, it's that until confirmed otherwise. To others I will either say that (and potentially explain) or just say "friend" for simplicity.
This post is subject to formalization and definition once I made a website or pay for obsidian publish.