I hate the term "partner". A partner is someone one owns a business with.

I hate the term "lover". I think of a lover as a dowdy French woman pining away for her married beau in a rat-infested apartment.

"Significant other" is too forced and generic.

So I stick with "boyfriend". If/when we get married, I suppose I'd refer to him as my husband...which would feel weird, yes, but I think I'd get over it.

What terms do you use?