But we do in some circumstances... we do talk about "long term"
relationships.. and "short term relationship"  There's no negativity
associated with beiing in a long term relationship, in fact it's usually
viewed very positively.
I've found in talking about "breastfeeding that continues" that it is
necessary to use an adjective to describe it. Mind you in some studies
"long-term" is 4 months or more! Now *that* is an indictment on the society
in which the phrase was used!
Karleen Gribble
Australia
PS. another descriptor used that I didn;t mention before is "extended",
definitely don't like that one.


> I'm not sure we need a term for nursing a toddler or preschooler or =
> whatever.  I just talk about, um, nursing a toddler or preschooler or =
> whatever.  We could also say "breastfeeding past a year" or =
> "breastfeeding past 4."  We don't talk about extended living, or =
> long-term living.  We just talk about senior citizens, or having a good =
> long life, or being in our 80s.  I wonder: is there perhaps some =
> lingering sense of judgment in a culture's desire to label a length of =
> time in nurslings when we don't do it later on?
>
> Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY  USA
> www.wiessinger.baka.com
> who plans to put on her tombstone "She died a verb"
>

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