A romantic partner who is, diplomatically speaking, a loss — someone whose presence in your life creates more problems than joy, more group chat concern than celebrations. The L bae might be charming in theory but consistently late, emotionally unavailable, or simply not putting in effort proportional to what they're receiving. Friends spotted this three months ago. You're catching up now. The L bae is often diagnosed externally first, admitted internally much later.
She keeps defending him to everyone but honestly? He's giving L bae — never shows up when it counts.
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