Lover
Missus
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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If the friend in question also happened to be the character's former lover then The Missus and the Ex applies instead.
Source: Friend Versus Lover - Pregnant Badass: Played for laughs with Missus Goalie, lover of minor ice hockey-themed supervillain The Goalie and heavily pregnant when she appears in A Baker's Dozen of Evil.
Source: Webcomic / Supermegatopia -
The Missus and the Ex: More than a year after Althea saw her last and just after Jade's marriage is annulled, the latter attempted to reunite with Althea only to meet her new lover Kathleen with whom she's co-parenting for Miggy.
Source: Series / The Rich Mans Daughter
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