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Idk, I'm 31 and my girlfriend is 27. I don't call her my woman friend or lady friend, and calling her my girlfriend doesn't really make her sound underage to me
Especially since "woman friend" and "lady friend" specifically mean "friend who is a female, no romantic entanglement" or "I'm specifically NOT using the word girlfriend here."
Which does expose kind of a scar on the language; the terms we have for unmarried romantic partners are inherently juvenile, which puts 50 year olds who are dating in the awkward position of calling each other boy and/or girl. Or you get to spit out all ten chapters of the phrase "significant other."
Easy solution:
"Hi, have you met Elaine? We fuck."