
In a situation like this, I would just ask my partner how they feel about it bc just bc your friend finds it cringe doesn’t mean your partner does. Me and my partner have done plenty of things that would probably be cringe to others, but it works for us so we don’t really care. I also think the context of the nickname cookie is too cute, so idk what the friend was on about 😭😭
I have stopped being friends with that person as of a couple years ago, i also didn’t get into the friendship in hopes of having someone NT be able to tell me what to do, we became friends when I was 9 and just stayed friends until I was around 16, then she moved away and realized life was easier when I didn’t have to think so hard about how I was socializing with people.
It was how 14 year old me handled having a partner with unmanaged depression, 21 year old me better at it (plus he goes to therapy and has medication) but it’s one of those things where if I could meet my past self, I would want to give them a hug and tell them good job because we kept him alive long enough to get him help and 14 year old me did that while hiding the entire relationship from everyone besides 4 people because ✨gay✨