Neil Patrick Harris: Im Looking Forward To Calling David Burtka My Husband

First Published: January 18, 2012 1:53 PM EST Credit: Getty Images LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka attend the 2011 Outfest Opening Night Gala of Gun Hill Road at the Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, on July 7, 2011Neil Patrick Harris is looking forward to the day when he and fiance David Burtka are no longer referred to as partners. Im not the biggest fan of the word partner: It either means that we run a business together or were cowboys, Harris told Out magazines Love Issue, in excerpts released on Wednesday to Access Hollywood. Boyfriend seems fleeting, like maybe we met two weeks ago. The How I Met Your Mother star and David have been together for years, and in 2010 became parents to Harper Grace and Gideon Scott, twins, who were born via surrogate. With all they share in life, NPH hinted that they are getting close to changing their legal definitions for each other. Ive been saying better half for as long as Ive been able to. I think its a little self-deprecating and clearly defines that were in a relationship, but it would be nice to say my husband, he told the mag. Neil admitted to the mag that he was the one who fell first for the fellow actor, who is now a correspondent for E!. I initially fell for David harder than he fell for me. I was in love with him before he was comfortable saying it, and I think that speaks to our past experiences. I remember saying, I think I love you, and he was like, Thats really nice, which is not necessarily what you want to hear, Neil recounted. But I appreciated his honesty in not jumping the gun and saying something because he felt obliged to. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.