My spouse and I just use SO (esso) for significant other. I like it more than partner as it is explicitly a romantic or at least very important relationship.
Why not husband/wife?
And ese was right there.
What else are you supposed to say after “Howdy”?
There are no other legitimate options.…howdy cowdy?
This is utterly ridiculous and borderline nonsensical.
Approved.
Folks. It’s Big Tex approved. Come at me, bro. /s
neighbor, stranger, doody…
This is super common in most other English speaking countries and has been for years. Well before the culture wars.
I agree with this a lot. Boyfriend or girlfriend is the person you are romantically attached to. Partner is a MUCH stronger word, it implies teamwork and shared purpose; the understanding that you have each other’s backs.
There are also plenty of people who are married for whom the word partner does not apply. It’s sad.
I think a lot of people reject the title ‘partner’ because for a very long time before gay marriage was a thing, there was only ‘civil partnerships’ or ‘civil unions’ and thus ‘partner’ was the only accurate term, ‘wife’ or ‘husband’ couldn’t apply as they weren’t legally married. So they see ‘partner’ as a sort of ‘almost as good’ runner up.
I call mine baybe
“Baybe wake up! Some new pasta just dropped!”
I never knew this was considered wierd anywhere.
One of my coworkers gave me tons of crap for me saying it. But she was dumb.
Back in the day it did sound weird. Partner was usually a business relationship, not a romantic one, and it was almost exclusively used by the LGBT crowd.
More gender neutral terms are good, but they’re still going to sound odd to folks who spent 40+ years hearing the terms used in a different way. That’s just how progress goes, older folks eventually will either get used to it, or be the weird relative ignored at holidays.
I mean I get it, there’s an age at which referring to someone as your boyfriend or girlfriend feels a little lame.
Honestly I use partner or spouse mostly because I can’t remember if fiance or fiancee is correct and it won’t stick in my head properly. Calling her my girlfriend makes her feel “demoted” or something. (I’m sure that’s just her joking around. Partner doesn’t dictate what stage or if government paperwork has been filed.
I just stick with finance. /s
I can’t remember if fiance or fiancee is correct
Fiancé is male, fiancée is female.
They are pronounced the same though?? I hope??
Yes.
Do you remember the alt key for the accented e or do you type it some other way?
Dedicated key on an azerty keyboard on tablet/laptop, or switching back to French setting on the phone. If weren’t French I woudn’t bother searching for it every time.
I just use “spouse” most of the time. We’re not married. Fucks given: 0
Mine and I are getting married this week and we were both excited to see “spouse” as an option on the documents.
We are now spouse and spouse.
We are now spouse and spouse.
As a couple you are spice
This is by far the best thing we’ve heard on this and both love it!
We well cherish this for our whole marriage lol
Congratulations!
Thank you!
Congratulations to you both!
I thought it was cool to see it when we got married a few years ago as well, though we opted to go with husband and wife.
Wait until they find out I call my wife meine Ehefrau 😓
nette
Ah yes here is my womanfriend. She’s a friend first but sometimes she’s a woman… Wait.
I didn’t click the link.
hErE’s WhY
I do it for two reasons: partly because it’s fuck all business to anyone else (within reason) what the status of my relationship is.
Mainly though, because it generally messes with folk because they don’t understand what it means, and feel compelled to ask silly questions about it.
Mainly though, because it generally messes with folk because they don’t understand what it means, and feel compelled to ask silly questions about it.
Yeah, this is my favourite part of it.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I started doing it because I want to destroy Western culture.
Thank you for your service, partner!
I started in order to advance the deep state woke agenda and get paid by Soros, personally.
Have you tried holding hands and kissing? I hear that causes hurricanes.
That’s why you do that sort of stuff inland.
Oh sure, good luck moving Fire Island inland.
Fire Inland.
What do you have against Westerns, pardner?
Funnily enough, due to Western culture marriage has become a business so ‘partner’ is more accurate.
Online dating is essentially a startup pitch. You spend weeks reviewing ‘applications,’ then finally meet for an in-person ‘investor meeting’ to discuss potential ‘synergies.’ If things go well, you can initiate a merger, but if the market shifts—aka they’re not into your favorite TV shows—you’ll quietly dissolve the partnership and move on to the next opportunity.
I call my wife my partner because we’re a team
