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
Congratulations!
Thank you!
My parents have always referred to each other as their partner, so that’s what I’ve always done. It’s just normal.
Since moving to the US people get so weird about it. I had a boss’s boss ask me why I call my wife my partner in a skip-level. I was so confused I just stared at her and said “What?” It was like being ask why I think oranges are citrus fruit.
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.
And ese was right there.
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 call my wife, “Comrade.”
“Good morning, Comrade…” I’ll try this soon, thanks! 🙏
That’s Our wife, Comrade
Well, a married household is basically a commune.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I started doing it because I want to destroy Western culture.
Funnily enough, due to Western culture marriage has become a business so ‘partner’ is more accurate.
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.
Thank you for your service, partner!
I’m an old guy. Since we (my "partner and I) are not married but have lived together for years (no common law here,) husband/wife doesn’t apply. I don’t know any other word to use other than partner, but it is still difficult for me to naturally say. Not sure why. Funnier (at our age) would be boyfriend and girlfriend. Uh … no.
A family friend in a similar spot just referred to each other as “life partners”. Any others it was just “partner” or “significant other”.
I call mine baybe
“Baybe wake up! Some new pasta just dropped!”
This is super common in most other English speaking countries and has been for years. Well before the culture wars.
I just use “spouse” most of the time. We’re not married. Fucks given: 0
Wait until they find out I call my wife meine Ehefrau 😓
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Seems weird you’d think the “end goal” of accepting people is so everyone can use boyfriend/girlfriend or whatever partner just seems so disconnected and formal
My partner is not a girl, she’s a woman, and she more than a friend to me. She is my partner in life. So yes, it is more formal than “girlfriend.” That’s the point.
And no, I won’t marry her. We’re not religious, and we don’t believe the government should have any input in our relationship. We’ll happily have a ceremony, but she will still be my partner at the end of it.
Sometimes having the government on your side is important. (E.g., entrance to hospital rooms in emergencies)
Not trying to convince you, just something to consider depending on your jurisdiction
I do worry about that.
It theoretically shouldn’t be a problem here. We’re listed as each others primary emergency contacts, and we’ve been together longer than 2 years, which over here grants you most of the same privileges as marriage anyway. So it hopefully won’t be an issue. I just hope we never have to test that.
Actually, where I know it will matter is if one of us had to die unexpectedly, but that can be negated by just having a proper will drawn up… which, come to think of it, we should really do…
Ah yes here is my womanfriend. She’s a friend first but sometimes she’s a woman… Wait.
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