agreed. girlfriend -> fiance -> wife my wife doesn't mind being introduced as 'my wife'. altho for some reason, she does object when i refer to her as 'my first wife'. :)
On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:44:55 -0500, Adkins, Randy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How does one determine if someone is more than a girlfriend but not a > wife? > If your not married, should not be a question. Unless your engaged. > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 10:38 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Why partner (was OMG! I must have one...) > > I call my significant other my boyfriend. > > For gay people, it usually depends on how close the relationship is as > well as how comfortable they are with people knowing they're gay. For > others, it probably just means "more than girlfriend, less than wife." > > Just my $0.02 :D > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael T. Tangorre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 10:32 AM > Subject: Why partner (was OMG! I must have one...) > > > > From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > It's politically correct apparently. > > > > > > Oh, really? > > > > Regardless of your sexual orientation, why can't we all use: > girlfriend, > > boyfriend, husband, wife, or significant other? > > > > When I hear partner I think maybe they play in some pool league > together > or > > are partners in some 2-on-2 basketball tournament. Partner is more > > associated with games or something not permanent... Like in a card > game.... > > This time I am Tony's partner... Next time I am Erika's partner. Just > > doesn't make sense to me. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143468 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
