seriously, come the fuck on... i mean, really.... we all KNOW what partner means... we really do... its the softer way of not getting into the "coming out" conversation, but still making the statement...
trust me... i would NEVER EVER say, partner to people i didnt know, as i wouldnt want them to insinuate ANYTHING. no offense to anyone, but really, lets just come right out and talk about it... as we all know that partner became cool, right around the time it became cool to be homosexual... well, cool to some, but what i mean is cool/ok to "Come Out" without the fear of too much gay-bashing. regardless... its, like mike said, fairly normal to call someone bf/gf/wife/husband, and thats it. partner has a connotation and stigma associated with it... so, i would say, if you dont mean homosexual partner, i would use bf/bf/wife/hubby cause if not, people will be confused, and assume things that arent true. you may not care, and thats fine, but i wouldnt want that assumption on my back. On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:58:22 -0500, Michael T. Tangorre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Why not, its more accurate - partner describes all sorts of > > situations without the weird parsing. > > > > It covers being married to someone, living together, > > girlfriend, boyfriend etc without digging around for what may > > be private information. Afterall is it any concern of ours > > what the other person's arrangements are? > > It's the norm, why change it. "Partner" has not been around as long as the > traditional boyfriend, girlfriend, huband, wife, etc.. has. Is it really > privatewhat you refer to your significant other as? If so, how come so many > people have been doing it for so long? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect your mail server with built in anti-virus protection. It's not only good for you, it's good for everybody. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=39 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143490 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
