I use partner once in a while when referring to my wife - although most of the time I just refer to her by name.
To me its just an individual preference - using partner etc. larry On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:18:37 -0500, Tony Weeg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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? > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143503 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
