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xkcd #3237: Husband and Wife (thelemmy.club)
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xkcd #3237: Husband and Wife

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Borat came out twenty years ago this year--closer to the breakup of the Soviet Union than to today--but it honestly feels like it's been even longer, somehow.

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Borat came out twenty years ago this year--closer to the breakup of the Soviet Union than to today--but it honestly feels like it's been even longer, somehow.
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[–] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Partner sounds corporate...?

If anything, it sounds more scientific

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    It seems to be, at least partially, a generational thing.

    I grew up in rural, conservative-town USA and am old enough to remember when "partner" was code for same-sex spouse that I'm not legally allowed to marry.

    Whereas if you were in a state where you were allowed to marry your same-sex spouse, then they'd be your husband/wife.

    Hearing it now, regardless of orientation, just sounds deliberately vague to some of us oldheads.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    A Singaporean woman was the first person I heard refer to their opposite-sex partner as "partner" back in probably 2010 and I adopted it. I had a pretty skewed idea of marriage as a kid and it instantly changed my thinking.

    Your spouse SHOULD be your partner. You're on a team facing this big stupid world together.

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