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Anonymous wrote:It's a ridiculous word to describe a person with whom one is in a romantic relationship; yet another attempt by infantilized progressives to rewrite the language to their own self-serving means.

Whenever someone uses that term, I ask how long they've been working together.

At least you out yourself as being uneducated. It’s best others know quickly. FYI, Partner has been the norm to be used for adults in countries like the UK and Australia forever.

So? Since when are they the standard bearers?

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Anonymous wrote:It's a ridiculous word to describe a person with whom one is in a romantic relationship; yet another attempt by infantilized progressives to rewrite the language to their own self-serving means.

Whenever someone uses that term, I ask how long they've been working together.

Language evolves, unlike you.

“Partner” floating around on its own is an inherently meaningless term, though. John and Jane could be business partners, dance partners, tennis partners, figure skating partners, spades partners, and so on. AAs in some parts of the country call their friends their partner too. Even the gays long qualified it as “life partner”.

Utterly vague and vapid language for people too lacking in courage to call a thing by its name. You feel childish for calling a 50 year old man your boyfriend? It’s because the whole premise is childish on its face!

But it’s not floating around on its own, there is this thing called “context.”

“My husband and I are looking for a new place.”

“The father of my children and I are looking for a new place.”

“My roomate and I are looking for a new place.”

“My boyfriend and I are looking for a new place.”

“My partner and I are looking for a new place.”

Which one of these five statements provides the least information? You [not you specifically] impose making an assumption of your own weird self-constructed universe on the audience rather than being precise in language. Words mean things. How can partner simultaneously mean “person who is my life partner of many years,” “person who is my boyfriend but we are of an age where it sounds silly,” and “person whose relationship with me could be of any nature/duration but I would rather not divulge out of privacy” at the same time and we’re all just supposed to emotionally labor over which one it is by context? In a way, that is quite narcissistic.

NP. What a truly bizarre comment.

Anonymous wrote:It's a ridiculous word to describe a person with whom one is in a romantic relationship; yet another attempt by infantilized progressives to rewrite the language to their own self-serving means.

Whenever someone uses that term, I ask how long they've been working together.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a ridiculous word to describe a person with whom one is in a romantic relationship; yet another attempt by infantilized progressives to rewrite the language to their own self-serving means.

Whenever someone uses that term, I ask how long they've been working together.

Language evolves, unlike you.

“Partner” floating around on its own is an inherently meaningless term, though. John and Jane could be business partners, dance partners, tennis partners, figure skating partners, spades partners, and so on. AAs in some parts of the country call their friends their partner too. Even the gays long qualified it as “life partner”.

Utterly vague and vapid language for people too lacking in courage to call a thing by its name. You feel childish for calling a 50 year old man your boyfriend? It’s because the whole premise is childish on its face!

But it’s not floating around on its own, there is this thing called “context.”

“My husband and I are looking for a new place.”

“The father of my children and I are looking for a new place.”

“My roomate and I are looking for a new place.”

“My boyfriend and I are looking for a new place.”

“My partner and I are looking for a new place.”

Which one of these five statements provides the least information? You [not you specifically] impose making an assumption of your own weird self-constructed universe on the audience rather than being precise in language. Words mean things. How can partner simultaneously mean “person who is my life partner of many years,” “person who is my boyfriend but we are of an age where it sounds silly,” and “person whose relationship with me could be of any nature/duration but I would rather not divulge out of privacy” at the same time and we’re all just supposed to emotionally labor over which one it is by context? In a way, that is quite narcissistic.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a ridiculous word to describe a person with whom one is in a romantic relationship; yet another attempt by infantilized progressives to rewrite the language to their own self-serving means.

Whenever someone uses that term, I ask how long they've been working together.

Language evolves, unlike you.

“Partner” floating around on its own is an inherently meaningless term, though. John and Jane could be business partners, dance partners, tennis partners, figure skating partners, spades partners, and so on. AAs in some parts of the country call their friends their partner too. Even the gays long qualified it as “life partner”.

Utterly vague and vapid language for people too lacking in courage to call a thing by its name. You feel childish for calling a 50 year old man your boyfriend? It’s because the whole premise is childish on its face!

But it’s not floating around on its own, there is this thing called “context.”

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Anonymous wrote:To me “partner” means you’re in a committed relationship as a family unit, and may or may not be married.

I would only use it for an unmarried couple. People use it on purpose to indicate that they are committed, but not married. People don’t have to be married to be committed to each other and the word partner is a perfect way to indicate high level of commitment.

Says the woman who has been waiting for years for a proposal from her "boyfriend."

Anonymous wrote:There must be more to it than the b/f and g/f thing people are talking about in this thread. Several people at work that I know are married have used the term partner instead of husband/wife/spouse.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a ridiculous word to describe a person with whom one is in a romantic relationship; yet another attempt by infantilized progressives to rewrite the language to their own self-serving means.

Whenever someone uses that term, I ask how long they've been working together.

Language evolves, unlike you.

“Partner” floating around on its own is an inherently meaningless term, though. John and Jane could be business partners, dance partners, tennis partners, figure skating partners, spades partners, and so on. AAs in some parts of the country call their friends their partner too. Even the gays long qualified it as “life partner”.

Utterly vague and vapid language for people too lacking in courage to call a thing by its name. You feel childish for calling a 50 year old man your boyfriend? It’s because the whole premise is childish on its face!

Anonymous wrote:It's a ridiculous word to describe a person with whom one is in a romantic relationship; yet another attempt by infantilized progressives to rewrite the language to their own self-serving means.

Whenever someone uses that term, I ask how long they've been working together.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it sounds stupid wokespeak and so I avoid using it. If the desire is there, one can almost always avoid inserting a label (partner, girlfriend, significant other, spouse, whatever).

Person A: hey is Mary coming to the barbecue?

Person B: Yes, she rsvp'd they'd be coming after 3 o'clock.


Person A: I need to get a headcount. Is Susie coming to the escape room or not?

Person B: She is; she and Jim plan to attend.


Person A Grandma: Is Kara coming back to Massachusetts for Christmas?

Person B: No, so sad, this year Kara's spending Christmas with Lisa in California.

Person A Grandma: Oh! I'll miss her. Who is Lisa?

Person B: Grandma they've been seeing each other pretty seriously for 3 months now.

Sure, but in contexts like work the lack of specificity of partner is a plus. I don't necessarily want to divulge the name of my "partner" or what my status is.

This makes no sense though. If you don't want your professional colleagues to know if you are romantically coupled, or not, with another human being, then don't say anything. At all. ie, don't say "Aidan" or "Emily," and also don't say "partner" or "lover" or "husband."