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minus-squareoneandonly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 days agoWait, is calling your partner ‘a partner’ a dead giveaway that you’re gay? I’ve been doing this all my life partially to normalize the term but also because I’m gay lol
minus-squareMangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoIt definitely makes me curious when someone uses it haha
minus-squareCandleTiger@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoI’m straight and married but I say Partner because “wife” and “husband” sounds like a human property arrangement. I know at least one other straight couple who says partner because they don’t want to get into a long discussion about why they’re not getting married
minus-squarejpeps@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoAgreed, same situation and we both refer to the other as partner. All our peers generally do the same and it’s very normal (UK).
minus-squareMintyFresh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 days agoI’m straight, and I use partner more often than not.
minus-squareMaster@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoIt just outs you as a western lover, pardner!
Wait, is calling your partner ‘a partner’ a dead giveaway that you’re gay? I’ve been doing this all my life partially to normalize the term but also because I’m gay lol
It definitely makes me curious when someone uses it haha
I’m straight and married but I say Partner because “wife” and “husband” sounds like a human property arrangement.
I know at least one other straight couple who says partner because they don’t want to get into a long discussion about why they’re not getting married
Agreed, same situation and we both refer to the other as partner. All our peers generally do the same and it’s very normal (UK).
I’m straight, and I use partner more often than not.
It just outs you as a western lover, pardner!