• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    6 days ago

    I’ve been saying partner for at least five years. I’ll casually drop her gender once in a while to remove any mystery for people who don’t know me very well who might be curious. It really doesn’t matter, but I do it just so they don’t wonder about it because I remember when that mattered to me when I was younger and stupider.

    But a big part of it is also that we’re semi old and calling her my gf sounds kinda silly. We’re adults and we’re middle-aged. I might just start calling her my spouse, who knows.

    But you’re free to assume I suck dick. Doesn’t bother me if you think that. Plenty of my friends suck dick on all sides of gender.

    • AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      6 days ago

      I either say, “my wiiiife” in a borat tone, or “partner”.

      Also wtf is wrong with partner? People get weirdly bent. We decide life shit together and do life shit together. Sounds partnery to me.

      • morbidcactus@lemmy.ca
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        5 days ago

        I’ve used partner for years partly because we’ve been common law for like near a decade now and even if we were officially married, it’s still a partnership. I’ve never had an issue personally.