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return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 months ago

More straight couples are calling each other partner. Here’s why

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More straight couples are calling each other partner. Here’s why

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 months ago
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More straight couples are using the word partner. Here’s why | CNN
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More Millennial and Gen Z couples are using the word “partner” for their significant others, claiming “boyfriend” and “girlfriend” don’t convey in the significance of their commitment.
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    I don’t know about anyone else, but I started doing it because I want to destroy Western culture.

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      Funnily enough, due to Western culture marriage has become a business so ‘partner’ is more accurate.

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        Online dating is essentially a startup pitch. You spend weeks reviewing ‘applications,’ then finally meet for an in-person ‘investor meeting’ to discuss potential ‘synergies.’ If things go well, you can initiate a merger, but if the market shifts—aka they’re not into your favorite TV shows—you’ll quietly dissolve the partnership and move on to the next opportunity.

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      Have you tried holding hands and kissing? I hear that causes hurricanes.

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        That’s why you do that sort of stuff inland.

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          Oh sure, good luck moving Fire Island inland.

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            Fire Inland.

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      I started in order to advance the deep state woke agenda and get paid by Soros, personally.

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      What do you have against Westerns, pardner?

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    Mine and I are getting married this week and we were both excited to see “spouse” as an option on the documents.

    We are now spouse and spouse.

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      Congratulations!

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        Thank you!

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      Congratulations to you both!

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    I mean I get it, there’s an age at which referring to someone as your boyfriend or girlfriend feels a little lame.

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    My spouse and I just use SO (esso) for significant other. I like it more than partner as it is explicitly a romantic or at least very important relationship.

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      Why not husband/wife?

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    Ah yes here is my womanfriend. She’s a friend first but sometimes she’s a woman… Wait.

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    It’s because of Borat.

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    I call mine baybe

    “Baybe wake up! Some new pasta just dropped!”

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    Wait until they find out I call my wife meine Ehefrau 😓

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      nette

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