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Scott,
How very true. But to Patrice question, the reason I said "the wife'=
s
flowers" is because she paid for them. Hence in this case the context wa=
s in
"who paid the bill". Had it been my bill it would have been "the flowers=
". On
that note, I prefer to refer to items my loving wife purchases with the f=
unds
she earns as hers. For many a year she remained at home minding our chil=
dren,
which was mutually agreed upon. Over that time she felt like a "leech" (=
her
words, not mine) since I was the one earning a paycheck. Now that she ha=
s a
paycheck of her own, I prefer to have her retain possession of the items =
she
buys. Makes her feel good, which is mutually agreeable.
____________________Reply Separator____________________Subject: Re: off topic --> RE: Work vs marriage Author: "Scott Shafer" <scott.shafer_at_ildmail.com> Date: 6/1/00 9:56 AM
Depends on your social circumstance whether the term is respectful or not=
=2E
In my wilder days, I often hung with a biker crowd. If you considered yo=
ur
wife/girfriend your "Old Lady", it was a term of highest respect. "Old
Ladies" where respected by everyone, male and female alike. So it depend=
s
on your particular social semantics. Its hard to convey context over the=
email medium...
Scott Shafer
San Antonio, TX
> I have a simple question:
>
> Why do some of you refer to your spouses as "the wife"?! It makes it
sound
> like you don't feel any attachment to her at all.
>
> Also, why was it "the wife's flowers"? Don't you live in that house to=
o?
>
> Just curious, sometimes I wonder why people get married in the first
place.
> Peer pressure maybe? Maybe some men and women get married because they=
want
> to fit in, not because they really care about each other for the long
term.
> Never mind the vows...
>
> Nobody seems to have picked up on this.
>
> I am a man, and I never refer to my wife as "the wife." It is
> disrespectful.
>
> Regards,
> Patrice Boivin
> Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)
>
> Systems Admin & Operations | Admin. et Exploit. des syst=E8mes
> Technology Services | Services technologiques
> Informatics Branch | Direction de l'informatique
> Maritimes Region, DFO | R=E9gion des Maritimes, MPO
>
> E-Mail: boivinp_at_mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca <mailto:boivinp_at_mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
>
> Ph: (902) 426-4774
Author: Scott Shafer
INET: scott.shafer_at_ildmail.com
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