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Cold War Spook

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31. When talking about her I use her first name.

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Wed Dec 19, 2018, 03:25 PM

Dec 2018

She uses my first name. This is her 5th and my 3rd, but my first 2 died.

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If you are married, do you refer to your partner as wife/husband, or spouse? [View all] question everything Dec 2018 OP

We are not married but use wife and husband Canoe52 Dec 2018 #1

She's my wife. Glamrock Dec 2018 #2

My now ex and I used spousal unit to refer to each other. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #3

Wife. BlueTsunami2018 Dec 2018 #4

+1000 OnDoutside Dec 2018 #5

No one says that you "control" her question everything Dec 2018 #25

Wife Flaleftist Dec 2018 #6

Husband, and yet we are partners in life. Chemisse Dec 2018 #7

Hubby patricia92243 Dec 2018 #8

"She who must be obeyed" FSogol Dec 2018 #9

Wife Ron Obvious Dec 2018 #10

I call my wife babydoll. Tobin S. Dec 2018 #11

Wife ProfessorGAC Dec 2018 #12

I refer to him using his name. Kali Dec 2018 #13

Ex-girlfriend or 1st wife Major Nikon Dec 2018 #14

I used to use the "ex-girlfriend" to refer to my wife Victor_c3 Dec 2018 #15

I liked the term "life partner" Victor_c3 Dec 2018 #16

My first wife died. Harker Dec 2018 #17

Wife. Aristus Dec 2018 #18

I use "husband" in casual conversation but "spouse" for forms and legal documents csziggy Dec 2018 #19

Good fot you! question everything Dec 2018 #20

After all these years? akraven Dec 2018 #21

I refer to her by her name. Buckeyeblue Dec 2018 #22

interchangeable jamesalex Dec 2018 #23

When speaking English, we use wife and husband, but we don't speak English at home. DFW Dec 2018 #24

Individual 1 dameatball Dec 2018 #26

My condolences, dear Melania question everything Dec 2018 #28

That would be best dameatball Dec 2018 #29

Context is everything zipplewrath Dec 2018 #27

spouse only apcalc Dec 2018 #30

When talking about her I use her first name. Cold War Spook Dec 2018 #31

The secret to making it past 20 (now 23 years)? Moostache Dec 2018 #32

We are partners Runningdawg Dec 2018 #33

When I see an old movie where they say, Croney Dec 2018 #34

Herself. TomSlick Dec 2018 #35