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Reading a post on C-D recently I was struck, again, by several men calling their wives "the wife." Saying "the wife did this or said that" reminds me of someone saying "the dog chewed up my shoes." I don't think I've ever heard a woman say "the husband." Usually it's "my husband."
Any thoughts on why this is? It seems a little, I don't know, distancing or alienating to me.
Good gawd, get over yourself. It must be hard getting offended at every turn, and being a victim all the time.
I'm not offended, let alone at every turn and I am certainly not a victim of anything. I was simply providing a definition in the context of how the term is typically used. Men also say many things which are respectful and endearing and I acknowledge that too - so you get over yourself. And you might want to cut back on the caffine.
Reading a post on C-D recently I was struck, again, by several men calling their wives "the wife." Saying "the wife did this or said that" reminds me of someone saying "the dog chewed up my shoes." I don't think I've ever heard a woman say "the husband." Usually it's "my husband."
Any thoughts on why this is? It seems a little, I don't know, distancing or alienating to me.
"My wife" implies a possessive and domineering husband, hostile to a woman's independence. Any man that says "my wife" is likely irretrievable scum.
The wife on the other hand implies deference to a woman's independence, and unique place in this world in the form of the definite article "the wife and not "a wife".
In fact "my husband" may imply a domineered and hen pecked husband with no will of his own, meaning women are making advancement in their capacity for unparalleled evil. "My husband" also does not recognize any definite article such that the particular man in the woman's legal possession is generic , faceless and replaceable.
...but then I try not to read too much into something so inherently ambiguous.
"My wife" implies a possessive and domineering husband, hostile to a woman's independence. Any man that says "my wife" is likely irretrievable scum.
The wife on the other hand implies deference to a woman's independence, and unique place in this world in the form of the definite article "the wife and not "a wife".
In fact "my husband" may imply a domineered and hen pecked husband with no will of his own, meaning women are making advancement in their capacity for unparalleled evil. "My husband" also does not recognize any definite article such that the particular man in the woman's legal possession is generic , faceless and replaceable.
...but then I try not to read too much into something so inherently ambiguous.
Oh good lord. My wife and my husband aren't negative at all. "The Wife" is simply another way of saying "The ol ball and chain' and could also be used in jest.
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