Calling DH "partner" when not running a business together

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This is winding me up far more than it should be. I have a friend (actually one of my oldest friends who is lovely) who refers to her DH, in person & on social media, as her 'partner'. FB status posted at the weekend referring to her 'lovely partner'. They are not commercial entities engaged in a business alliance & never have been ! Many couples consciously choose not to run businesses together & it isn't a big deal these days simply to have a long term DH. They have a joint bank account together so I suppose she feels like a financial partnership but I feel it makes a mockery out of those who ARE partners! I have asked her why she does it, she simply says she feels like a partner & he is her partner in all but the joint ownership of a business venture. As I said, this is winding me up far more than it should be, perhaps I have too much time on my hands noticing these things but she's done it for years & its really starting to get on my nerves! AIBU?

We live and learn op.

Eh, don't worry OP. People on here love to get outraged over sweet fuck all.

That's 5 boring minutes of my life I'll never get back.

I think your thread is brilliant

Pay no attention to those who say otherwise, alot of people seem to just come on here to find fault and moan at anything lol

If people get so wound up by what others refer to their partner/hubby/sugar lump as, then they must lead a very uneventful life.. Or maybe a very soap opera life in which every little thing they happens, they manage to find issues with? must be quite a skill actually to find fault where there is none....

It's only brilliant if you've read the other thread. I haven't and it would appear many others have't either. It just sounded like a goady post by a troll to start with.

"Jokes" in mixed company which only a handful of people get are a bit meh.

It isn't brilliant at all, even if you have read the other thread.

'Husband' means being married to someone - there is no real other meaning in common usage. It has a legal meaning. It's very precise. So the people on the other thread using H for their partners were just... wrong. And very misleading. And a bit pathetic because it totally underlines that they see marriage as a step up from partnership and want to make their relationship seem 'better' - which is daft.

But partner genuinely has several meanings. It DOES mean a relationship partner. It also means someone you run a business with. It can also mean the six year old sitting next to you in your reception class with whom you have just been instructed to undertake the next painting project.

So this is a complete false equivalence, you might as well laugh at someone calling the side of a river a 'bank' and going 'Do I keep money in it then? Do I? Do I?'

Lol re river bank. I'm not particularly bothered who calls who what, but sylvianian is actually spot on. If I started calling my husband my partner he would be somewhat and wouldn't agree they were equivalent tbh

Yabu

Taat

Also boring.

Very good OP

Why not make your point on the actual thread?

Because nobody's actually listening on that thread

This is clearly a very bad piss take of the "hubby" thread a few days ago.

Perhaps looking at the definition of "partner" might help clear things up for though OP.

Partner IN BUSINESS
Partner IN CRIME

"That's 5 boring minutes of my life I'll never get back."

Not that boring because you decided to post anyway.

Evening all,

We're going to zap this one shortly because as many of you have noted, it's a TAAT (thread about a thread).