Re: OT: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded? "Yer Ugly Mug," etc.

En réponse à Jake X :

>Why did you write "soul-mate" for one and "current partner" for the other?
>I'm just curious, because I never have been clear on gay LTR terminology,
>and if I ever meet a man with whom I want to share my life, I won't know
>what to call him.  Partner?  Soul-mate?  Husband?  Wife?  I don't really
>like
>straight marriage terms for that purpose.
Here in the Netherlands marriage is open to anyone, so marriage terms are
used quite normally by gay couples too, since they do fit :)) . "Partner"
is the most common term for married couples and long relationships, whether
they are straight or gay couples. I usually call my own partner my
boyfriend, partner or fiance (we are not married yet but he already
proposed and I said yes, so the term does fit :)) ). When we get married, I
will probably use only the term "partner", although I like the term
"echtenoot" ("husband", in quite an old-fashioned way. The normal term for
"husband" nowadays being simply "man" :) ). I could also call my partner
"soul-mate", since he is indeed the half I didn't know I missed, but I
actually never used it.

Christophe Grandsire.

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