Where has this terminology come from? People are using it increasingly and increasingly I am wondering what is wrong with saying: boyfriend, girlfriend, bird, bloke, beard, knock off, bit of stuff, husband, wife etc.

I work with a girl who calls her boyfriend her "partner" all the time. I've held my tongue so far but I'm going to have to say something soon.

Does anyone on here call their regular shag this? & if so, why?

Where has this terminology come from? People are using it increasingly and increasingly I am wondering what is wrong with saying: boyfriend, girlfriend, bird, bloke, beard, knock off, bit of stuff, husband, wife etc.

I work with a girl who calls her boyfriend her "partner" all the time. I've held my tongue so far but I'm going to have to say something soon.

Does anyone on here call their regular shag this? & if so, why?

 

 

can't remember

Only the gays.

It makes you sound like you bowl from the pavillion end

Where has this terminology come from? People are using it increasingly and increasingly I am wondering what is wrong with saying: boyfriend, girlfriend, bird, bloke, beard, knock off, bit of stuff, husband, wife etc.

I work with a girl who calls her boyfriend her "partner" all the time. I've held my tongue so far but I'm going to have to say something soon.

Does anyone on here call their regular shag this? & if so, why?

 

No, and I agree, f?ckin stupid, I got pulled for saying " does your mrs work round here too? " (in a conversation about getting to and from work), apparently, I shouldn't have called her "mrs" and I shouldn't have referred to her using the word "your", as that indicates ownership

It wasn't him who complained, some lesbian bint overheard and actually reported it to HR, which was bad enough, but then they were f?ckin stupid enough to e mail me and ask me to come in for a chat about it, nothing disciplinary like, but just a reminder about equal rights policies and all that shite.

 

dicks.

 

thanks for posting this subject, rant over feel better now

Posting without wording things right, I've just been doing it.

 

Ignore this and carry on.

Edited August 25, 201115 yr by Didledee

Posting without wording things right, I've just been doing it.

 

Ignore this and carry on.

 

 

And you say you don't drink??

 

 

fuck me that makes no sense in any language, it's just a random collection of words

Always used to get my Pentel pens from partners.

Always used to get my Pentel pens from partners.

 

 

You mean you didn't go to Fancy That for all your stationery needs?

Weirdo!

Partners

 

 

The word to use when there is no decent word

I never put partner because to me it sounds like your a mincer in the closet.

What about spunk monkey?

When someone says "my partner" its almost as though they are inviting the question, is he/she are you gay?

When someone says "my partner" its almost as though they are inviting the question, is he/she are you gay?

 

 

But that's the thing, R. All my bender mates say, girlfriend or boyfriend, not partner.

No, and I agree, f?ckin stupid, I got pulled for saying " does your mrs work round here too? " (in a conversation about getting to and from work), apparently, I shouldn't have called her "mrs" and I shouldn't have referred to her using the word "your", as that indicates ownership

It wasn't him who complained, some lesbian bint overheard and actually reported it to HR, which was bad enough, but then they were f?ckin stupid enough to e mail me and ask me to come in for a chat about it, nothing disciplinary like, but just a reminder about equal rights policies and all that shite.

 

dicks.

 

thanks for posting this subject, rant over feel better now

 

fuck me, that's wound me right up, that has.

 

thought it was PC at our place but that's just ridiculous.

my pissing machine...misstress/bitch /slag.....NB would you be my girlfriend

But that's the thing, R. All my bender mates say, girlfriend or boyfriend, not partner.

 

That's because you know them, and they, and you, are comfortable with it, when strangers say it they seem to be making a statement like, "look at me, I'm not lonely, I've got a partner" while you are looking at them thinking, 'hmmm, is he/she gay'

Edited August 25, 201115 yr by athywhite1958

my pissing machine...misstress/bitch /slag.....NB would you be my girlfriend

 

 

Flattered as I am, sadly I'll have to decline your offer.

Fuckbuddy

or as Del Boy would say "my significant other"

Where has this terminology come from? People are using it increasingly and increasingly I am wondering what is wrong with saying: boyfriend, girlfriend, bird, bloke, beard, knock off, bit of stuff, husband, wife etc.

I work with a girl who calls her boyfriend her "partner" all the time. I've held my tongue so far but I'm going to have to say something soon.

 

 

 

Why are you bothered?

Does anyone on here call their regular shag this? & if so, why?

Wasn't there a gay bar in Horwich called Partners?

So Crawley calls his bird "partner".

 

And yes, Traf. It had a cracking cellar bar for Sunday afternoon supping/cottaging.

No, she's my wife.

 

Just don't get why it's an issue

No, she's my wife.

 

Just don't get why it's an issue

 

 

Fcuking hell Crawley. It's hardly an issue, rather an annoyance that the girl at work calls her boyfriend her "partner".

Apologies for not being accepting of her choice of name for her useless piece of meat at home.

Edited August 25, 201115 yr by no balls