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Originally Posted by joeyconnick This isn't guaranteed to indicate anything anymore... the enlightened straight couples I know refer to their significant others as "partners," too. |
This is true sometimes, but there are times when people are discussing "wives" and "girl friends" etc, when a more vauge reference like "partner" does stand out. Certainly in this area of the UK, terms like "partner" are not used very often.
Trying to answer "do you have a wife or girlfriend?" type questions honestly without specifically saying you are gay can be tricky (especially when the next question is "what's her name" or whatever....). Options are either to say "No" (which is a true answer to the specific question) if playing it safe, or to answer honestly ("I have a partner,
his name is Mark...") if I think it won't cause any problems. I did have someone respond with "Mark is an unusual name for a lady" once, which caused laughter from everyone else and smoothed over the slightly awkward moment nicely!