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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 382729" data-attributes="member: 23">Perhaps it&#039;s down to where I live, but I haven&#039;t really come across this. Every married couple I know refers to their spouse as &quot;husband&quot; or &quot;wife&quot; (it kind of goes hand in hand since marriage is ultimately a conservative-leaning institution).Those I know who use &quot;partner&quot; are committed couples who aren&#039;t married. For me this is certainly preferential to &quot;boyfriend&quot; and &quot;girlfriend&quot;, which sounds rather childish and casual.From my experience, I heard the term &quot;partner&quot; more a decade or two ago than I do today. Back then, a greater number of people I knew simply chose not to get married. Now that marriage seems to be back in vogue I hear &quot;husband&quot; and &quot;wife&quot; a hell of a lot. Most couples I know refer to their partner as &quot;husband&quot; and &quot;wife&quot;, simply because they are married to said partner.While I broadly agree with what you say, I&#039;m not sure that&#039;s what&#039;s happening here. If language changes and more people elect to use a different term (which, as said above, I haven&#039;t experienced to be the case anyway), they&#039;re not vilifying those who don&#039;t, nor are they trying to force anyone to join them.But it does seem that they&#039;re invoking antagonism, judgement and intolerance for doing what&#039;s comfortable for them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 382729, member: 23"] Perhaps it's down to where I live, but I haven't really come across this. Every married couple I know refers to their spouse as "husband" or "wife" (it kind of goes hand in hand since marriage is ultimately a conservative-leaning institution). Those I know who use "partner" are committed couples who aren't married. For me this is certainly preferential to "boyfriend" and "girlfriend", which sounds rather childish and casual. From my experience, I heard the term "partner" more a decade or two ago than I do today. Back then, a greater number of people I knew simply chose not to get married. Now that marriage seems to be back in vogue I hear "husband" and "wife" a hell of a lot. Most couples I know refer to their partner as "husband" and "wife", simply because they are married to said partner. While I broadly agree with what you say, I'm not sure that's what's happening here. If language changes and more people elect to use a different term (which, as said above, I haven't experienced to be the case anyway), they're not vilifying those who don't, nor are they trying to force anyone to join them. But it does seem that they're invoking antagonism, judgement and intolerance for doing what's comfortable for them. [/QUOTE]

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