Homeowners association Karen

suzzer99 · July 20, 2020, 10:28pm

All my friends are either married or single I guess. I always called my ex my gf. Partner would be so weird-sounding.

suzzer99 · July 20, 2020, 10:28pm

What if I told you sometimes people call their partner, baby? Which is crazy, because they’re not a baby!

anon10387340 · July 20, 2020, 10:30pm

Same here, but I notice the younger generations in the US do use partner now. We always used significant other, old lady, gf, better half, etc.

suzzer99 · July 20, 2020, 10:34pm

Those youngs are going to get so confused when they go into the business world.

Jalfrezi · July 20, 2020, 10:35pm

People sometimes have pet names for their partners they use in private.

Do they say “I’m bringing my baby along”?

suzzer99 · July 20, 2020, 10:36pm

They might. I could see a biker saying that.

Rappers might say I’m bringing my shortie along.

Jalfrezi · July 20, 2020, 10:36pm

Well bikers are outliers who drink their own piss, so there’s that. I thought we were talking about fairly normal examples of homo sapiens.

hokie · July 20, 2020, 10:57pm

Partner is much, much more common now than it used to be for hetero couples for the reasons mr. oreo just mentioned. I use it regarding my ‘girlfriend’ maybe 30% of the time, and she uses it for me like 80%+. I’m trying to get more consistent with using it but have a hard time breaking the habit.

Rugby · July 20, 2020, 11:11pm

Girlfriend just seems to understate it after a while.

anon10387340 · July 20, 2020, 11:16pm

Especially the cattle business.

00cooler00 · July 21, 2020, 12:58am

Played golf like a month ago with a 40 something married couple. The husband called his wife variations of “buddy/bud/pal” like you would one of your guy friends. To each their own I guess.

mosdef · July 21, 2020, 1:05am

My wife calls me her partner all the time. I have met a ton of people who were confused that I am a man, including several dozen who were clearly disappointed. The lesbians have been trying to claim her as their own for years.

MrWookie · July 23, 2020, 5:17pm

Did I find Karen?

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/watch-l-a-woman-throws-tantrum-because-black-deliveryman-was-entering-her-building-to-drop-off-food/

spidercrab · July 23, 2020, 5:23pm

Holy shit

Marksman · July 23, 2020, 5:43pm

Wat

I don’t know when I hear partner I always assume same sex relationship until further clarified.

Marksman · July 23, 2020, 5:44pm

But you wish she was.

I know I know, report to the sexism thread.

NotBruceZ · July 23, 2020, 6:00pm

It’s data. I like data. More data, not less.

jerry · July 23, 2020, 6:35pm

There’s also some parts of the country where partner is used to describe really close friends, for even more confusion.

suzzer99 · July 23, 2020, 6:42pm

I guess literally the meaning of “girlfriend” isn’t any more intimate than “partner”. But in practice partner still sounds way less intimate to me.

What’s wrong with “lover”? We should bring that back. Excuse me, I need to go make love to my lover.

mosdef · July 23, 2020, 7:05pm

Yeah but they pronounce it “pardner” which helps.