Over at A Practical Wedding, a site I've been reading for a few months now, there's an interesting article about 2 married gals and their take on the word wife. It spoke to me because neither Melinda nor I are "stereotypical" lesbians. We really don't even call ourselves that. (I don't know what we call ourselves, actually. We're not into labels.) I have been wondering what to call her after we marry and what I'd like to be called. "Partner" is very dry-sounding, and "spouse" is so generic.
"Wife" is a loaded word, but it's also the best descriptor in the English language for what we'll be after we marry: a woman who is married. Just kinda makes sense.
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