Partner

Wouldn't it be funny if she called you "her boyfriend" or "lover"? It has more of a naughty ring to it than "partner". Why not husband? It's not strictly reserved for married folks, is it?

Good question. Why not just marry her? Just kidding.

Do they still use the term significant other? I never really liked that term.

Life mate? Love of my life?

I have no idea how I would want to be referred to. Mostly, my wife just doesn't introduce me to anybody.

My brother Sam and his partner were together, unwed, from 1970 until he died, less than two years ago. They referred to each other as 'husband' and 'wife.' I think it was appropriate.

I suppose you can call her Archduchess Diane.

I read it as Dys was more concerned with what Diane refers to him as.

her slower half?

I think it's really just a matter of semantics. You two know what you are to each other, who cares about other people?

yeah, It's a lot like "play date" sometimes I just find it trite.

I getcha. Relationships are a lot more complex and nuanced than the language we have to describe them.

My husband was my partner. I doubt I'm the one that came up with that word - maybe, but I doubt it - but I agreed readily enough.

Nah, as it turned out.

So, don't let my sardonic viewpoint color your situation. First of all, I remember the lady calling herself Mrs. Dys often enough.
This is between you two. I know both of you. Talk.

sounds like you're a little upset dys. personally I could give a rat's ass.

I find the term 'life partner' to be a bit stronger.

In the 70s, there used to a term POSSLQ (person of opposite sex sharing living quarters)'

Then there's the vanilla and non-descript SO (significant other)

Then there's Main Squeeze

Clearly if she's an Archduchess Diane then shouldn't she call him ... um... uh... umm... ((let me think)) ... uh... ((no... not that)) ... maybe...
uhh... um... head man-servant?

"Hi, I'm Diane, and that's Dys---we never liked each other".

That's not hard to say, is it?

Or if you were trying to raise a serious question with this thread: I'd probably use 'lover' if I were in your kind of relationship.

Main Squeeze is definitely a possibility.

I don't know about archduchess, tsarstepan."Lady" is a term that Dys came up with. He knows darn well that I don't fit the description most of the time.

What I do say most often is that, "We are living in sin and loving it."

When dealing with people who might give me a hard time, I might say partner.

In fact, I do consider Dys my husband. I feel more married to him than I ever did with my ex whats iz name.

Mr. Dys, you know that I love you more than life itself, that I w0uld do anything for you and that my life began when I was sixty, when we met.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, "Snap out of it, Sweet Cheeks!" Whatever I happen to call you doesn't ever change the way I feel about you.

But I will not call you "my partner" again. If we decide on more royal names, tell me if you like "Archie." or, we could go with Old Fart, Blue Eyes, Cowboy, Grumpy, My Love, My Sweet, Sweet Man, The Love of My Life, or simply, Love.

How about "snookums"?

It's a fascinating dilemma to be sure, but in order to give my answer the attention it needs first I have to decide whether this is lint or just plain dirt in my belly button.

You're her lobster, dys

That'll shut them down for sure.