rat

i've always loved the novelty of this situation personally. it makes me daydream about things going hilariously awry with name transposition. with the lurkbastid household being the most prominent tfp-duo i know of, i can imagine scenarios where they might be in bed, and instead of shouting out another woman's name, he calls lurkette by her tfp moniker. or think about the hilarity that could ensue with a company christmas party where lurkette calls her husband 'ratbastid" instead of his real name--her coworkers end up thinking she hates her husband or runs him into the ground with obscenities.

the only reason you notice is because people tend to identify others in conversation with the most concrete name they can so that the people on the other end of the conversation have the most valid/relevant information. i suggest you do a search for "my wife" "my husband" "my girlfriend" "my boyfriend" "my significant other" and "my SO". you'll find we all talk about our significant others on here ALOT. some are just blessed enough to have their SO be a member of this community.

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