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Originally Posted by Gilda
If you don't mean to be rude, please use the correct term, wife. I'll accept spouse also, as it means the same thing in a gender neutral way. Would you tell the men here who are married that you prefer to call their wives "partners"?
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I am not familiar with the terminology used in same sex marriages. The only same sex couples I know are not married and generally refer to each other as partners. A gay friend/aquaintance I trade music files with from Norway once referred to his partner as his wife but mostly uses the term partner.
What is the accepted norm among gay marrieds? Do the women refer to each other as wives and the men refer to each other as husbands most times? I am not trying to be difficult but am genuinely interested in using correct terms that do not offend anyone.