The Wife

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  • quixoticmantis
    quixoticmantis Posts: 297 Member
    My favorite journalist refers to his wife as "the rib". I kinda love that one.

    Aw, that's awesome :)
  • threedaysfromyou
    threedaysfromyou Posts: 32
    My ex-husband used to call me 'the wife.' I can see how when other people say it that it could be funny, or cute, or sweet and not troubling at all. In my marriage, though, I was treated more like a possession than a person so being called 'the wife' really did bother me. He would often talk about me as though I wasn't there, sometimes with that tone that people use to talk about small children.
  • stubbysticks
    stubbysticks Posts: 1,275 Member
    Maybe the guy's just got a ton of single friends who can't seem to keep girlfriends so it's a satisfying jab to refer to her as The Wife, cuz he's got one & they don't. Maybe he's one of those weird guys who has been dreaming of getting married since he was 5 & now he is, dammit (good for him). Maybe he loves the crap out of her & can't believe that amazing woman married a schmuck like him so it makes him happy to refer to her that way. Maybe he does it intentionally to annoy you.

    My husband calls me Wifey sometimes, which I'm indifferent about. He likes it, so it's fine. He doesn't seem to like it when I refer to him as #2 for some reason. :wink:
  • 4thehardman
    4thehardman Posts: 731 Member
    My parents are Irish and they refer to eachother as 'Herself' and 'Himself'
    For example. '' I'll just see what himself wants to do''
    I quite like it.
    We live in Switzerland where I am reffered to as Ma Femme which is the proper term to be used but translates not as 'my wife' but as 'my woman'. Lol
  • SPBROOKS68
    SPBROOKS68 Posts: 561 Member
    I refer to mine as "The Ex"...is that offensive?


    This is what I call mine now but he always called me his old bag:frown:
  • kb_CG_wife
    kb_CG_wife Posts: 181 Member
    I am my husband's "Old Lady" :) I don't mind it at all.
  • LifeOnMars_
    LifeOnMars_ Posts: 720 Member
    Wouldn't bother me if the hubs said it ;)
  • FitBunnyEm
    FitBunnyEm Posts: 320
    im not married but i get called ' the missus'...i dont know why...i dont mind but if he says it in front of me - bang a punch in the face :-))) or two
  • SassyCalyGirl
    SassyCalyGirl Posts: 1,932 Member
    yes-offensive (it comes across with an "eye roll" ) IMO
  • jeanzbeanz
    jeanzbeanz Posts: 64
    After 24 years, as long as he still calls me... it's all good.
  • Crystal0827
    Crystal0827 Posts: 244 Member
    I get referred to as the "Ol' Lady" even though I am 2 years YOUNGER then him. He got this from my dad...that is what he calls my mom. I don't care and it doesn't bother me, he doesn't mean it in a bad way it is just conversation.
  • Erica27511
    Erica27511 Posts: 490 Member
    I'm pretty thick skinned so it wouldn't upset/offend me at all. I call my husband "the *kitten*" to my friends/coworkers :wink:
  • Umeboshi
    Umeboshi Posts: 1,637 Member
    It depends on if he says it in a loving way or a derogatory way. :huh: Saying "the wife" on it's own is hardly offensive.
  • jenrod1118
    jenrod1118 Posts: 150 Member
    If my husband calls me by my actual name, then I know I'm in trouble ...

    So true. He only calls me "Jennifer" when hes mad about something. Other than that its a ton of different nicknames.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    That sounds better then "The B****":devil:

    Agreed. I would much rather be THE wife than THE *****.
  • Shweedog
    Shweedog Posts: 883 Member
    Nah. It seems like a comfortable term of endearment. My husband refers to me as his lady. :)
  • DebbsBee
    DebbsBee Posts: 13
    I'm fine with it, my husband calls me the wife or wifey all the time, and we both refer to my daughter as the sprog!
  • rossi02
    rossi02 Posts: 549 Member
    If my husband calls me by my actual name, then I know I'm in trouble ...

    Sooooo true!!! :laugh:

    This.. he's either annoyed by something I did (how's that even possible), or we are meeting / around someone that we need to be more formal with.
  • ladykaisa
    ladykaisa Posts: 236 Member
    When hubby was working in an RV dealership, I was referred to by my name. Now that he works with a bunch of construction guys and builders, I am "the wife". I don't care eitherway.... he comes home to me, we have sex, and he loves me. How he refers to me to his buddies is none of my concern, since I refer to him in various manners depending on who I'm talking with (Hubs, hubby, husband, llamaboy, lump on a log, etc)
  • _binary_jester_
    _binary_jester_ Posts: 2,132 Member
    Does he refer to himself in 3rd person, because that would be fantastic.
  • jcjsjones
    jcjsjones Posts: 571 Member
    If my husband calls me by my actual name, then I know I'm in trouble ...

    Bahahaha! Me too!
  • semeyer
    semeyer Posts: 282 Member
    I prefer to be called 'the ol' ball and chain' personally.
  • Angie_1MR
    Angie_1MR Posts: 247
    My husband refers to me as "my girl" I don't think I'd like "the wife"
  • MustBeTheRows
    MustBeTheRows Posts: 377 Member
    I call my SO "my hot b*tch" well, because she's a hot b*tch! :love:
  • yestowellness
    yestowellness Posts: 98 Member
    nah no big deal I'm sure he's just trying to be funny. I refer to my oldest son as "the boy"

    LOL! I thought I was the only one who did that!
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    I refer to mine as "The Ex"...is that offensive?

    Nice that what I call mine as well or psycho
  • yestowellness
    yestowellness Posts: 98 Member
    I refer to my husband as "The Husband" & I'm Babe!
  • 05HeatherLouise05
    05HeatherLouise05 Posts: 178 Member
    If I was married I would call my wife ...wifey....

    One of My sisters best friends call his Wife "Wifey" I think it's really cute Lol
  • SEEotU
    SEEotU Posts: 32 Member
    I refer to my SO as "My Love" and he "The Empress" when talking about me or just "Empress" when adressing me.
    "The Wife" sound very impersonal and disrespectful to me. But to each their own...
  • d0gma
    d0gma Posts: 3,966 Member
    nah no big deal I'm sure he's just trying to be funny. I refer to my oldest son as "the boy"

    I do that too! I refer to my children as "the girl" and "the boy" when talking to family members. I have never said "the husband". I don't think I would be offended by being called the wife though.

    "The boy" and "the girl" is how I refer to my children, as well.
    I work with my father-in-law, so how I refer to my wife depends on what I'm about to say, so it's either "Your daughter" or "my wife".
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