Could someone explain for me of why all-but-married couples use 'partner' sometimes now

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

Boyfriend/girlfriend sounds juvenile

 

[PatCake]

They're trying to be liberal. 'Partner' is a neutral/unassuming term.

I've never been married but I've always called whichever girl i'm dating 'the wife'.

Like: "give me a minute, the wife's calling".

 

[Pressure]

Because the women are the bread winners

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

My wife is my bytch and best friend. We not partners.

I think you need to watch who you callin a bytch,PARTNER!

 

[Mowgli]

Because that nikka is a ho. Reddit is a common place to find these types

 

[Ohene]

I think its honestly just to highlight the seriousness of the relationship for those who dont plan to get married

Boyfriend/girlfriend sounds more early stage
Husband/wife/fiance is for those engaged and married

It aint that deep

 

[Geek Nasty]

Agenda shyt. Gays dont want to admit their gay so of course the rest of the world needs to define every relationship with a generic, nondescript term.

 

[broller]

Like you said, before it seemed to be used for homosexuals. To the point I was feeling some type of way when someone at work invited me to a party and told me "you can bring a partner "

I was

But now people be using it just as a catch all. Lest you tell a man to bring his girl and then he reports you to HR

 

[Devilinurear]

Boyfriend/girlfriend sounds juvenile

This

 

[Easy-E]

Everyone is gender neutral, now.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

You answered your own question. Only gays used to do this. Why everyone doing it now. Influence from gay culture. Same way some straight people feel the need to still identify their gender on their socials. He/him. Like why? You straight wtf you doing?

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

I swear the coli complains about EVERYTHING on some Right Wing crybaby shyt!

 

[MajesticLion]

They think softening the label means they can more easily walk away from accountability.

Nobody's reaching destinations if you're always looking for an off-ramp.

 

[Geek Nasty]

You answered your own question. Only gays used to do this. Why everyone doing it now. Influence from gay culture. Same way some straight people feel the need to still identify their gender on their socials. He/him. Like why? You straight wtf you doing?

One of the things that annoys the shyt out of me about this is if you bring up this shyt, the comeback is always "why do you care?" Our language is literally being de-sexed. People don't understand propaganda campaigns, they work just like advertising campaigns.

 

[Umoja]

Some people use it to be neutral. Some people use it to signify a certain level of commitment.

It's one of those things where if you're a socially stunted twat looking to get offended, you'd understand and move on.