The Golden Globes

I think so, but using "partner" has a gay connotation to most people.

chaz wrote:
Do any straight people refer to their s.o. as their partner?

Wow.. the thread sure took a dramatic turn.

From fake tits and thinly veiled threats from internet tough guys to shear madness and the proper use of the term "partner."

I'm impressed.

What confuses me is when someone refers to their partner and it's not clear if they are talking about sex, business, friends or all of the above.

In fact, I just saw that very conundrum in some movie where a man had spoken of his partner and the others assumed that he was gay. As it turned out, he was talking about his business partner.

All this confusion…this is why I just use the term "close friend and roomate".

Jim Olmeyer: Hello! We're your neighbors from two doors down and we just wanted to welcome you to the neighborhood!

[hands the Colonel a gift basket]

Jim "JB" Berkely: Everything's from our garden, except for the pasta.

Jim Olmeyer: Yes, it's from Fizzoli's, it's amazingly fresh, you just pop it in water and it's done! I'm Jim Olmeyer.

[shakes the Colonel's hand]

Jim Olmeyer: And this is my partner Jim.

Jim "JB" Berkely: Jim Berkely, but people call me J.B.

[extends his hand to shake]

Colonel Frank Fitts: Ah, let's just cut to it, what are you selling?

Jim Olmeyer: Nothing, we just wanted to welcome you to the neighborhood.

Colonel Frank Fitts: You said you're partners, so, uh what's your business?

Jim Olmeyer: Well, he's a tax attorney.

Jim "JB" Berkely: And he's an anesthesiologist.

Jaguar wrote:
What confuses me is when someone refers to their partner and it's not clear if they are talking about sex, business, friends or all of the above.

In fact, I just saw that very conundrum in some movie where a man had spoken of his partner and the others assumed that he was gay. As it turned out, he was talking about his business partner.

Was the movie set in the restaurant business? I think i saw it but am drawing a blank as to the name.

Jaguar wrote:
What confuses me is when someone refers to their partner and it's not clear if they are talking about sex, business, friends or all of the above.

In fact, I just saw that very conundrum in some movie where a man had spoken of his partner and the others assumed that he was gay. As it turned out, he was talking about his business partner.

James wrote:
Was the movie set in the restaurant business? I think i saw it but am drawing a blank as to the name.

Jaguar wrote:
What confuses me is when someone refers to their partner and it's not clear if they are talking about sex, business, friends or all of the above.

In fact, I just saw that very conundrum in some movie where a man had spoken of his partner and the others assumed that he was gay. As it turned out, he was talking about his business partner.

Honestly can't remember but I think it may have been mentioned in a restaurant, or maybe an upscale bar. Or, maybe that's where it was clarified.

All I really remember is that it was some sort of crappy movie but can't remember anything else about it.

What really made me think about it a little more than usual is that the confusion of this word has become a minor pet peeve of mine of late. It was just brought to the forefront a bit more by seeing it in this movie and I wondered about which kind of partner right from the very beginning of it being mentioned.

From American Beauty.  Pretty good flick.

^ Nope. Not the one I saw. That was a good movie. The one I saw recently was more on the crap side.

What I meant is the script quoted above is American Beauty.

Ah.

It does go to show that it's enough of an issue for it to be used by others.

I was wondering what that was from. It's been years since I've seen the film and remember very little about it and definitely did not make the connection here.

See, we don't know if he's brokeback or not.  :D

That cat looks a bit like my last cat, who was that kind of a partner. Oh, yes, I did go there and yes he was!  :D

i just like the fact that yada has been using partner a lot in posts . . . and now he has joined the "klc" (kitten league of corruption). 

K8teebug wrote:
I climbed the water tank in Waldorf for work.  true.

Hot

I had a Waldorf salad in Chicago, true story  ;D

i think it is over.

i know . . . great, just great.  :P

chaz wrote:
Do any straight people refer to their s.o. as their partner?

I've told this story before, but I once had a job interview with a gay man, and the interview was going swimmingly for a good half hour until I mentioned that I moved out here to San Francisco with my girlfriend and the interview came to a screeching halt.

From that point on I referred to my girlfriend as my partner in every interview I had.

I had an interview yesterday and I referred to her as my "then partner."

vansmack wrote:

chaz wrote:
Do any straight people refer to their s.o. as their partner?

I've told this story before, but I once had a job interview with a gay man, and the interview was going swimmingly for a good half hour until I mentioned that I moved out here to San Francisco with my girlfriend and the interview came to a screeching halt.

From that point on I referred to my girlfriend as my partner in every interview I had.

I had an interview yesterday and I referred to her as my "then partner."

Bunch o' predjudice gay men!

For all you partners out there…

Neil Patrick Harris has revealed that he can't wait to marry partner David Burtka as he wants to call him his "husband'.
The 'How I Met Your Mother' star has been engaged to the chef for over five years.
"I'm not the biggest fan of the word 'partner'. It either means that we run a business together or we're cowboys," Contactmusic quoted him as telling Out magazine.

"'Boyfriend' seems fleeting, like maybe we met two weeks ago. I've been saying 'better half' for as long as I've been able to. I think it's a little self-deprecating and clearly defines that we're in a relationship, but it would be nice to say 'my husband,'" he said.