The phrase "a wife" implies that she is one of many, therefore cheapening the meaning. what do the other wives of this guy think about it?

I think you're fully aware of how ridiculous what you're saying is, and you just want annoyed reactions.

You can talk like that if you want, no one is stopping you.

Nah I'm good with the possessive way I currently describe my family.

crappy bait

Nope, don't see how it should be problematic.

As I see it 'my' does not imply ownership, like when someone is 'my' son, he's not my possession.

If anyone's wife have a problem over this, they should disown her quickly.

Poor bait thread...Another leftist delusions with words.

This reeks of 'lets build a safe space for people who never asked for it'.

well most girls wanne be "taken" and some studies suggest that half of all women actually enjoyed their Rope like the F yo xD

so: if you wanne woke bully people you could argue that yo gotta call it partner not "Cleaning Home Slut" idk

I think is just normal Language describing a status of a "no longer Individual" just like saying: "This is a brown Bunny and that is a Bunny with grey fur"

so chill every1

it is only seen as a possession if a person does not understand the wife and husband word meanings.

Sarah ' Sam is MY husband, so get your mitts off him now! '

No, it does not imply possession, same as saying:

Sarah is my "significant other"

The possession is the significance, not the other.

This forum needs a mandatory falling-for-bait quiz before access is allowed

Ridiculous. It's a standard identifying phrase; while "ownership" may be implicit in the word choice at a surface level, it absolutely isn't in any healthy relationship.

My wife is not my property. She can and does do as she pleases, knowing we both have certain red lines about what is and is not acceptable within the context of our marriage. If we violate those red lines, it's not a matter of "disobedience," just a signal that the marriage should dissolve.

No human being belongs to another; we call it slavery when folks try. But referring to my wife as "my wife" doesn't mean I think she's my property, or that I'd ever try to control her behavior beyond saying I'd leave her if she boned another dude (same goes for me with other women).

It's the most direct way to indicate a relationship. Your proposed solution is syntactically clunky and grammatically painful, and it'll never get any purchase in the broader zeitgeist for the reasons outlined above.

Oprindeligt skrevet af salmon vape:

This forum needs a mandatory falling-for-bait quiz before access is allowed

Like a really long CAPTCHA haha

Oprindeligt skrevet af kekm8:

Consider the phrase, "Sarah is my wife."

This language implies that you own Sarah. She is YOUR wife. It objectifies and dehumanizes her, which as you can imagine, is extremely problematic.

I propose instead using language like "Sarah is a wife to me."
This conveys the same meaning without implying possession or ownership.

How do you guys feel about this?

Jester farming huh? Bait used to be believable