Why I Call My Wife My Partner

Language matters.

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If you’ve read some of my articles, particularly the ones about my wife, you will see that I refer to her as my “partner” or “spouse” more often than as my wife. This is intentional, and it’s not because I don’t like her.

I believe that the language we use in life matters. As someone who studied writing in college and who writes for a job, I think this…