I would at least think you would refer to your wife as "my wife" not "the
wife". The wife makes it sound like the house, the car,the dog...you get
what I mean. Thank you Patrice.
Ruth
----- Original Message -----
From: I.S. Manager <ismgr_at_pctc.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: Getting more off topic --> RE: Work vs marriage
> At 07:36 AM 6/1/00 -0800, you wrote:
> >Why do some of you refer to your spouses as "the wife"?! It makes it
sound
> >like you don't feel any attachment to her at all.
> >
> >I am a man, and I never refer to my wife as "the wife." It is
> >disrespectful.
> >
>
> Not sure I agree with you on that. I spent several minutes staring at that
> line, trying to decide in what way it was disrespectful, and I came up
> blank ("Ball-and-chain", on the other hand...)
>
> "the wife" is a datum. Sure you could refer to your wife by name, but none
> of us know you or your family. In my case, for instance, which one of
these
> is more clear as to whom I'm talking about: 1) the wife 2) Blaihin
>
>
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> Dennis Taylor
> ---
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