Is "wife" demeaning?

conyat
Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:58:42 +0000

When D. was 2, I was trying to teach her the full names of adults in the family in case she was ever lost. I was trying to get her to figure them out by asking her how we address each other. She wasn’t having an easy time of it, till we got to “What does Grandmother call Grandfather?” Her whole face lit up and she said, “Honey!”