Is "wife" demeaning?

marite
Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:14:23 +0000

I tell you now, you try to entertain one of her suggestions but there’s no pleasing the woman.



Good thing your said “the.” Since the 1990s, "that woman’ has acquired unfortunate connotations. :)

If I want to see my kids squirm, I just have to threaten to call them something like “pumpkin” or “sweetie pie.” They’ve accepted that “mon chou” is standard French endearment and has shed its botanical and culinary associations.