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Re:Loneliness Is a Warning Sign to Be Social by Retra on Monday August 22, 2016 @07:56PM (#12340278)
If a poor man is happy, who are you to tell him to get richer?

For me, being in the same situation, my partner is often more company than I need or want. And I only see them on weekends.

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Re:Loneliness Is a Warning Sign to Be Social by catalinbraescu on Monday August 22, 2016 @10:15PM (#12340916)
"my partner" = "them"?????
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Re:Loneliness Is a Warning Sign to Be Social by Retra on Monday August 22, 2016 @10:29PM (#12340963)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they
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Re:Loneliness Is a Warning Sign to Be Social by NhanH on Monday August 22, 2016 @10:27PM (#12340955)
"Them" is used here as singular non-gendered pronoun.
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Re:Loneliness Is a Warning Sign to Be Social by ams6110 on Monday August 22, 2016 @11:23PM (#12341162)
Which is incorrect and confusing usage. The GPs partner obviously has a gender, so "them" is wrong.
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