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Re:How I Shipped Six Side Projects in 2017 by jriot on Monday January 15, 2018 @07:14PM (#16154683)
Honest question here:

Why do people use my partner and I, and not my spouse and I?

In all honesty, when I read my partner and I and I assume it is a same-sex couple, and spouse and I as a heterosexual couple.

Did language change when describe couples?

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Re:How I Shipped Six Side Projects in 2017 by throwaway2016a on Monday January 15, 2018 @09:42PM (#16155381)
Why do you assume same sex couple? It could just be a couple that decided to have a child together without getting married,

I actually chose to use the word "partner" because it is more closely analog to the startup metaphor (i.e. "business partner") so it fit the joke better.

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