Life here in the office has improved since yesterday, mostly because I am officially rid of the aforementioned annoying-professor print job. My boss was like, "Um. Katy has 7 websites to maintain. I'm not going to let her spend 5 hours folding flyers." I think I'm going to found a religion worshipping my boss.
I have always had problems with relationship lingo. I hate "boyfriend" and "girlfriend" because it makes it sound like you should be giving each other class rings and making out under the bleachers in the gymnasium. You can't really "the man/woman I'm dating" if you're in a serious thing because then it will give the impression that you are merely courting and not, say, shacked up with joint custody of three cats and a German Shepherd. I've always had issue with "significant other" -- sounds to me like an evil alterego. Like there's a clone of you running around the Lesser Antilles heading up a cockfighting ring or something.
Maybe that's the true reason people get married: Semantics. You husband, me wife. Instant understanding from the masses. BlogMothers (as you are the only married parties on this thing), any comments?
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