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Father Steve,
Unfortunately, we are married, but it didn't work out. We're now separated, to be divorced by the end of this year.
Of course, it would not sound right to refer to someone as your future ex when you didn't even get married yet. Realistic, maybe, but not right.
Life is a beach, and then you dive.
Life is a beach, and then you dive.
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I once knew a judge in Seattle who always introduced and referred to his wife as "my first wife." He thought he was being devlishly funny in so doing. It became less funny when, after a few years, she divorced him.
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Father Steve sayeth: I once knew a judge in Seattle who always introduced and referred to his wife as "my first wife." He thought he was being devlishly funny in so doing. It became less funny when, after a few years, she divorced him.
And are you surprised at a self-fulfilling prophecy, um, fulfilling itself? SWMBO informed me that she wouldn't wait the "few years" if I used such poor judge-ment. But then, I wouldn't try, because she's not No. 1.
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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Somebody I knew back in the UK used to refer to his wife as "my young wife". I forbore from asking the obvious question, but always wondered. As far as I ever knew she was his only wife.
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An aquaintance of mine had always referred to his wife as "my present wife". She divorced him as well and a couple of weeks ago she introduced me to a guy being "her present husband!" I wonder if the term is 'transitive'?
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"her present husband!"A partner is not just for Christmas 
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A partner is not just for Christmas As they said on a TV satire I saw some years ago: If you keep the leftovers in the fridge, then you can have shredded partner sandwiches on Boxing Day as well! 
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Somebody I knew back in the UK used to refer to his wife as "my young wife".Yes, Bingley, but if he did have two wives he'd be obliged to refer to both as his "young wife", at least in their presence.
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