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Does it seem odd to you or is it just me?

Why do some people refer to their partners using "The" ?

Eg - "The wife" has gone shopping.

Why won't they say "my wife" has gone shopping. It seems more affectionate this way, doesn't it?

They refer to their partners as if they are a thing !

Or maybe, it's part of the slang ?

It just seems so.. emotionless, dry and..what not

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Tatsumi · 31-35, M

Ooooooooh. Thats a good one. Its a meams to distance ones self from the person. Like when Bill Clinton was saying, "I did not have sex with THAT WOMAN". Of course, it could just be slang. But, I tend to think everything has a deeper meaning. I bet it's because they are feeling distant.

Cops also look at this when interrogating people. Like, if a husband or wife murders their SO, and in the interrogation, they say, "that person," it shows a lack of affection or caring that they are dead, which gives some degree of motive.

amoonlitbarn · 31-35, M

@PlacidWolverine: Exactly my point ! lack of affection