Fiance, girlfriend, my broad? - page 1 -

• Fiance, girlfriend, my broad? by time2shine on 17 Sep, 2008 18:14
• I'm getting married next summer, and I feel weird when i say "fiance".  For some reason it feels cheesy or too traditional to me.
  Some people have told me, "You better not let her hear that you called her your girlfriend, she will be offended!! (gasp)"
  well she feels the same way, so we're sticking with boyfriend/girlfriend.
  What's your take on these titles?  Where did the term Fiance come from anyways?  I could hit up wikipedia, but you guys are a more credible source.
• #1 by GASlick on 17 Sep, 2008 18:15
• I always felt weird with "fiance" too.  I introduced her as "My future bride".
  
  
• #2 by buuckkweet on 17 Sep, 2008 18:20
• How about "future better half"?
• #3 by schro on 17 Sep, 2008 18:22
• I always referred to to The Lovely Mrs Schro as "my ticket into the Married Filing Jointly Tax Bracket" 
  
  Damn, I'm a romantic summmavabitch. 
  
  By the way, it's our wedding anniversary today.........13 years! She's the best thing that ever happend to me.
  We went out for a very nice lunch, and I'm throwing down a serious barbeque this evening.
• #4 by GASlick on 17 Sep, 2008 18:25
• Congratulations Schro!  Best wishes for many, many more.
• #5 by champ007 on 17 Sep, 2008 18:34
• OMG!!
  The only thing I can think of when I read this thread is...is
  You only got 1 year left to tap all the strange you can get ahold of...   
  shall we start a doomesday ticker in your signature?
• #6 by Mikekoz13 on 17 Sep, 2008 18:34
• I hated Fiance also. I referred to the future Mrs. Koz as "The Future Mrs. Koz"!!!
• #7 by nomad on 17 Sep, 2008 19:27
• Quote from: schro on 17 Sep, 2008 18:22

  I always referred to to The Lovely Mrs Schro as "my ticket into the Married Filing Jointly Tax Bracket" 
  
  Damn, I'm a romantic summmavabitch. 
  
  By the way, it's our wedding anniversary today.........13 years! She's the best thing that ever happend to me.
  We went out for a very nice lunch, and I'm throwing down a serious barbeque this evening.
  

  
  Big Congrats to you and the Mrs. 
• #8 by buuckkweet on 17 Sep, 2008 20:09
• Quote from: champ007 on 17 Sep, 2008 18:34

  OMG!!
  The only thing I can think of when I read this thread is...is
  You only got 1 year left to tap all the strange you can get ahold of...   
  shall we start a doomesday ticker in your signature?
  

  
• #9 by slyinglide on 17 Sep, 2008 20:12
• Never call her "Your Old Lady"...........if you do remember the swelling will go down..........eventually
• #10 by PowerOfCheese on 17 Sep, 2008 20:25
• I agree 100%. Fiancé seemed weird to me too. Especially since we both had to call each other Fiancé/fiancée (pronounced the same... that's odd right there). This borrowed French word isn't even pronounced correctly by most Americans (myself included).
  
  WIKI: "A man who is engaged to be married is called his partner's fiancé; a woman similarly engaged is called her partner's fiancée. These words are pronounced identically in English; the separate feminine form exists because of the inflectional morphology of grammatical gender in French, where the term originated."
  
  I'd rather:
  
  This is my girlfriend (insert name), were getting married next (insert date)
  This is my sweetheart (insert name), were getting married next (insert date)
  This is my future wife (insert name), were getting married next (insert date)
  This is my _________ (insert name), were getting married next (insert date)
  
  
  When I was engaged I did use fiancée often but it seemed to depend when and where. I tended to use it more around seniors.
  
• #11 by champ007 on 17 Sep, 2008 21:39
• Is it just me or does fiance seem awfully close to finances 
  Could be a hidden meaning 
• #12 by Timmay on 17 Sep, 2008 21:59
• I always introduced Kris as my tag-a-long.  LOL  No but seriously, just like PowerofKRAFTcheese...lol  I would use Fiancee when needed but normally would say this is my soon to be wife/maid/friend/maid/partner/maid.  Some how though after 16 years....i think the maid has kinda been slipping out on me.
• #13 by time2shine on 17 Sep, 2008 22:51
• LOL...  start the ticker, Champ!
  
  glad u guys agree about nixing the fiance term.  Future bride is a good one..  I don't feel french when i say it.
  
  Appreciate the wikipedia explaination Cheese - didn't even know there was separate spelling for the man and woman.... weird.
  
  And congrationlations, Schro!
• #14 by tomgallagher on 18 Sep, 2008 07:37
• Congrats to you and the bride Schro. Have a good time tonight.