I love the word "partner". I love what it means, and all the cultural meanings we have imbued it with since its origin. I love it partially because I have always worked in the gay community, so for me it has come to express love and a life built beyond what society cares for, because its what you need. But I also love it because to me it expresses EQUALITY between two people, the idea that life is an adventure you are going on together. I love it because it leaves gender with all its loaded meanings out of the equation entirely, and I love it because it refers to lovers and friends alike. I love the phrase partner-in-crime, and the way it feels when someone I love says "my partner" rather than "my girlfriend" or "my lover", although those have their place too. I just love everything it means and everything it stands for, and everything it says about a relationship it applies to.
Think about all the kinds of partnerships one might refer to with that word. Partners in a law firm, partners on a police force or in the military, partners in life, partners on an adventure, partners of convenience out hunting treasure and meant to soon part ways. It's such a cool word, such an awesome way to describe someone and such a neat thing to be. A "partner".
My partner in crime and I are buying our plane tickets on Friday - we'll keep you posted!!!
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There was a boy who was interested in a job at my store, and while chatting with him, he mentioned that he came to bloomington because his "partner" was working here, and he followed. cute! and then we later found out his parter was a woman. I think it was super sweet the way he used the term to define their relationship.
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