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Great article, and I know I didn't look it up, so I don't know anything about this magazine.

It's called EVEI-E magazine. I have no real notion as to what it is but this article I wish I had written it and I could take credit

for it because it's perfectly written and I admire that they don't say specifically who wrote it

little by little I'm reading we've given into the nuances of relationships,

and now we found ourselves in a dire place. We're calling our colleagues and lovers the same

term, partner. Words matter. Oh my God, how often do i say that words matter they shape our perceptions

our identities and our relationships and yet somehow along the way we started treating the language

of love like it was optional suddenly the one person we open our hearts to becomes a partner.

What was once clear and distinct has been blurred into vague, interchangeable labels that tell us

nothing about the reality of a relationship. When I say boyfriend, you know immediately what I mean. A man I'm romantically

involved with, not married to, not engaged to, just that, romantically involved with.

When I say husband, you also know what I mean. Legally, spiritually bound union.

But when somebody says, partner, you're left guessing.

Are they in a casual relationship, a domestic partnership, a long-term marriage without a ring?

Are they trying to sound serious?

Are they avoiding sounding too serious?

Are they leading a law firm together? The word

doesn't clarify. Now here's three beautiful words. It intentionally clouds. Now why would we want to

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