The following is adapted from a Relief Society lesson.One of the best compliments I’ve ever gotten is, “I keep forgetting you have a husband.” I’ve trained my speech over years to use the first-person plural “we” only when strictly necessary, in part because I find it alarming how quickly individual identities become completely subsumed into a combined existence after marriage. “Our car is in the shop.” “We’re out of milk.”The other reason I don’t use “we” statements is that I find it’s an unnecessary conversational reminder that I’m lucky enough to have a life partner when so many others don’t. This […]
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