Please ask your wife where she got those awesome sandals - thank you! ...Oh and I'm fine to stay with Trailing Houses. Tag Team is cute though, as is your tag team name. If we must change, then I say "Trekkies" because that's what we are all doing.
I asked and she agrees that they were awesome, but notes that they never fit quite right. She says she got them from an online store that she has forgotten the name of and that no longer exists.
This is a great discussion. I’ve drifted toward using “supporting spouse” lately, which doesn’t feel like the perfect solution either but at least doesn’t have the belittling connotation that “trailing” does. (I also think part of the reason “supporting” still sounds somewhat off to me is that society devalues the work of women in domestic support roles…and boo to that.)
I think just "Partner" works -- not a tag team (because I can't 'tag' the other person in), but definitely a partner. "Partner in Crime" doesn't jive with diplomacy...maybe "Teammate"? Building off of SC below, perhaps "Trek Partner" makes the most sense? It also has the handy sub-context that I may not be a partner for much longer after this particular trek, or you might select a new partner for the next trek. Considering the amount of divorce-related questions in the TH FB group lately, it seems appropriate.
Please ask your wife where she got those awesome sandals - thank you! ...Oh and I'm fine to stay with Trailing Houses. Tag Team is cute though, as is your tag team name. If we must change, then I say "Trekkies" because that's what we are all doing.
I asked and she agrees that they were awesome, but notes that they never fit quite right. She says she got them from an online store that she has forgotten the name of and that no longer exists.
This is a great discussion. I’ve drifted toward using “supporting spouse” lately, which doesn’t feel like the perfect solution either but at least doesn’t have the belittling connotation that “trailing” does. (I also think part of the reason “supporting” still sounds somewhat off to me is that society devalues the work of women in domestic support roles…and boo to that.)
I think just "Partner" works -- not a tag team (because I can't 'tag' the other person in), but definitely a partner. "Partner in Crime" doesn't jive with diplomacy...maybe "Teammate"? Building off of SC below, perhaps "Trek Partner" makes the most sense? It also has the handy sub-context that I may not be a partner for much longer after this particular trek, or you might select a new partner for the next trek. Considering the amount of divorce-related questions in the TH FB group lately, it seems appropriate.
I really like the seventh level analysis here. Well done.