2006-12-22 00:36:35 · 24 answers · asked by j 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
It's just a funny expression. Like "the old lady"
2006-12-22 00:38:15 · answer #1 · answered by ♥gingeylynn 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not the same thing. When a man refers to wife as 'my wife' then it is assumed that the man is the real head of household. When he refers to his wife as 'the wife', then it is presumed that the woman earns more than him and he listens to her and hates the whole arrangement.
2006-12-22 09:00:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
most guy's say the wife and when in a group setting they say my wife. For the wife refer to the ball and chain at home. when it come to my wife it the loving sex god at home. so to put it in plan English it a mood indicator of how life is at home.
2006-12-22 09:04:39 · answer #3 · answered by celticdragon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He has a lack of respect for his wife. My wife is always referred to as "my wife", not the wife, or the old lady...I have to much respect and love for her.
2006-12-22 08:39:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
He's joking, I sometimes refer to my wife as "the little woman."
2006-12-22 09:42:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As most woman consider that term as well as the one "The little woman" I find it demeaning as do allot of woman.
However, my opinion on why men do it is, they think it makes them look like a big man and they are trying to impress their buddies, once they grow up it should stop.
The other reason may be that he grew up in a low class environment and was exposed to that type of demeaning language from his family and friends and doesn't know that its wrong.
2006-12-22 12:02:07 · answer #6 · answered by unknown friend 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If he called her "my wife", It sounds like she belongs to him. Next best is "the wife"
2006-12-22 10:39:43 · answer #7 · answered by Phew 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its away of saying he has a wife but trying to remain "aloof" about his marriage to her and thus winning brownie points in the ladishness race.
2006-12-22 08:38:27 · answer #8 · answered by Cynical_Si 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if he says my wife that is showing affection
when the wife is putting distance between them
in all i think he wants your body not the wife's lol
2006-12-22 08:40:16 · answer #9 · answered by gareth O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi my husband refered to me as the wife yet when he refered to his ex wife it was my ex wife i was NOT IMPRESSED
2006-12-22 08:39:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋