I Hate "The Wife"

Rufus2 I totally agree,I am not my hubby's possession and he is so aware of how he refers to me if we ever meet up with pals of his I do not know.
On a more endeared introduction I have been called "she who should be obeyed" or "my better half" both of which I find acceptable (depending on my mood)

Rufus - the word 'hubby' irritates me to hell and apparently there's a lot of 'em lurking around

boheminan Woops

My husband (also a bowler) refers to me by my name or as my darling wife - aint that nice?

My husband referred to me as- the wife. He only did it once!

The argument for using 'the' instead of 'my' is that we don't belong to our husbands.

I would hate it though and DH refers to me as 'my wife Kitty'.

I hate 'hubby' too. Sorry, glam. I don't know why I don't like it.

I agree with you, Rufus2. Makes us ladies sound like a possession, doesn't it? If we referred to our husbands as "the husband", I wonder how they would like it? ?

I hate hubby too ,thought I would be the only one .My OH would never call me the wife ,at least not within my hearing distance ,its a horrible expression.

that wasn't a dig at you glammanana - posts crossed

I would just like a hubby! Only joking.
In this neck of the woods some men refer to their wives as "wor lass". Not usually in hearing distance of their wives though!

I didn`t use to mind "my wife", but hate hearing the wife.

I think most women hate it, it's insulting, the term might as well be referring to an inanimate object rather than a person.

Absolutely hate it. The wife, the ironing board, the hoover, the dish washer etc. 'The wife' has no personality as she is an object

My brother's wife is "the boss". I think it's okay saying "the" in this case.

Hate 'the wife' and 'hubby'. Also dislike silly expression like 'better half'. Why not just use their name?

One thing that really really irritates me when I am at work at the checkout serving.!!

We have to ask "would you like a bag"?

answer from the males !!! no I have one here !!!

and points to the wife/partner etc grrrrrrrrrrr........!

The wife!! Her indoors!! grrr

I do dislike the word 'hubby', a friend always asks 'and how's hubby?'

I just wonder if "hubby" is a northern endearment as it is used quite often here.

‘The wife’ doesn’t irritate me half as much as ‘hubby’, that is like nails down a blackboard!

After correcting my DH a few times when he was overheard he did call me Diana, it's all part of the married men's culture to say "her indoors or the wife" but if he had ever called me "the bag" there would have been a very swift and painfull response, in company or not.
I don't see the problem in " how's hubby" it's just short for "how is your husband" - because she can't remember his name.

I used to love it when Terry Wogan referred to his wife as the present Mrs Wogan.

Slightly off topic, did anyone else notice that when the BBC were reporting the sad death of the British couple in Egypt recently, they kept referring to "John Cooper and his wife Susan"? Other media - channel 4 news for example - said "John and Susan Cooper", which I thought was much more respectful.

I hate "hubby" too. It sounds to me as very belittling of the man involved.

NanKate love that one.

I hate 'the wife' too and am not keen on 'hubby' …. not sure why, it's like 'kiddies' another pet hate of mine.

referred to our husbands as "the husband", I wonder how they would like it?
Mapleleaf: I certainly wouldn't! I'd immediately begin to worry as to how many others has she got, tucked away somewhere?
Mind you, if she said "chubby hubby", I might feel more confident she was referring only to me, but then it would come back to trust.