How would you answer the question 'what is your relationship to your next-of-kin'?

My husband and son have played around with their work questionnaires.

This is wonderful Judy..I love the way you think about it..you are much more forgiving about it though than 'I' Truly, I can't bear all that evil nonsense..not sorry if that offends anyone or they, you can take a long hike in the opposite direction of 'me.' The photo is glorious!!! How I would answer that question is this..strong and loyal and full of love.

I do not think I have ever had a form with any kind of questions like this.

Questionnaires are becoming hard to understand, the language is all the time evolving, NOT always for the best. I love Claude Monet's garden in Giverny.

Thanks for giving me a chuckle.

Seems it's a Mad, Mad, Mad World. And one that's becoming more complicated and ridiculous each day. This is what happens when you have the inmates running the asylum. Guess the U.S. doesn't have a monopoly on leaders and media who lack common sense. I'll continue to complete my applications like I'm a normal human being...

As a grammar perfectionist, I had a bit of trouble with the "them/they" pronouns. My son then pointed out that we do already use those pronouns when referring to the singular. For example, if we do not know whether a person is male/female or if we are speaking about someone who remains anonymous. As for next of kin, I can understand being asked what relationship they are (see, I used "they" to refer to singular here ). It is generally assumed that a next of kin would be a spouse, parent, or adult child. However, that's not always the case. I work in social care, and this sort of thing is important! You don't necessarily have to state your relationship to your next of kin, but it can be helpful additional information. As for how I'd answer the question of my relationship with my next of kin, I would probably say spouse (which is another word I've noticed being used more often than "husband" or "wife").

I do love his sense of humour with these forms. It beats getting aggravated with it all. The weeping willow tree in the photo is beautiful, they are so nice to sit under on a very hot summer's day.

I have thought about it. Like you I wonder about how people refer to themselves to

That is a beautiful garden, I am faced with all sorts of questions when I take surveys, Sometimes I am tempted to say things as a rant but of course, there is never any space for something like that.

There are times I would love to have fun with those forms and give them answers they don't expect. I love your picture of Monet's garden.

You brought a smile to my face. Too funny about the strained and fragile. This gender thing has gotten really ridiculous, don't you think? Love the photo. Have a good weekend.

I am a bit of a deviant, not that that is some revelation of course. Gosh, yes. Especially when the questions are quite silly, I am going to return the favor. I love "strained." lol. Too funny.

Even I play with the pronoun 'they' when I have to hide a 'his' or 'her' identity. But accepting 'They' as a gender is a bit difficult when it rests on the singular. 'Strange' ! 'Fragile'! Really!! I don't want to offend but I found this piece funny.

I love the picture! I like how Vince thinks; he’s funny!

No, but that's funny!. I wonder if anybody would notice if you did that .

@judyev I get quite ticked off with all that nonsense. All because someone wants to be referred to as they doesn’t mean that I have to comply. This nonsense must be stamped out. “They” is not in charge of my mouth. It used to be my job to ask questions of people admitted to hospital. One of them was “What religious denomination are you?” The answers were hilarious especially since most people sit so distant from such things. Several people told me they were poor Catholics. The question alarmed a lot of especially older people who took it as a sign that all was not well. A lot of folk took exception because in Belfast we don’t ask such things (and we just know what everyone is anyway) but there are political connotations.

I like playing around with that kind of questionnaire. I usually make it fun in answering BTW, that garden is awesome.

Very nice picture, too bad it isn't your garden :) Yes, these forms, which no one reads, have very weird questions and some have nothing to do with the subject!!

That's a very beautiful picture. Yes, sometimes there are weird questions on forms.