Are you someone's "old lady"?
By lisado
@lisado (1227)
United States
May 29, 2007 11:23am CST
I don't know why but I have always hated that nickname! I was talking to my husband on the phone and someone called me his "old lady". I wanted to scream! It's right up there with being called his "ball and chain". My husband usually warns them not to say that, knowing I hate it, but this person shot off their mouth before he could head her off. I'm his wife, not his "old lady". It's not an endearment to me. It drives me nuts! Does this, or any other nickname for wives (or husbands) drive you bonkers?
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@lisado (1227)
• United States
28 Jun 07
Same here! My husband sometimes teases me about being an "older woman" since I am 1 1/2 years older than he is, but he hasn't called me his old lady. A lot of the guys he works with uses that term and it grates on my nerves. I hear them in the background when we're on the phone (they'll ask him if he's talking to his old lady) and it makes me want to drive over and pop them one!
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@melanie652 (2524)
• United States
30 May 07
I don't like that term either. It's certainly not one of endearment! Ball and chain is offensive to me too. Where do people come up with this stuff?! I'm with you on this.
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@kelly60 (4547)
• United States
29 May 07
I agree completely. I would never want to be called either an old lady or a ball and chain, or anything else of the sort. A husband is a husband, a wife is a wife, a boyfriend is a boyfriend, a girlfriend is a girlfriend and so forth. Thre isn't any need for these other terms. I'm sure that they are not meant to be insulting, but they certainly show a lack of respect.
@lifeluver (743)
• Canada
29 May 07
I couldn't resist responding to this post because it made me laugh a little.
Although I'm not anyone's "old lady", my mother is. My brother has called her that since I can remember! Even when he calls to this day, he'll say "The old lady home?" Silly man, I don't know where this term came from but I don't think it's very respectful at all.
