Talking about about a partner’s existence or day to day life with them is not widely considered private or rude (source: an American). Getting specific about feelings or sex is private, but serious partners come up in a lot of casual ways (what’d you do this weekend? Went roller skating with my girlfriend).
Elizabeth, if the meaning coming across is that I am proposing the mere acknowledgement of a partner’s existence as rude, then I have phrased my writing poorly. I agree that talking about about a partner’s existence or day to day life with them is not widely considered private or rude. It seems that we both agree that mentioning (What’d you do this weekend? Went roller skating with my girlfriend) is fine, and getting into specifics is more private.
I think maybe the misunderstanding might be focused on what “talking” means.
Talking about about a partner’s existence or day to day life with them is not widely considered private or rude (source: an American). Getting specific about feelings or sex is private, but serious partners come up in a lot of casual ways (what’d you do this weekend? Went roller skating with my girlfriend).
Elizabeth, if the meaning coming across is that I am proposing the mere acknowledgement of a partner’s existence as rude, then I have phrased my writing poorly. I agree that talking about about a partner’s existence or day to day life with them is not widely considered private or rude. It seems that we both agree that mentioning (What’d you do this weekend? Went roller skating with my girlfriend) is fine, and getting into specifics is more private.
I think maybe the misunderstanding might be focused on what “talking” means.