Same here… my GF regards it as potentially intrusive for her to join up (and she would not appreciate it if I joined some of the boards she participates in… it would curtail her freedom to tell tales on me! )…
but she does ask me to post a question to the Dope on occasion, most recently about a noisy bird we were hearing outside our window.
I chose “other” because my first husband was FunLvnCriminal, who hasn’t posted here for a number of years but was the “Ask the guy who had weight loss surgery” guy. So, ex-spouse posted here, but I got custody of the SDMB when we divorced. Also, I have sometimes had a sneaking suspicion that my boyfriend posts here sometimes, but I haven’t asked him. I figure we’ll let some things be mysterious for a while.
My wife doesn’t consider people I only know online (Dopers, my WoW guild) to be “real” people. I don’t know if she thinks you’re all computer simulations, or fat Asian hackers, or what.
Spouse posts here on occasion. We met in a parking lot many years ago while engaged in geek activities (no chickens were harmed). We started reading SD in a local alternative newspaper early in our married days and lurked online for years before joining, so while the SD did not bring us together, it was one of the ways we strengthened our marriage bonds in the early years.
Pepper Mill never felt the need to follow closely, although she does love some of the stuff this Board brings up. And she contributed to one of the early issues of Teemings
I voted for “other.” My former spouse used to post here, and, in fact, introduced me to the board. My current girlfriend is someone I was fortunate enough to meet via the Dope.
Love is, after all, often about fighting ignorance.