# Pardon me I think I need a Judge's ruling here.  He said WHAT?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-i-think-i-need-a-judges-ruling-here-he-said-what/412040>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 16, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-i-think-i-need-a-judges-ruling-here-he-said-what/412040 "2007-07-16T22:00:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-i-think-i-need-a-judges-ruling-here-he-said-what/412040/21 "2007-07-17T01:17:54Z")

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[QUOTE=jsgoddess]  
I called my brother-in-law my brother-in-law long before he and my sister married. I didn’t think boyfriend carried the weight, especially since they had been living together for over a decade.

Now that they’re married, I still call him my brother-in-law, but I’m not fudging the truth to do it.  
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Every time I say “my brother’s partner” I then have to specify that it’s a woman. Which makes “my sister-in-law” really tempting, no matter how much she’s not the marrying kind.

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-i-think-i-need-a-judges-ruling-here-he-said-what/412040/22 "2007-07-17T03:01:17Z")

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‘My bitch’ doesn’t have that _je ne sais quoi_. 🆒

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**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-i-think-i-need-a-judges-ruling-here-he-said-what/412040/23 "2007-07-17T03:35:28Z")

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Maybe he doesn’t know that the word “fiancee” actually means formally engaged, he just thinks it means something like “really serious girlfriend who I can see myself marrying one day”?

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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-i-think-i-need-a-judges-ruling-here-he-said-what/412040/24 "2007-07-17T05:24:22Z")

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[QUOTE=Purplkid\_Caterer]  
Erm, no. He specifically mentions a vacation that he and I will be taking together. Good thoughts, though.  
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How bright is the guy? Because maybe he does have a Fiance as well as you and he’s really dim enough to think he can invite you both on a vacation, split his time with you both and get away with it.

Like some wacky sitcom episode.

😉

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**Author:** ![Yag\_Rannavach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/858c86/32.png) [@Yag\_Rannavach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yag_Rannavach)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pardon-me-i-think-i-need-a-judges-ruling-here-he-said-what/412040/25 "2007-07-17T05:28:53Z")

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[QUOTE=danceswithcats]  
‘My bitch’ doesn’t have that _je ne sais quoi_. 🆒  
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Didn’t we decide on “jizz jar” in that pit thread about ‘the wife’? Or are we reserving that honor for married couples only?

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