I’ve sorta been going on that assumption all along.
And Mrs. Evil Captor says, “Bwahahahahaha!”
Try “main squeeze”.
Meh. Sniffs_Markers and I are never gonna get married anyway.
So neener! Neener! Neener!
Say “Mrs. Username” or “Mr. Username” is a very convenient way of establishing a relationship without resorting to the more frosty “my spouse”. At least a name (whether you think it stupid or otherwise) makes ther person a bit more of… well, a person!
Does this mean I can’t refer to my wife as Mrs. Steinhardt?? 
Zev Steinhardt
I think that’s okay, zev, but Mrs. zev_steinhardt is right out.
I met a guy who referred to his wife as “my spouse” exclusively in everyday conversation. I found it a little creepy, though I can’t quite put my finger on why.
He says that only because I will not allow him to refer to himself as “The guy who was lucky enough to woo and steal GingerOfTheNorth away from Canada”.
I don’t see the problem.
Thank God Portland is marrying same sex couples. Now instead of Mrs Shoshana (which is funny, in the manner of me saying “Women–can’t live with 'em and can’t live without 'em”), I can just call her “the wife” or “the missus.” Though frankly she prefers “Doctor.”
Oh, wise and glorious Carnick… please do tell us what we can call those whom we Dopers sleep with (or want to sleep with, as the case may be). We are here to please you, obviously.
Does it really matter what someone calls their spouse or boy/girlfriend? Are you that bitter? Did someone pee in your Cheerios?
I would never refer to my husband as Mr. jsgoddess.
jsgod is so much shorter. 
So is the kabbess still OK?
(Answer: no, she’s frickin’ awesome. Ho ho.)
But, but, but…we love you.
Why must say such hurtful things?
hmmmm…
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maintaining the convention of message board anonymity - check
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articulating status of relationship while maintaining said anonymity - check
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with sufficient posts, providing enough anecdotes so SO’s nickname is a character on his/her own - check
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pushing Carnick’s buttons - priceless
as for me - whaddya want? - WordWife thinks the whole premise of message boards are kinda silly/geeky anyway - if she thought I pierced the veil of anonymity and used her real name, she’d heckle me to death.
I like using Mrs. carrot. What else would I call her? I suppose I could try Angua, but then everybody’d get her confused with the Angua that already posts here.
Ain’t that the truth. To the letter.
Although I don’t talk about my hubby, SO, spouse, sometimes- thorn-in-my-side very often on the the boards (I reserve all that for LJ) I don’t see anything wrong with calling him Mr. Mermaid.
If I simply referred to him as Thom, 99% of you wouldn’t know who I’m talking about. He doesn’t post so he has no user name and if I called him my lover that would sound like a SNL sketch.
And some of us would think you were married to the designer guy on Queer Eye, which would be sort of odd, given that yer a girl.
The convention ranted against in the original post has been a pet peeve of mine ever since my girlfriend Colleen introduced me to this message board. Maybe it’s irrational. I dunno. I don’t feel comfortable describing someone as an extension of myself. I’d never think of my girlfriend as Ms. James.
Anyway, I don’t understand why first-name anonymity is so precious around here. I’m James; my girlfriend is Colleen. I live in Kentucky. Should I fear that our identities will be stolen?
:writes James and Colleen, Kentucky on a small scrap of paper and shoves it in pocket:
Whistling innocently
And then some of us would hate her for marrying our own true love…
What?? Thom just hasn’t met me yet!!!
I find the Mr./Ms. (screenname) thing really annoying too. It’s just way too cutesy for my tastes. Why can’t we just use “my husband/wife” or “my boyfriend/girlfriend,” like most people do in normal everyday coversation. If I were talking to co-workers, who didn’t know my boyfriend, I wouldn’t refer to him by name, or Mr. nyctea scandiaca or whatever, I would just say “my boyfriend.” I also hate hate hate the term “significant other” too. Uck.