"the" wife

[Tom Kysilko]

At 06:53 PM 10/11/1999 -0400, Beverly Flanigan wrote:
>Men used to be called "the boss" or "the old man," right?  I'm not aware of
>studies of this distinction though.

My father(*) used to call my mother "boss" to her face (with affection) and
more frequently would refer to her as "the boss".

(*)b.1912 WI, some college, m.1941, WWII, construction-related sales in MN.

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