The legal recognition of relationships outside traditional marriage has significantly evolved, introducing concepts such as civil unions and domestic partnerships.…
You might remember when your father referred to your mother as “the little woman” or “the wife” – that was commonplace in years past and I really doubt that Dad would be able to identify his main squeeze using either phrase nowadays without raising some hackles.
There are many definitions that identify someone’s significant other and recent laws have caused employer benefit policies to be revamped as a result.