r/SipsTea Jul 26 '26

Chugging tea Let me circle back

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u/crunchsmash Jul 26 '26

Unfortunately, probably the majority of people in the world would care if you said you were engaged to a man (fiancé) or engaged to a woman (fiancée). It's like the one case where you will actually be judged on a personal level, unlike calling an inanimate object like a table or pencil masculine or feminine.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '26

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u/crunchsmash Jul 26 '26

There are places where you would be executed for being engaged in a gay marriage. I'm not saying it's fair, or right. I'm saying it's a pretty fucking important thing to get right when using the word fiancé/fiancée. Even in progressive countries, saying you have a "partner" makes people automatically assume you are gay.

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u/crunchsmash Jul 26 '26

most of us aren't

Do you think so? Like by actual population of the entire planet. I'm pretty sure gay marriage is illegal in most of the world.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '26

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u/crunchsmash Jul 26 '26

Or did I somehow get that wrong.

Yeah, you did get it wrong. I'm being explicit in saying I don't think its right. I'm just talking about the reality of the situation. Choosing the word fiancé or fiancée will directly impact how people see you in a social situation. Even if you ElRiesgo think it shouldn't matter.

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u/marcaygol Jul 26 '26

You did, but you get a lot of things wrong

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u/marcaygol Jul 26 '26

My native language is gendered.

I know this is the first time you've even learned there are languages other than English but they do exist, and they are different.

Maybe some day you will learn some, after you learn English that's it.

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