mjmoss:

Haha my Uncle Arthur always does this.

My sister’s boyfriend, who I met for the first time this evening, asked me if I had a ‘partner’ in ‘français’.

I think it was his attempt to speak French (‘attempt’ being the operative word) and at the same time say, “bro, I know that you’re gay and, you know what, it’s cool. I’m a hip and modern kinda guy just like you except I like girls and to be honest I don’t feel comfortable with the word ‘boyfriend’ so I’ll say ‘partner’ instead to avoid anything uncomfortable, you know?”

But in doing so he actually made everything very uncomfortable indeed. Especially when I replied, “no” and for some unknown reason he then asked, “why not?”