BTW flashman, where do i put my name down for that golf trip in thailand?

Whitesammy people often say "partner" when they live with their girlfriend/boyfriend but are not married. It sounds better than defacto.

you can call me ignorant but did i not choose my words carefully when i listed "GIRLfriend\WIFE..."? I obviously knew he was refering to a woman i was just wondering kaner's gender. I did not intend to come across in an offending manner but it appears i happened to touch a couple nerves with some of you. Also, it was not the fact that he\she(at the time i wasnt sure which) could have been hinting that they were gay that "bugged" me, but rather the fact that he\she chose to use the word "partner" instead of just saying girlfriend or wife.

and no kaner i have a girlfriend and although my username is sammy im a guy whose name isnt actually sammy. For those of you who might ask, its a nickname from high school.

so im assuming that none of you would like to withdraw your critical statements against my reading\observation skills?

I didn't say a word so nothing to withdraw <grin>.

You have a point WhiteSammy, kaner406 could have been a female. So happens that he wasn't but you weren't to know that.

Actually, kaner406 couldn't have been a female: "(I've heard of brothers coming to blows over the game [guilty]..."

And women tend to be horrendously manipulative when it comes to this sort of game - I'd try and avoid playing with them altogether!

wow! all this anti-female diatribe...

Ok: I have no reason to be ashamed of called my wife my parter. after all we share everything, why should I feel bad about calling her my partner.
Secondly, so what if I was a woman? isn't that a fantasy of most blokes, com'on, lets get serious here, woman on woman... wouldn't W.S.y get excited about the whole situation? give me a break.

Partener, Girfriend (wtf is that anyway??? she's a girl; she's a friend... who cares eh?). secret lover. [oh please keep something secret on this forum...] )

grrrr,

(sorry lads [the majority] who have been equal/equal)

'And women tend to be horrendously manipulative when it comes to this sort of game - I'd try and avoid playing with them altogether!'

Really? have u played with many women, what do they do then? that makes them so maniulative

Partners don;t only have to be female...

My boyfriend doesn't mind me playing at all, but isn;t into it either.