Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish · 23 hours agoMy wife doesnt like when I tell story's that took place before my wife died. She says, "its very disrespectful to refer to them that way."message-squaremessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down118
arrow-up126arrow-down1message-squareMy wife doesnt like when I tell story's that took place before my wife died. She says, "its very disrespectful to refer to them that way."Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squareDokPsylinkfedilinkarrow-up12·21 hours agoYou misunderstand. Their wife is still alive so Everything is still “before she died”
minus-squareynthrepiclinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 hours ago“before she dies” English has a conjugation for that… There shouldn’t be a misunderstanding. What a weird post.
minus-squareDokPsylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoBut they’re speaking of their wife in the future tense as it’ll be a future event. That’s the point and why she’d find it disrespectful
You misunderstand. Their wife is still alive so Everything is still “before she died”
“before she dies” English has a conjugation for that… There shouldn’t be a misunderstanding. What a weird post.
But they’re speaking of their wife in the future tense as it’ll be a future event. That’s the point and why she’d find it disrespectful