Me, to my wife: "I mean yes I'm a huge nerd, but if @weirdfizz had a problem with it, she would've left me YEARS ago."
I say. As if we are married or some shit. Like, I'd gladly platonically marry Fizzy for the benefits, but we are both HAPPILY married to entirely separate people. And sure I'm poly, but WHUT.
(Fizz is just the other half of my soul, ftr. That doesn't require romance or anything. Family forever, ride or die, etc etc.)
@ruffboi There needs to be a word for it. Surely some culture has recognized something that is like a platonic marriage where both parties are traditionally married to other people. And it's just accepted in our house that Birdie is family. I was there for y'all's wedding even though I was at the other end of the country!
@weirdfizz You were! And yeah there really needs to be some way of acknowledging that short of like. Adult adoption.
...which theoretically we could do. But that would be ridiculous.