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It’s interesting that most people make the assumption that if you describe your significant other as “partner” it is likely a same sex couple. That’s my usual first take as well, but I actually like the term to describe a significant other better than say, boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife, ya di ya di.
Yup, I've been in my (heterosexual but not married) relationship for long enough that the word "girlfriend" doesn't really feel like a good descriptor anymore.
And "significant other" is such a mouthful. Partner makes sense and is easier to say.
That is due to frequency of use in past decades carrying over as a habit. All the gay people I've known in the US used partner in the 90s through whenever we finally legalized marriage (2015?) because they weren't legal.
Those same people tend to still use partner, because old habits are hard to break.