On Wed, 14 May 2014 15:02:26 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
>
>"Doris Night" > wrote in message
>news
>> Julie, why can't you refer to your family as "my daughter" and "my
>> husband"? Why is it always "this person" or "one of the other people
>> in this house" or somesuch?
>>
>> Doris
>
>Because as you can well see... Every time I do, someone pokes fun at them
>or picks at me for over sharing.
That's a bit silly - everyone knows who you are talking about. It just
seems quite rude to me. It sounds like you feel they are nothing
better than minor annoyances. If my husband was in the habit of
referring to me as "the other person who lives here" I'd be extremely
hurt.
Doris