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It did not. Nobody refers to their current wife as "my first wife." If he was still married to her, it would simply be "my wife"
by function_seven 14y ago
It did not. Nobody refers to their current wife as "my first wife." If he was still married to her, it would simply be "my wife"
- prawn 14y agoThey may do if they have multiple wives, right? In which case, from the perspective of the husband, it might not have been a bad night all around which was my (poorly made) point.
- jonp 14y agoOne (admittedly rare) counterexample is the late Sir Clement Freud: "We remain together. I call her 'my first wife' to keep her on her toes." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/5165998/Sir-Clement-Freud-I-call-her-my-first-wife-to-keep-her-on-her-toes.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/5165998/Sir-Clement-Freud...