Debate over Bride versus Wife?

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Ten years from now, when you and your husband are meeting some one new, would you rather him introduce you as his "wife" or his "bride"?

Example: Nice to meet you, I'm Frank. This is my beautiful (bride/wife) Joan.
 
I actually prefer "blonde bombshell" hahaha... which is how he introduces me now. I hope it lasts! But I like wife too. Or bride. Or other half. As long as I am his ( =

Good luck!
 
Wife...as in husband and wife. After all, would you introduce him as "my bridegroom, Frank"?

There's this American guy I hear on the radio sometimes who always refers to his wife as "my beautiful bride, Sherry." and it sounds so cheesy and patronizing...I actually feel a little nauseous when I hear it!
 
I agree with the person who said it's paternalistic. Oh, here's my bride. It's like saying, here's my pretty doll. Instead it should be, this is my wife, my ally.
 
As long as he doesn't call you the ol' ball & chain, you're doing okay.
 
I prefer "wife," but either would be fine by me.

My parents have been married over 30 years, and my father still refers to my mother as his bride. It's always struck me as a little odd (mostly because they don't have the happiest of marriages, so it always comes off as slightly ironic).
 
I think I prefer wife. I liked my husband to call me his bride when we were first married, but not really when I was introduced. I like being introduced as his wife. It makes me feel proud. Plus, if I was introduced as his bride 10 years from now, people would probably assume that we had just gotten married.
 
If I remember correctly, I read that you are actually only a bride for the day of your wedding. Prior to that day, you are a fiancee and after that day you are a wife.

I have heard guys refer to their wives many many years after the wedding as their bride, but I think they do so to be sweet and adoring, letting everyone know that they see her as being just as young and beautiful as the day they married.

Personally I think it's a little cheesy. I'm definitely a wife, and we've only been married 7 years
 
Personally, it would matter on the setting to me. If we are in an informal setting or just out and about I think it's cute when a man introduces his wife as his bride. It makes one think of newlyweds and just lovey dovey-ness. In a business setting though, I would prefer to be addressed and introduced as a wife. I think it delineates a bit of respect and permanence, like you two have weathered a lot together and are in it for the long run.

On a side note, when someone introduces their wife or husband, I think it's more appropriate to introduce someone as "Jessica, my wife" as opposed to "My wife, Jessica." To me it's like saying "this is someone important to me who has a name and how they are significant to me" as opposed to "here is my property, she has a name."
 
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