Ah, assumptions

[pez]

My mortgage advisor sent me an email:

[...]details of your partner who will be living in the property with you which is a standard question that is always asked when an occupier who is not party to the mortgage will be living in the property. Therefore could you kindly provide me with the following:

- Full name of your partner
- Your relationship with them i.e. boyfriend/husband
- Whether they are financially dependant on you.
- Date of birth

So I wrote back to give him Storme's details.

I think I heard, across the internet connection, a double-take. *amused*

..........OH. Have I mentioned that I've found the flat I want to buy, and given that the mortgage goes through all right, I'll be moving in December? \:D/

Comments

[storme]

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[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

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He replied with "Thanks for your prompt response, I will forward the details on to [mortgage provider]."

:)

[storme]

\o/

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

I wonder if the guy went "oh, squirrel!" XDDD

[storme]

If he starts giving you plants or making wine recommendations, I will be *really* worried.

[reddwarfer.livejournal.com]

You're a better woman than I. I would have been offended by the assumption that I had a husband and not a wife. lol.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

I'm usually just amused by these things, and figure that if I just correct them gently, then they'll be aware next time.

For repeated offenders, however, it's a different matter!

[kedi-kedi.livejournal.com]

LOOOOL, I thought it was one of those Nigerian scan emails that wanted to see if you were free for marriage XDDD

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

Free? No way. *flicks (wig) hair* I charge a very high price!

[kedi-kedi.livejournal.com]

orz *scam -__-

LOL! But they have 100,000,000 dollars to give you!!

And congrats on the new flat! \o/ Will you still be in Colchester?

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

100,000,000 dollars under Mugabe's regime can buy me a coffee! XD

Yup! Looks like I'm going to be in Colchester for good!

[giving-ground.livejournal.com]

How cute of them.

There's a person in my class who persistently refers to my "husband", and develops selective deafness when other words are used...

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

You could start referring to them as the homophobe! :D

[giving-ground.livejournal.com]

And a sexist bastard! But they probably don't know any of those words...

[storme]

I think my instinct would be to just keep getting their gender wrong in response.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

WIN.

[muzivitch.livejournal.com]

One of the consultants at work did a fabulous doubletake when he asked who I was talking (to someone else) about and I said "my girlfriend."

But the best part was when the guy I was talking to dryly said "Better jump in the pool to cool off from that mental image, Daniel."

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

*sporfle*

[semishade (from livejournal.com)]

I'm doing a double take over the moving in December. Why the long delay?

(if you were working with my relocation agents I'd understand it - still waiting for the survey report)

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's because it's offplan! The place will be ready late Nov/early Dec (and I have checked that the developer and that particular development have a good record of delivering on time. ^^)

Kick them!

[semishade (from livejournal.com)]

A bit of a contrast to my 100 year old end terrace then!

[schweinsty.livejournal.com]

Ah, yeah, I was hanging out with my best friend a while back, and we were getting groceries and bickering like an old married couple, and she went 'If I didn't know we were both heterosexual, I'd think we were gay'. And, of course, she's the only person in my RL who knows I'm bi. :P. Eh well.

Hopefully, this guy will learn from you and be more inclusive next time :).