I find it strange to read of people being affianced for years.
I thought traditional etiquette meant a fiancé was someone you were going to marry in the next year, two at most.
For example, without mentioning names, look at a former president’s son and his paramour, now “engaged” for five years. And all the people who already have children together who simply say they are “engaged.” But English is a living language; shall we all just assume the meaning of “engaged to be married” has changed?
GENTLE READER: Yes, the current meaning of “fiancé” is someone in a couple who are getting along well, and plan to marry after decades of planning an extravagant wedding -- or never. Miss Manners has noticed that in crime reports of domestic assault, the term is “live-in boyfriend.” However, years-long engagements are not really new. Time was when people spent those years saving up to be able to afford to marry. Can you believe that?
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