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Can someone please explain to me the meaning of this terminology?
I have always believed that the term 'trophy wife' was akin to being called a bimbo. I’ve never regarded it as a complimentary term. But on Saturday night a frosty faced, ‘mutton dressed up as lamb’ old bat referred to me as trophy wife and actually said it as if she was giving me a compliment. She had no idea she offended me. It’s not often that I am lost for words, but she stunned me into silence.

Is it an offensive term or am I wrong in it’s meaning? I asked a couple of the girls at work this morning and they reckon it doesn’t really mean what I interpret it as. They also thought it was quiet funny. Hmmm, I am still too ****ed off to see anything funny in it.

Geez, I’ve been called a lot of things in the past few years, but trophy wife, bloody hell!

So, if anyone knows what it does really mean, please tell me. And if it does mean what I think then I am going to make that old bat’s life miserable.
 
That money is the only reason a withered old man could get such a hot, young wife.

So, she was paying you a compliment and bagging you at the same time.
 
Originally posted by Squeak
That money is the only reason a withered old man could get such a hot, young wife.

So, she was paying you a compliment and bagging you at the same time.
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My husband is not a withered old man! Jesus, he's 43. And I am not a hot, young wife either. :p
 
a trophy is a possession, a wife is not, so yes it is insulting.

akin to arm candy.
 

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Whether its an insult or not depends entirely on context.
 
'Trophy Wife?? YEH A WRESTLING TROPHY!!!!'

*Headlock* *gouge*

Brain to Goo: uuhh... why do I have these recurring visions...Women rarely fight...let alone..yeh..


<sneaks away>
 
I've always thought of a trophy wife as one that is a prized possession, to be shown off. When someone says "he has a trophy wife" I think they are saying, he has picked his wife for her looks rather than the person she is, so he can say "look at me, I have a hot wife that everyone else would die for". I could be wrong but that's the impression I get.
 
Originally posted by Bee
Can someone please explain to me the meaning of this terminology?
I have always believed that the term 'trophy wife' was akin to being called a bimbo. I’ve never regarded it as a complimentary term. But on Saturday night a frosty faced, ‘mutton dressed up as lamb’ old bat referred to me as trophy wife and actually said it as if she was giving me a compliment. She had no idea she offended me. It’s not often that I am lost for words, but she stunned me into silence.

Is it an offensive term or am I wrong in it’s meaning? I asked a couple of the girls at work this morning and they reckon it doesn’t really mean what I interpret it as. They also thought it was quiet funny. Hmmm, I am still too ****ed off to see anything funny in it.

Geez, I’ve been called a lot of things in the past few years, but trophy wife, bloody hell!

So, if anyone knows what it does really mean, please tell me. And if it does mean what I think then I am going to make that old bat’s life miserable.
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Errr...I think she may have been mistaken in its meaning. It usually refers to a bloke, maybe a bit older, usually well off financially, having a pretty young thing to flash around. If you and he fit the criteria, then yes, she deserved a kick to the buttock region.

However, I presume you were in Hobart when this comment occurred, whereby I would consider that a trophy wife could be a wife from the mainland with a bit of class and intelligence. In Tassie, that is a most rare and prized posession! ;)

To be honest, I would have given her a kick in the petticoat for good measure.

Go Glenorchy!!
 
Originally posted by FIGJAM
However, I presume you were in Hobart when this comment occurred, whereby I would consider that a trophy wife could be a wife from the mainland with a bit of class and intelligence. In Tassie, that is a most rare and prized posession! ;)
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Of course Figgy, that must be it. She knew we were from Melbourne, so it was my class and intelligence she was referring to. Phew, and here I was thinking she was insulting me. :D

Originally posted by FIGJAM

To be honest, I would have given her a kick in the petticoat for good measure
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Trust me I'd love to kick her somewhere. But I don't think it would be a wise move. She's married to my husband's boss, the big boss, the CEO type of boss. Mightn't do his career too good if I stuck the boot into her.

Originally posted by FIGJAM

Go Glenorchy!!
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Ewwww, working class!;)
 
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Originally posted by Bee
Ewwww, working class!;)
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Collingwood Magpies
Port Adelaide Magpies
Glenorchy Magpies

All working class. I have grown up supporting these teams since I was a pup, yet I would probably be classified (if I had to be) as being closer to a yuppie. Go figure!
 
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Originally posted by FIGJAM
Collingwood Magpies
Port Adelaide Magpies
Glenorchy Magpies

All working class.
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Proof that magpie supporters know their place in life. ;)

BTW my Tasmanian rellies are all North Hobart supporters, so that may well tell a tale too!
 

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Originally posted by Bee
And I am not a hot, young wife either. :p
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Another image shattered. Thanks very much.
 
Originally posted by Nic
Speaking of images being shattered, FIGJAM's a Tasmanian?


He hides it so well.:p
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Explains a lot anyway.
 
Originally posted by sussudio
a trophy is a possession, a wife is not
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Welcome to the 1990's.

Damm feminists, hippies do godders. Soon they'll want permission for benders to get married.

Like Homer J Simpson once said "You see this!? (points to wedding ring). This means shes my property and I own her."
 
Originally posted by Porthos
Whether its an insult or not depends entirely on context.
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The context? Okay, she said it in conversation as to why she reckons my husband should move to Sydney and work in head office there. Something along the lines of ' You've got all the necessary ingredients. You're 40ish, you're bright, you're ambitious, you look good and you have the obligatory trophy wife!'
If you ask me, she meant it exactly the way I took it! And yes, Im still bloody seething about it!
 

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Originally posted by Nic
Speaking of images being shattered, FIGJAM's a Tasmanian?


He hides it so well.:p
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Grew up in Hobart's exhillerating Blackman's Bay, but Dad was transferred to Sydney before I was 10. I'm told if we'd have stayed there a month longer, there would have been irrepairable damage and I would have had to marry a cousin.

Lived in Sydney for three years. Later I was advised that had I have stayed there a month longer, I would have turned gay...not that there's anything wrong with that!

Transfer again to Adelaide. Lived there for 5 years. Was told that had I have stayed there a month longer, I would have wrongfully considered Adelaide to be the best at everything in Australia and began to pronounce words with rounded vowels, such as dance (pronounced: darnce).

And here I am in my spiritual home, Melbourne. I reckon I've stayed here a month too long!
 
Originally posted by Bee

The context? Okay, she said it in conversation as to why she reckons my husband should move to Sydney and work in head office there. Something along the lines of ' You've got all the necessary ingredients. You're 40ish, you're bright, you're ambitious, you look good and you have the obligatory trophy wife!' If you ask me, she meant it exactly the way I took it! And yes, Im still bloody seething about it!
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that's pretty much an insult, and to say it in front of you as well! it also seems to be a throwaway line; her point (of moving up to sydney) is not diminished without the trophy wife comment. does she have it in for you or something? I would have told the old bat to **** off.
 
Bee, the best way to get her back for her snide remark is to slip a mickey into her drink at the next function you attend. ;)
 
Originally posted by sussudio
that's pretty much an insult, and to say it in front of you as well! it also seems to be a throwaway line; her point (of moving up to sydney) is not diminished without the trophy wife comment. does she have it in for you or something? I would have told the old bat to **** off.
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Don't know what her problem was. She was from Sydney. She is married to one of the bosses from head office, so that explains her stance on moving to Sydney. I don't think she has it in for me. Maybe she's got the hots for hubby! :D
But what the poor silly old bat doesn't know is he is leaving the organisation and setting up a partnership in his own consulting business. And when that happens I won't have to worry about telling her to get ****ed! She can keep her bloody rat race city and her offending comments to herself. I'd rather be a trophy wife than a silly old moll, anyday!
 

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