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"How are the wife and kid(s)" would be considered grammatical, for the reasons Gamileon gave (compound subjects are generally treated as plural). The most idiomatic way of saying this, though, is "How's the wife and kid(s)" with the contraction "How's". Unlike "How is", "How's" is commonly used with a plural subject. Pedants may call this ...
“Me and my wife” or “my wife and me” I keep seeing that it's just courtesy to put yourself last in a list of nouns. eg. "They went to the game with Sally and me" instead of "They went to the game with me and Sally". Is there an official rule somewhere that says this? All i'm finding is people just saying that's the case
The prefix ex-is of Latin origin but the words ex-wife, ex-boyfriend are an extended use of Latin phrases such as ex consule, ex magistro equitum, (one who) from being consul, master of knights (where ex-is prefixed to titles of office or dignity).
@Kay Well, this has been hanging fire for a while. Welcome back. I can properly advise you on English usage in general, but I just don't know whether with and to make any difference here because I'm unfamiliar with the application.
It is sense 2a which refers to a wife. a. The female head of a family, household, or other establishment; a woman holding such a position in conjunction with a male counterpart. The examples given are as follows. You will notice that the those containing the term mistress as opposed to Mrs are very sparse since the 19th century.
If "my wife" reenters the picture, we face an unappealing choice between "on my wife's and my behalf" and "on my and my wife's behalf"—neither of which draws any matches in a Google Books search—and may perhaps also get a sneaking suspicion that "behalves" might sound better than "behalf" unless the interests of the speaker and his wife are ...
Lover on the other hand tends to imply only a specific physical relation ship. "James's lover, Beth, met his wife today." By contrast, you may be more sympathetic to Jake, after all he just wants to be with the woman he loves, but James needs to learn how to handle himself better.
Meanwhile, this page claims that a Dutch wife is a real wife, merely an unpleasant one. The Wikipedia article on Bamboo wife claims without any citation. The origin of the English term "Dutch wife" is thought to be from the Dutch colony of Indonesia where Dutch traders would spend long periods away from their wives. But I'm a bit skeptical.
If a person was speaking of their 'ex-huband' or 'ex-wife', it would suggest to me that they were implying disfavour. 'My former wife' sounds softer. An ex-clergyman sounds to me like one who has been 'unfrocked', a 'former clergyman' one who has retired; similarly with policemen.
Uxorious: having or showing a great or excessive fondness for one’s wife; Henpecked: henpecked husbands; Whipped/ pussywhipped (vulgar slang): every man who is not a complete pussy-whipped sap must hope he succeeds; Under the thumb: The poor guy; he squirms under the thumb of a domineering wife 1; You could also call him an overly doting husband.
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