“...his former partner...”
You mean, spouse, girlfriend, ex-lover, etc.
The homosexual left co-opted the word ‘partner’.to indicate their significant others. It pains me to see that usage creeping into the general population.
I correct heteros whenever I see them slipping into that.
Yes, I was just too lazy to go back and read the article again when writing a synapse. I can not recall if it was wife, ex, or gf. Sorry, didn't think it mattered. I don't hang with the homosexual left (or right) so I was not aware I was making a vocab sin.