My loving and supportive wife expressed about a month ago how I could, if I wanted to, dress more often around the house. There was a long discussion prior to that about how I thought her acceptance level had gone down and blah blah blah (all things that were apparently made up in my head, but not what she actually felt). So with this new enlightenment I've started dressing randomly. She likes this, as for some reason, I get more in the mood to clean and am just generally a little more pleasant and helpful around the house. Here's where the tricky part comes in.
When I've been dressing, she's gotten into the habit of calling me "b*tch". As in (and not in a nasty tone) "hey b*tch, you need to do the dishes".
This isn't offensive to me, but I was curious as to why. I know she wouldn't like it if I called her that, so.... I asked her "what's up with that". She said she doesn't know, but seeing me dressed and all and with the blonde wig, it just brings something out of her about Cindy. She mentioned that she doesn't mean it to be offensive either...oh and that it's better than a few things she's almost called me...but she doesn't know why it happens, it just does. She also mentioned that even when I dress more in her style (meaning more work-appropriate wear vs short skirts, etc), she still thinks about Cindy as "a dirty little wh*re who needs to be put in her place" and that even with the longer skirts and all "(I) know they can get shorter real quick".
I almost find it pretty funny and none of it has ever been said in a mean way. Has this type of thing ever come up with anyone else?