Thank you! Oh no, I did not plan to write anything, I just did wonder about it as I heard it so frequently. The thread in the community got quite a lot replies, and some said that they even hear it now in some places. Most said though that it was indeed a long time ago.

I stumbled first about "the wife" in an action figure forum where someone said that she should rather not find out how much money he spends on his figures. Maybe it was said in jest but if not it makes me rather sad, that he can't share what apparently is important for him. Naturally, everyone there assumed I was a boy as well ;)

And from the discussion I learnt the new term "her indoors" as well. Only to be used jokingly of course.

Is this what the movie title "Little women" actually means? I always thought it was because they were not full grown women yet.