Welcome to My Para-Kin.  What's this all about, you might ask? It's about gaps in the English language.  Let me explain. It was quite by accident that we stumbled into this word dilemma. A few years back, my partner and I went to the ER at a local hospital.  On the intake form, he was given three choices as to who had accompanied him.  His choices were "acquaintance," "friend" or "spouse." None of those applied and as a typical man, he...