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I guess literally it lends itself to the idea of being two halves of a whole but I think it's just another term of endearment in reality. There are two halves of a relationship after all, so I don't think it relates to being incomplete as a person when you're alone.
I use it interchangeably with loads of other terms: boyfriend, partner etc. I've never really thought about one being more irritating than another...
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This is why I'd use it. Boyfriend sounds a bit young person and temporary, partner makes me think same sex but ashamed of it, and significant other is just too much of a mouthful.
To be honest I don't think too much about what it actually means. To me it's just a throwaway phrase.
I think I just called her 'my girlfriend', or 't'missus' (as it wound her up).
Boyfriend sounds like Im 12, fiance sounds daft, partner sounds too formal. I hate hate hate people saying "the boy". Maybe I'll just call him thingy.
What really annoys me is when men say 'the wife' :mad: sounds really dehumanising.
Or Captain
I think of "other half" as something really long term or married. So I wouldn't call him that. And "partner" does seem like a same-sex relationship, etc etc. What everyone else has said really .
I don't mean anything by it though, its just a term isnt it!
Although I say the misses more often than not.
But yeah, he is my other half as well. I'm a complete person obviously and have my own life, but there are certain parts of my life that don't function without him and vice versa. I'm sure if we broke up they'd go back to normal, but it's just part of our relationship. So "other half" is a good term really.
I used to call him my boy person.
I had a friend who called her boyfriend 'him' all the time. I felt really sorry for him, especially since I can't even remember his name since she hardly ever used it.
I just call my boyfriend James or my boyfriend but more often than not just James, unless the person I'm talking to doesn't know him.
Or Ben.
Sometimes Boyfriend, sometimes Partner.
I think it depends on the situation. We live together so i do find boyfriend a little bit... impermanent.
I don't have a problem with this either.
Even gods were men and women though, that would mean they were more imperfect than humans at first.
To friends I call him all sorts of daft names, or more often by his own name, which I do with everyone who knows what his name is. It is a problem knowing what to call him.
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