"Other Half"

BrowmThomas

I see it a lot here and also on certain social media sites where people call the person they are in a relationship with their "other half".
Anybody else HATE it?? I think it is a bit desperate if I'm totally honest. We are all individuals, I don't get why someone feels the need to use it.
Recently single (my choice) but if I had been with him for 30 years, I would never, ever refer to him as my "other half"!

Dozer Dave

Its a trivial annoyance.

Jen Pigs Fly

The bitterness in this thread is awfully high

U ok Hun?

calanus

People Think A RelationShip Makes You Whole, That It's Two 50%'s Coming Together To Make 100% When It Should Be Two 100%'s Making 200%

darkpagandeath

To the Internet it's Probably discrimination to Siamese twins !!

BrowmThomas

No bitterness. Being single was my decision and I'm happy with that. Just a term I don't get.
True Calanus :-)

buried

"Other half" to me means the Half a yoke I'm about to take

conorh91

What is going on? Has AH suddenly become a manual to political correctness?

I sometimes say "my other half", but I still know I'm an individual. It's just a casual and light-hearted way of pointing out that you make the decisions of your household jointly with another person.

jesus christ. Is this really the kind of thing people are worried about?

buried

conorh91 wrote: »

What is going on? Has AH suddenly become a manual to political correctness?

I sometimes say "my other half", but I still know I'm an individual. It's just a casual and light-hearted way of pointing out that you make the decisions of your household jointly with another person.

jesus christ. Is this really the kind of thing people are worried about?

Probably. There's another thread up in here filled with people worrying about other folk that are drinking beverages that don't advertise in the champions league or the heineken cup

BrowmThomas

You are entitled to an opinion as I am.
Nothing to do with political correctness, just saying it is a term I personally hate and wondered if others did too.
It is something I have noticed more and more.
I lived with an ex boyfriend for a few years and he was that, a boyfriend. We shared lots and split things equally but as a couple.

eternal

Couldn't give a hair off a donkey's ass about OHs. You're either getting ridden or you're bitter.

SoftMicro

I find people that refer to their 'other half' as kind of under valuing themselves

Davidius

Best course of action is to refer to yourselves always as 'we', a bit like the Borg.

eternal

I was going to go to Sebenhams and buy my OH a hanky but I thought Browm Thomas would have nicer ones.

Littlekittylou

[QUOTE=BrowmThomas;94591737Anybody else HATE it?? [/QUOTE]
No.

SparkySpitfire

People use OH as shorthand for partner on the internet, I've never heard anyone say it in real life.

Partner is easier than gf/bf/wife/husband/personI'mseeing so there's no specific label on it.

But why type partner when you could use OH?

BrowmThomas

Glad you realised the name is taking the p eternal!
No offence Littlekittylou, agree to disagree.

BrowmThomas

I have heard lots of people use it in person aswell as on Internet.
Just something that makes me roll my eyes when I hear it.

Tarzana2

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

The bitterness in this thread is awfully high

Yours was only the third post.

I've used it a few times on boards, I think, out of convention but yeah, I don't like it either, OP. It's a bit needy. I usually use 'BF'.

Tarzana2

SparkySpitfire wrote: »

But why type partner when you could use OH?

Because it takes probably less than a second more to type the longer version? I've heard tonnes of people use 'other half' in real life.

Ruu

Hate is a very smelly word.

Tarzana2

eternal wrote: »

I despise OP. Everyone should type out: the person who posted the original post that created the thread that I refer to.

It being an acronym isn't the point. The long version was brought up also and criticised. But I'm sure you know this. Well, I hope you do anyway. Otherwise ----> :eek:

gazzamc

I honestly couldn't care less, i usually see it used in a jokingly way.

eviltwin

Could be worse OP. They could use 'significant other'.

OU812

Interesting that you needed to point out that it was your choice to be single...

Charlie19

Polo necks are gay.

galljga1

Davidius wrote: »

Best course of action is to refer to yourselves always as 'we', a bit like the Borg.

Yeah, but which one is one of two?

BrowmThomas

OU812 wrote: »

Interesting that you needed to point out that it was your choice to be single...

I was called bitter earlier.
Just clarifying why I'm not.

Omackeral

eviltwin wrote: »

Could be worse OP. They could use 'significant other'.

Or 'hubby'.

Worse still, when referring to them, incorporating their username into it. Myself and Mrs.eviltwin were out last weekend. Die!!!

OU812

BrowmThomas wrote: »

I was called bitter earlier.
Just clarifying why I'm not.

Mmmmm.... I don't know.. you do come off as a little bitter... to seems to bother you because nobody refers to you in that way. It's probably about as far from the truth as possible, but that's the way you come off.

You started the thread about how much you hate it, and in the same post, call out that you're single & it's your choice... that smacks of being bitter.

Red21

I think it's used when other words may misrepresent someone, say you and your "other half " were in their mid fifties and only just got together you'd be slow to say BF/GF as it might give the wrong idea or say you were in your early 20's had been with someone for a year and are now married, you'd be slow to use wife/husband. Partner suggests long term but not married with the possibility of kids.
Maybe i'll warm to it but I hate using "my wife" it's kinda got a ball&chain ring to it.

The_Valeyard

The other half of the arguement could disagree.

conorh91

eviltwin wrote: »

Could be worse OP. They could use 'significant other'.

Omackeral wrote: »

Or 'hubby'.

Worse still, when referring to them, incorporating their username into it. Myself and Mrs.eviltwin were out last weekend. Die!!!

Or the one those desperate housewives use on their online forums, 'my DH'? It stands for Dear Husband.

They also have DS (dear son), DD (dear daughter).

Some sociologists have studied this, and they think it's a way of allowing stay-at-home women to criticise their families in public whilst maintaining a kind, maternal self-image. It's a bit sad really.

galljga1

I had a friend who used to refer to his wife as the auld cu*t. It was not far off the truth but still objectionable. Strangely enough, they are no longer together and he turned into an auld boll1x.

Red21

OU812 wrote: »

Mmmmm.... I don't know.. you do come off as a little bitter... to seems to bother you because nobody refers to you in that way. It's probably about as far from the truth as possible, but that's the way you come off.

You started the thread about how much you hate it, and in the same post, call out that you're single & it's your choice... that smacks of being bitter.

Was it the same person who wrote both paragraphs of this post?

IvyTheTerrible

Doesn't bother me.
OH is quick to type on boards. Also, I'm with mine too long to call him my "boyfriend", partner feels like it's a business arrangement, and we're not married so he's not my husband. There you have it.

punisher5112

That's how your other half referred to you op is that why you dumped his a##.

Suppose guys say it more as women can be controlling and of course men also.

I for 1 would not go out of my way to upset the oh because the oh would go mental all together and never have I referred to her as my oh so maybe my oh will not hate me for not calling her my oh.

Wow glad got oh out of my system.

BrowmThomas

OU812 wrote: »

Mmmmm.... I don't know.. you do come off as a little bitter... to seems to bother you because nobody refers to you in that way. It's probably about as far from the truth as possible, but that's the way you come off.

You started the thread about how much you hate it, and in the same post, call out that you're single & it's your choice... that smacks of being bitter.

Definitely not bitter, I ended a relationship that wasn't going to work. No big deal, we will still talk.
I would NEVER let a guy call me his "other half", I have always been referred to as girlfriend or partner for long relationships.
I really didn't mean it to come across that way.

Zippie84

BrowmThomas wrote: »

I see it a lot here and also on certain social media sites where people call the person they are in a relationship with their "other half".
Anybody else HATE it?? I think it is a bit desperate if I'm totally honest. We are all individuals, I don't get why someone feels the need to use it.
Recently single (my choice) but if I had been with him for 30 years, I would never, ever refer to him as my "other half"!

Detest it. Never had an 'other half' and never will have.

I am a full and complete person in my own right, and I believe it would say a lot about the type of person I am if I was to call another person my 'other half'.

harry Bailey esq

buried wrote: »

"Other half" to me means the Half a yoke I'm about to take

Pffft half a yoke..Crystal meth is where its at,I dunno whats in it,but by jaysus I can't stop f"#kin smokin it :pac:
I can't figure out how people can be annoyed about something as trivial. I think its a kinda nice way to describe your partner.I think the op is only acting the bollix to be honest. I've noticed over the years that all the trolls,p1sstakers cranks and nutters seem to be much more abundant on Sundays

anncoates

It's irritating but only mildly. It's not something I'd get annoyed about.

TheBeardedLady

Online OH doesn't bother me personally as it's shorthand for your partner. Hubby does me head in a bit.

It's hard to choose a name to refer your partner to without coming across as a teensy bit smug, even if that wasn't your intention. I like, "me fella" as boyfriend sounds ridiculous for a grown man of 45. Partner sounds too formal and stiff. It's a toughy.

OP is not bitter for having the audacity to have an opinion as a single person . The idea that all single people are bitter for simply having an opinion on aspects of relationships is stupid - people who come out with that ****e come off really snidey imo and I'd rather be bitter than a snide (well, I wouldn't want to be either but you get my point).

BrowmThomas

punisher5112 wrote: »

That's how your other half referred to you op is that why you dumped his a##.

Ha, ha, ha. He knew better :-)

thunderdog

TheBeardedLady wrote: »

Online OH doesn't bother me personally as it's shorthand for your partner. Hubby does me head in a bit.

It's hard to choose a name to refer your partner to without coming across as a teensy bit smug, even if that wasn't your intention. I like, "me fella" as boyfriend sounds ridiculous for a grown man of 45. Partner sounds too formal and stiff. It's a toughy.

OP is not bitter for having the audacity to have an opinion as a single person . The idea that all single people are bitter for simply having an opinion on aspects of relationships is stupid - people who come out with that ****e come off really snidey imo and I'd rather be bitter than a snide.

For me other half doesn't tick the trivial annoyance box. But himself/herself or hubby are right up there on the TA list

harry Bailey esq

eternal wrote: »

Couldn't give a hair off a donkey's ass about OHs. You're either getting ridden or you're bitter.

You said what we're all thinking

Baby Jane

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

You said what we're all thinking

Not me. The "bitter" thing here (not necessarily in other cases) seems a rather mean-spirited way of shutting down opinion.

BrowmThomas

.I think the op is only acting the bollix to be honest. I've noticed over the years that all the trolls,p1sstakers cranks and nutters seem to be much more abundant on Sundays[/QUOTE]

No need for the bad language thanks.
Last time I looked, I was allowed to express an opinion.

dark crystal

I say other oh because he's the other half of the couple I'm referring to in a post or conversation. He's not the other half of me, although why anyone would see that as something to be narked over just smacks of political correctness gone mad. Who actually cares, like?

Boyfriend sounds teenagerish (I'm almost 40), partner sounds too formal and we're not married, so what is the correct term to use so as not to cause offence to those people who give a shit about such utterly trivial things?

Tarzana2

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

Doesn't bother me.
OH is quick to type on boards. Also, I'm with mine too long to call him my "boyfriend", partner feels like it's a business arrangement, and we're not married so he's not my husband. There you have it.

But if you're not married, he is your boyfriend or partner. I fail to see how 'other half' is in any way better.

Baby Jane

Matter of opinion on how "partner" sounds I suppose. I think it sounds grand. Does exactly what it says on the tin.

Tarzana2

Zippie84 wrote: »

Detest it. Never had an 'other half' and never will have.

I am a full and complete person in my own right, and I believe it would say a lot about the type of person I am if I was to call another person my 'other half'.

Something a tad co-dependent about it. At least it feels that way for me. Like said, I think I've used it a few times on here out of convention. No more!

I like catallus's post, a couple makes 200%, not 100%.