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Other Half Or Partner Arrgh!
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Is it me or does "oh" sound clingy and needy? Like I'm only a half but then my other half makes me whole but if their not there I go back to being only half again.
It sounds slightly like the person is down grading themselves. My friend uses that term and it drives me nuts as she can't see what I'm saying.
The other term is "Partner" When someone introduces their boyfriend or girlfriend and says "This is my partner mike" and you're thinking "You've had 5 kids and have been with him for 20 years, doesn't he deserve better acknowledgement"? Don't you think "Partner" sounds clinical, robotic and loveless?
I use boyfriend or girlfriend.
Which terms do you use and if it's oh or partner why do you use those terms rather than use boyfriend/girlfriend which sounds more loving and exclusive?
When did these phrase rear their heads anyway?
It sounds slightly like the person is down grading themselves. My friend uses that term and it drives me nuts as she can't see what I'm saying.
The other term is "Partner" When someone introduces their boyfriend or girlfriend and says "This is my partner mike" and you're thinking "You've had 5 kids and have been with him for 20 years, doesn't he deserve better acknowledgement"? Don't you think "Partner" sounds clinical, robotic and loveless?
I use boyfriend or girlfriend.
Which terms do you use and if it's oh or partner why do you use those terms rather than use boyfriend/girlfriend which sounds more loving and exclusive?
When did these phrase rear their heads anyway?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I used to get into trouble with Partner when I worked with a single guy in a business - if I introduced him as my partner, people assumed we were living together :-)
Partner is fine if you are in a relationship but not married, it's factual and what else would you say? I use OH frequently, as does my OH, who is actually my husband.
Boyfriend and girlfriend are completely inappropriate for anyone over the age of 25. Man friend and woman friend sounds very unaffectionate, if more adult.
Partner is fine if you are in a relationship but not married, it's factual and what else would you say? I use OH frequently, as does my OH, who is actually my husband.
Boyfriend and girlfriend are completely inappropriate for anyone over the age of 25. Man friend and woman friend sounds very unaffectionate, if more adult.
Henrietta, you said
When someone introduces their boyfriend or girlfriend and says "This is my partner mike" and you're thinking "You've had 5 kids and have been with him for 20 years,
It's hardly a boyfriend, then, IMO. To me, a boy or girl friend (apart from being a teenage term) is someone you don't live with, someone you date.
When someone introduces their boyfriend or girlfriend and says "This is my partner mike" and you're thinking "You've had 5 kids and have been with him for 20 years,
It's hardly a boyfriend, then, IMO. To me, a boy or girl friend (apart from being a teenage term) is someone you don't live with, someone you date.
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