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'My other half'

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  • persa
    persa Posts: 735 Forumite
    I write "my OH" online, I say "my boyfriend" in real life.

    The alternative is to start talking about my "bidie-in"! (Live in partner.) Now that really is local dialect!
  • System
    System Posts: 178,431 Community Admin
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    I prefer to use the name Husband though i rarely use it on a forum and usually use the term hubby though i aint particularly keen on the name but i hate DH, OH even more.

    I'd prefer to be referred to as 'my Wife'.
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  • dragoneye454
    dragoneye454 Posts: 107 Forumite
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    The one I can't stand is 'the Mrs'. Me and my Fiance work together and they always refer to me as 'the Mrs'. I have a name. I am a person and we aren't even married yet.
    GRR!!:mad:
  • jackieb
    jackieb Posts: 27,605 Forumite
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    persa wrote: »
    I write "my OH" online, I say "my boyfriend" in real life.

    The alternative is to start talking about my "bidie-in"! (Live in partner.) Now that really is local dialect!

    Oh aye, bidie-ins. We hae them inna. :D
  • miss_independent
    miss_independent Posts: 1,191 Forumite
    I'm not keen on the term "other half" either. I detest being asked if I have a "partner", it's so PC and to me partner refers to a gay couple or a business partnership - asking if I have a "partner" is like saying, "Are you a lesbian or shacked up with someone?". I'd much rather be asked if I have a boyfriend or husband! But then, even though I'm 28 I am a traditionalist.

    Also "partner" reminds me of cowboys - "Howdy Partner!".
  • thegirlintheattic
    thegirlintheattic Posts: 2,761 Forumite
    I use other half as boyfriend seems too 'childish', partner makes people think your gay and we're not married so hubby is out.
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  • burnoutbabe
    burnoutbabe Posts: 1,338 Forumite
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    i would generally ask if someone had a partner. As I wouldn't like to assume they were NOT gay, and therefore partner covers either sex.
  • Torry_Quine
    Torry_Quine Posts: 18,895 Forumite
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    burnoutbabe wrote: »
    i would generally ask if someone had a partner. As I wouldn't like to assume they were NOT gay, and therefore partner covers either sex.


    If someone asked me if I had a partner then the answer would be no. I have a husband, to me partner means living with someone without being married.
    Lost my soulmate so life is empty.

    I can bear pain myself, he said softly, but I couldna bear yours. That would take more strength than I have -
    Diana Gabaldon, Outlander
  • Amber_Sunshine
    Amber_Sunshine Posts: 1,741 Forumite
    It could be worse. In Spain, when someone is looking for a partner, they refer to "buscando a mi media naranja".

    That means looking for my half an orange ...
  • motherofstudents
    motherofstudents Posts: 1,358 Forumite
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    Of course I always refer to 'my better half......'

    Only joking
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