It's amazing how many women here get upset about being noted as the 'other half' of a marriage . What do you think a marriage is ? A marriage is to 'merge' or 'become one' or 'pair up' etc ...
A marriage isnt a marriage with one person, you can't marry yourself you idiots , it's only a marriage when it involves another person , so instead of getting all your undies in a knot and getting upset over being known as the other half of a marriage, YOU ARE !
Unbelievable how offended and dumb some of your responses are !
Look up the word 'marriage'. Its not a whole equation on it's own . Its TWO people who make up a merging of a bond . Marriage doesn't exist in singular form . So yes , you ARE HALF of a couple. Stop being so offended for being noted as the other half. Yes you are a whole independent individual person in your own right , but you are HALF of a 'marriage'.
Can't believe this even needs to be explained.
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Sometimes people stop valuing themselves as a person in there own right. They view themselves as incomplete and not enough because there husband has left or they are about to separate.
So it’s important when someone is saying things like that is to point out they are enough, they are entire person and don’t need another person to make them better or whole.
Personally I’m on the side of I work as part of a team but I am complete and whole in my own right.
Maybe you need to take a step back. You seem to be extremely upset that people feel differently to you.
Can't say I've ever seen this be an issue??
See, this really is just a matter of perspective.
I don't view marriage this way, I don't view any relationship this way.
Relationships just are what they are, they're not an object that can be divided into his half and her half - they are literally just a concept.
Marriage to me is commitment, love and support. Not about being half of something.
I don't really like being referred to as the "other half", it just doesn't represent how i feel. I dont think that makes me an idiot...
I'm not offended, nor do i care if other people see their marriage this way though, so i kind of feel your hostility is unwarranted and maybe directed specifically at 1 or 2 people.
This is one of the strangest rants I’ve ever seen 🤔
People getting angry about other people getting angry is my favourite type of irony though 😂
You sound unhinged. Get help.
I agree.
So you disagree with others view points so you call them dumb and idiots?? Great plan. Did you feel better after your rant? 🙄🙄🙄
I think the rant is common sense and I'm still confused about why it was posted lol.
This whole topic, has once again gone over your heads . It's not about what you call a relationship nor what the dynamics are . It's what the meaning of the word marriage means.
It means to merge together and needs more than one person to be a marriage so therefore you are one part of that marriage. A whole individual person, yes , but not a whole marriage without another , which makes you the other half. The word Marriage is plural not singular. Its fact , not opinion. Some women got very opinionated several weeks ago and offended in a post by saying they aren't the other half of their marriages and then aired their grievances on bring noted as that . You are one half of a fraction as a marriage requires another object or person to be called a marriage .
You are becoming one with something . Merging .
You could for instance , marry the sunshine or marry the night . All as that means is to merge with another thing to become as one . So when people get so offended and upset over being described as the other half of a marriage, it's ridiculous, because that's EXACTLY what a marriage is. Its simply not based on opinion, we can't change the meaning of a word to suit ourselves . So instead of taking offence to being called the other half, the better half etc .. understand that when people say it , its coming from a place of the real meaning of the actual word . Not an assumption .
The definition of marriage is a legally recognized union.
But you don't get to dictate how people define their marriages because you think they interpret the meaning of marriage wrong. That's the point you keep missing!
And if something a few women said on an online forum weeks ago is still bothering you this much, i suggest you take a break from the internet for a bit. It's not heathy to dwell on things that really aren't that important!
Seriously mate, let it go for your own sake. You can't force people to see things the way you do!
Hahah you have totally again, missed the point . I'm explaining what the word means, not who interprets it in their own right .
And as for needing an internet break , I work 3 jobs and have only just been able to get back online , I hardly ever get on the internet , but yeah , you know that about me dont you ? Just because you are always onto the topics as they arise , doesn't mean we all are. I have a busy life and will get back to discussions when it suits me thanks!
Um, okay then?
I'm not gonna sit here and argue with you, I just thought you might be willing to hear other perspectives and maybe see it's a precious waste of your energy by getting riled up over this but your combative responses have made it clear to me that you're not here with an open mind, you just came here to tell people that they're idiots for using the term marriage wrong. So I'll wrap it up and let you carry on.
Peace out ✌
Why so angry? And, if your point is that their are 2 halves to a marriage, that doesn't mean that my husband is MY other half. It means he is the other half of our marriage, not the other half of me. So if you want to abuse people because their thoughts aren't logical, maybe be sure that your own logic can't be questioned. Better yet, just accept that different people have different likes, dislikes and perspectives and be glad for that. If everyone was exactly the same, life would be really dull.
#1 . There is nothing in the post that states anger . Its frustration that some women on here hate being labeled 'the other half' on other previous posts , and it's still happening on this one , and they are offended to be called the other half of a 'marriage' . Idiocy !
#2 . And you've called it the other half of the marriage but not the other half of 'you' . And I agred ! I never anywhere said it's the other half of 'you', infact I clearly even said, yes we are an individual person in our own right, but we are half of a marriage, so it's not offensive to be called 'the other half' when its referred to in the union word of 'marriage'. So yes , you got it right on being able to understand what the word means but then went on to decline hes not the other half of 'you' as a person when I too never said that anyway.
#3. I never made up the word 'marriage' and its meaning , it literally means 'as one, unite , merge , become as one' etc .. This is the part I'm referring too . It's meaning is in the dictionary in black and white but yet everyone is still saying its open to perspective and personal opinion . It's not. The word has a meaning. There's no assumption about it . Look it up.
I'm bored now , I'm done here .