Why do people put it that way? "Better 1/2"

First off we are WHOLE people (or should be) before we start a relationship.

Not 'half' people who aren't complete with out someone else .. I am fully complete and capable of existing all alone. I just prefer to be in a relationship, but I don't need it to exist.

And why would you look for the "BETTER half" anyway? I would want to bring it ALL to the table, be the best I could be - not waiting for someone else to.



It's like when people say we should give 50-50 in a relationship. We shouldn't bring just 1/2 to a relationship. It should be 100 .. 100 which equals to twice as much in the total end result anyway!



Your thoughts?

I'm with you, I dont need someone to "complete" me as I am whole (100% USDA )

i think that the saying is really meant to mean that the two people are "one whole" and that you would be saying that the other person is "better"....not saying that you aren't complete, but that the other person completes the "one whole" that the two of you represent...i don't know, just my opinion

heya Fran .. ya, makes sense doesn't it?

I'm looking for nice boobs & butts....not quite half, so I'll take the face to go with it....

let's see what else?

Ok following your example, 2 people = 1 whole.

in order for you to allow another person to fill a void, hole or piece is to admit that there is something lacking. (nothing missing here :winking)

We are a couple, we are a unit, we are never singular, follow??? always plural hence cannot equal "one whole" (singular)

I like myself the way I am. And when it comes to a relationship I give 110% always. I don't want or need someone to make me different. I want to share the person I am with them and expect them to do the same with me. One person alone can never shoulder the whole burden of a relationship but the maxim I love you now change never works either. You have to love and accept your significant other the way they are, and if you can't it is time to boogie cause as the song says...Sometimes love just ain't enough~

I think the saying implies that their beloved is the one who made them a better person and is therefore the better half of their wholeness, for bringing out their best as a joined union of two.

heya Nova .. thanks for sharing - but to me this gives the impression the 'cheese CAN'T stand alone' lol

*rolls eyes and sighs* you silly man

When it came to my Ex....it was 50-50, she had the club, I was the backboard....I was the water & she was the part of the glass that was half empty....

why not tell us how you REALLY feel

this is what happens when I wake up too early...

Okay....other than the fact that most people suck at Math(I know i teach the damn subject)....with percents it always depends on what the 'whole' is supposed to be....

In the case of that saying....I think the whole refers to the
'relationship' and it takes 2 to make 1 relationship....but we don't somehow each give 1/2 or 50% and think that makes a whole....relationships are more complex than that & i think that was what you are saying.....

bluesky - it takes 2 or more to make a relationship

wow I need coffee, going for coffee

can you pour me a cup too....haven't made my morning pot yet....

here's to us

To Us....

does this mean we are now Whole....or just 50-50 trying to fill the hole?

meant we were thirsty for coffee



I am 100%, you are 100% together we are 200%

100
+ 100
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200

So what you're really saying is if two people make a whole... then those two people alone aren't complete. Yes?