Hi fins - it means "other half" - at least, that's what I've always thought, maybe I've been using the wrong term all this time! Mine might be a bit odd at times (aren't we all?!) but he's far from ordinary!

Maybe it is a male / female thing as some of you have suggested - a few years ago we both did a psychological test thingy which showed how male or female your brain was, and we both scored near the middle. Here it is: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbo...add_user.shtml

Also, he has had some therapy himself - initially it was to help with some anxiety issues but it was also somewhere he could offload about what was going on with me, and seek reassurance that he was doing all he could (which he was).