to find the prefix "d" as in ds etc on here really irritating?

[Catnao]

I have never posted on here before, so perhaps you get used to it?

[nickypomtimes]

's ironic, innit?

[NeverEatYellowTaintedSnow]

I hated it at first, but have reluctantly accepted it as the norm.

[LittleWhiteWolf]

what would you prefer?

[Panzee]

I don't use them. I use son and husband (I don't have any daughters!)

[Catnao]

Iwould prefer son, daughter, partner, etc etc. DS had me confused for a bit til I asked a friend - I kept think of the hand held games.

[Iwishiwasasleep]

BH - Bloody husband??

[AgentZigzag]

I sometimes think of DD1 and DD2 as DD

You don't think the words out in full, they just exist like they would do in another language.

Perhaps you recon it should be FC/FD/FS?

[Catnao]

Well - I thought lots of the topics were interesting was why - but that the d business was annoying.

[Maleeka]

I've never used it either, dont know why, but i just cant bring myself to do it.

I always find it odd when someone is slagging off their "DH"

[Dolittlest]

It's just shorthand. I don't read into it too much. I even say my DILs, and they are not dear at all

[AgentZigzag]

Weeelll...you haven't been here long, you'll find there's plenty of other shite to annoy the fuck out of you.

Come back and tell us when you found something

[SlightlyJaded]

Ah but just when you think you are used to it, a new one comes along and you spend hours trying to decipher it without asking. As in:

'AIBU to think that DH should not have told DSBILTR' (Darling Step Brother in Law Twice Removed'

Ok I exaggerated a bit, but I do still sometimes come across 'family' acronyms that make me

[MrsChemist]

It's not just MN that uses them though. A few parenting forums I've been on have used DS, DP, DD etc.

[curlymama]

I like how you can leave of the 'd' from DH when you're pissed off with him, and everyone knows what you mean!

[Catnao]

Yeah, I get that. But the - d1, d2, s1, s2? Don't find mine dear or darling some of the time. In which cas the substitution fs etc would be good, whoever suggested that. :)

[Unrulysun]

Fuck knows what you'll make of the pom bears then...

[Catnao]

God - they post fast on here!

[mitochondria]

YANBU.

I don't mind typing that. But I find "ds" and "dh" irritating, and never use them. I can type quite quickly, and there isn't a limit on space here. So I manage the whole word "son".

[gapbear]

YANBU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!