I’m going sound really daft here but …

[Happyandglorious98]

I’m going to sound really daft here but I’ll explain it as best as I can 😂

ok so mumsnet use a lot of things like
DH , IMO , DC , DD , DS and OP

Surely

DH is dear husband
DC is dear child
and So on.

i don’t have a clue what all these actually mean and a lot of the time I just write DH as Dear Husband in that right?

like IMO I don’t know what that means 😂

I’ve been on here for at least 2 years!
im I the only one …. ☝️ 😂😂😂😂

Dd is dear daughter.

So what is dear dad?

I hate the abbreviations.

I get DS confused with sister or son!

I absolutely hate the abbreviations.

I don't like them as a two letter abbreviation is confusing.

Dd is usually dear daughter. But I saw someone use dd for dear dad.

RTFT ,read the fucking thread. Or read the full thread for the prim.

TTC - trying to conceive

For the schoolophiles...

HT - headteacher
HOY - head of year
TA - teaching assistant

Dear dad is usually DF - dear father

I find myself using "the dc" when holding conversations in my head with people. That's when I know I've spent too much time on here and need to read a book. Took me a while to figure them out and there's still some I don't know. Off to click on pp's link.

I was just going to say this. Back then it was quite unusual to abbreviate so much and we all did it.

I imagine it maybe the older members that do this without even thinking, I know I do.

DF annoys me because I've seen it used for dear father, dear fiancé and dear friend which can be confusing.
I thought HTH meant happy to help.

I’ve read most of these comments I’m now even more confused 😕

think it’s the fact that for Example DS
could be dear son or dear sister etc

think i will stick to what i know best and use the proper words what is OP i thought it meant original poster? 😂

I've never once written any of the abbreviations now I think of it. I just my mum , my dad. Etc

Right? I always deliberately reply to those posts with ‘husband’.

Take or leave them.

Ddog and Dcat are ridiculous. Even auto-correct doesn’t like them.

I never use them either as I can't bothered . Some times it can cause confusion between sister and son and fiance and friend . I just don't bother . 🤷🏻‍♀️

I thought I explained it quite well? What is still confusing you?

I always thought DF was dear fiancé

mil - mother in law. Note lack of dear 😂

Surely it's mol and fol as they are the outlaws. 🤷‍♂️

Yes, OP does mean “original poster”. That is not Mumsnet-specific. Here it is in the glossary that was linked on the first page if this thread. As they say, can also be “Original post”.

PFB - precious first born

It took me a while to realise that "CF" was not a typo for "FC" - as in fucking cunt.

It's the phrases that irritate me, e.g. "wearing judgey pants", "give your head a wobble". Complete drivel.

😂😂😂

Everything is a red herring

Ahhh typed with love though.

My favourite is DH when he’s actually anything but!

I think TLDR is rude, especially if they’ve gone on to comment. If you can’t be bothered to read it, scroll by.

I hate them!!

I hated them initially but find myself using them more over time.

For ages, I assumed HTH meant Hit The Hay. Genuinely thought posters meant, sleep on it, rethink it in the morning, get some rest. It seemed to make sense in most cases.