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AIBU to despise the term "manshape" with a vengeance

269 replies

figcake · 21/01/2011 22:16

.. and close down all threads where it appears (it appears to be catching on).. bring back "hubby" pleeeeeeese

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Mumcentreplus · 21/01/2011 22:40

I like Hubby...and Wifey ..but I also like bubs and see nothing wrong with BABE...kill me now Grin

amberleaf · 21/01/2011 22:41

I too wasnt aware it one particular posters 'word'

Ive always read it as a negative sort of description too.

Id like to know why that posters uses it.?

ilythia · 21/01/2011 22:41

Er no. He's just watched the Simpsons Movie one too many times.

ilythia · 21/01/2011 22:41

but you get my point?

Original poster
figcake · 21/01/2011 22:42

Mumcentreplus - prefer all of those to He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

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PatriciaHolm · 21/01/2011 22:43

I don't like it either, and have no idea why the user mentioned uses it - I guess it predates my time here. But I don't like Hubby either...!

WimpleOfTheBallet · 21/01/2011 22:43

What's with all the hole in the wall...Dee uses it...she has her reasons.

I read that on another thread a few days ago and am curious! I could ask her I suppose.

I started a thread in chat.which she's on...and after her post some more people came on discussng THEIR "Manshapes" Confused

I waaaant to knooow!

OracleInaCoracle · 21/01/2011 22:44

2shoes, babydancing is sex with the intention of getting up the pole. seriously, the term makes my libido plummet. Ive made dh promise that if I ever use the phrase, he is to withdraw sexual favours permanantly. it reminds me of women who have teddy bears on their beds and say ickle instead of little and dot their i's with hearts or smiley faces

thisisyesterday · 21/01/2011 22:45

SWI is marginally better than babydancing

ilythia · 21/01/2011 22:45
JaneS · 21/01/2011 22:46

Exactly the same imagine in my mind, lissie.

Confused Envy

shinydiscoball · 21/01/2011 22:47

can't say it bothers me, each to their own, it's a lot nicer than some of the things I call my DP! haha.

I can't stand it when people - on FB mainly - refer to their DP as their hubby when they are not married, i.e. "so-and-so is sooooo looking forward to a cosy night in with my hubby". No, he's not your hubby you fucking tit, he's your boyfriend/partner because you're NOT MARRIED!! I hate such electronic PDA's in general anyway.

Oh and today I'm hormonal and grumpy :o

thisisyesterday · 21/01/2011 22:47

presumably said women call it babydancing in case the prospective foetus hears them, after all, you wouldn't want to say sex in front of your un-conceived child would you????

lucky1979 · 21/01/2011 22:48

"I never had an auntie that ruined my knickers and day."

I have! She's not called Flo though and she didn't do both on the same day.

Mumcentreplus · 21/01/2011 22:48

HWMNBN...a mouthful even when abbreviated figgy Grin

thisisyesterday · 21/01/2011 22:49

actually on a serious note... what DO you all call your partners if you aren't married?

i never know what to call dp (aside from dp)

partner just makes me think of gay couples.

other half makes me think NO! he is NOT the other half of me

boyfriend is too teenager-y

what's a girl to do?

OracleInaCoracle · 21/01/2011 22:52

and the same women ask you coyly if they could be preggers even though auntie flow isnt due for another week, can they have a caffinated tea in case it harms the ickle bubs?

I want to scream fuck off you simpering fools, calling your period Auntie Flow does not make it any less periody. you will still bleed and feel like shit and eat your body weight in crap.

TheDevilAndTheDeepBlueSea · 21/01/2011 22:52

I call mine The Giant.

thisisyesterday · 21/01/2011 22:53

and you think "i fucking hope not cos i can't listen to another 9 months of this" lol

JaneS · 21/01/2011 22:54

I say partner; I still sometimes say it now we're married as he's still my partner even if he is also my husband. But then I have quite a few gay friends and none of us like that there's a different word for them and us.

(And I really cringed about saying 'my boyfriend' when he was someone I lived with, who is 6 foot tall with a big beard ... in my eyes a boyfriend is something teenage girls have.)

SecretNutellaFix · 21/01/2011 22:54

LissieGrin

OracleInaCoracle · 21/01/2011 22:55

and you think "i fucking hope not cos i can't listen to another 9 months of this"

Grin
thisisyesterday · 21/01/2011 22:56

I once referred to dp as "ds1's dad..."
then I realised that might make it sound as though we weren't together so I had to kind of go "i mean, my partner, I mean, he IS his dad, but we aren't married"
and I ended up looking a right twat

maybe i should get married just to avoid this predicament?

ilythia · 21/01/2011 22:56

And they are the same women who dress their bubbas up in proper outfits from birth, with hairclips and hairbands and fake trainers and everything because they look so cute

shinydiscoball · 21/01/2011 22:56

thisisyesterday depends who I'm talking to, on here he is DP.

In RL depends who I'm talking to, can be partner/boyfriend/fella/knobhead.... or just his name :)