I'd kind of like to introduce DCP as an acronym.

[SpringchickenGoldBrass]

Meaning 'Dear Co-Parent'. I can't be the only person with a perfectly amicable but not sexual/romantic relationship with DC's other parent. And am fed up of typing 'DS' dad' and arguing with myself about the apostrophe all the time.
Mind you I have been thinking about whether there might be a better term than co-parent.
Child's Other Parent Who Is Not My Partner? That makes COPWINMPY. No, that won't do. Acronymic cheating could make ChOPWIMP (CHild'sOtherParentWhoIsn'tMyPartner) I suppose. Hmm. So me and Chopwimp took DS to the park...

Oh come on it's not as annoying as Manshape by a long way.

Parents without benefits?

Iyswim?

Jesus Christ (or should that be JC?) the last thing we need is more acronyms

can i sound all cynical please>? perhaps even bitter?
lol
sorry, am in too much of a good mood as have almost finished my essay, but, i think that you may simply be in unique position to be even thining of such an acronym. most people not so lucky.

I read DCP as day care provider, which is what we call nursery staff over here. But I'm sure I can get past that.

I do think a lot of posters who are co-parenting with a non-partner are unlikely to want the "D" part, though.

OK I am not wishing to upset anyone who's stuck with a horrible co-parent, I suppose (given that it's late at night and cider has been taken) I am sort of thinking about how if there was a happy, snappy term for nice co-parent then maybe promoting the name of it would encourage the idea of it ie XPs to not behave like knobs so much.

I can see what you're trying to achieve here Stuff.

Create a pleasant moniker (?) and perhaps it will become desirable to try and fit into that pigeon-hole.

I'm not for one second assuming that every relationship can or will reach that stage.

I have a DCP so am happily supportive of you SGB.

CTR: Me neither. Obviously there are some fuckwits out there who are either not capable of treating anyone decently, or who get so consumed with bitterness over the end of a relationship that they cannot seperate their anger at their XP from the need to co-operate for the sake of DC.
But at the moment, partly because of the way society prioritizes couple-relationships, it's kind of expected that separated people hate each other, and will only endure contact because of DC: look at the way people who are on friendly terms with XPs are regarded with suspicion.

HRWT but YANBU

DCOP - Darling child's other parent?

I am of your co-parenting relationship. I also never use the 'DP', 'DH', 'DS' acronyms, but I can see why you might want one.

But OMG @ 'Manshape'. WTF is that?

What about DEX, as in Dear Ex?

TobyLerone Manshape is the term used by Deemented (and isn't really used by other posters) and she has explained on many occasions why she uses this phrase over any other.

i like that SGB.

Let's not have another use of manshape bashing thread.

C-P might work for co-parenting as CP has many meanings.

I didn't read the comment about manshape as bashing it. I read it that the author of the thread didn't like it.

I have now searched the 'manshape' thing, and still hate it. It is personal choice, of course, and anyone is entitled to call their partner/husband/whatever anything they like, for whatever reasons they like. Doesn't mean everyone else has to like the word. Personally I find it to be a word which makes me physically (although inexplicably) shudder. To each her own, though :)

Aaanywaaay...back to the 'DCP' thing!

i too have searched the manshape thing out of sheer nosiness and can't find why, would someone link me to it please? :)

Oh, I thought you meant Dear Civil Partner, SGB!

What about just using DSD or DDM (Darling/Dear Son's Dad or Darling/Dear Daughter's Mum). It sounds neutral, is less inflamatory than ExP so anyone can use it regardless of the tone of their relationship with their Ex, but it implies (or we could learn to understand) that this means you are not together as a couple.

superv1xen, the poster who uses it explains it in this thread on page 7 (and I'm sure in many other places too).

Nah Chopwimp has to stay, it's great.

i love this idea SGB. i m not at teh point where EXP is 'dear' to me (though that is a hope for the future) but i do like the idea of DCP (or something similar) as an acronym

I thought Dear Civil Partner too, though I suppose most people in a civil partnership would just use DH/DW