to absolutely detest the word "hubby"

[Odysseus]

I can barely bring myself to write it, let alone ever say it.

I don't think there's been any bitchiness DriverDan, just some teasing. I certainly have no malicious intent behind my ribbing.

And, thanks for the advice on not using the word if I don't like it - unsurprisingly I don't! However, what with the AIBU forum being about opinions, I thought it would be interesting to canvass some.

I'd hasten a guess you have some embarrassing name for your "hubster" seeing as a nerve has been touched??

I don't actually! Can't stand any of them, although do use DD, DH etc on here.

But this is just done all the time and I just get fed up of people constantly critising people's language, grammar, writing style. That's just my opinion though

*criticising

If you're going for brevity, why bother with the D then.

YANBU to personally detest it, your perogative.

my perogative not to detest it and use it as much as I like - probably even more now I know it winds some people up

I personally dont like hun but I know loads of people who use it and, as I have a life, I dont give it any great thought.

Think I only use "hubby" when writing though, in RL I would use his name.

Yanbu. I post the same or similar thread title at regular intervals - would hate to see hubby becoming a regular word on my pet forum. I object in the same way as I object to textspeak, preggers, preggo, upduffed, baby dancing, baby wearing, yada, etc.

Me too - I even feel offended when someone refers to DH as my 'Hubby'. It's up there with 'cuppa' - makes me want to scream

I'd rather hear 'hubby' than 'boyf'. The word boyf makes me really quite angry, for reasons even I don't understand.

Ugh YANU. Always hated it - is soooo white trash.
Especially hate it when used as a pronoun. eg 'When Hubby comes home' 'hows Hubby' etc etc

I use hubby on forums . It took me ages to get used the whole 'd'h/dp - all I could hear in my head was 'daaahhhling'.But I dont call dh hubby to his face. I use his name. Or his full name including middle if he is in trouble.

L8rallig8or - agree with you on the 'boyf' thing - hate it too. OK if you're 15 or younger but not anyone else . . .

Strangely, I can't use the word "husband". It sort of sticks in my throat on the way out and I find myself battling not to sound like the Queen.. "my husband and I..."

Bizarre!

I'm the same singingsands but unlike yourself I rather enjoy sounding like the Queen, I do stop short at using the royal 'we' though...

I'm also most likely to use the word Hubby if I know that it will make a person's teeth itch. Every abbreviation of any word is going to nark someone off. But yes, boyf... no no and no.