Do you talk to your DP/ H in a stupid voice?

[YonderRevoltingPeasantWhoIsHe]

AIBU to think this is a natural evolution in a relationship - that you develop a particular voice to talk to your DP in? Like some kind of private joke between you?

Like, ever since we watched The Wire about five years ago DP does the voice of Senator Clay Davis periodically ('Sheeeeeeeit') and calls me 'muthafucka' (in an affectionate way, really!). He is from Yorkshire in reality.

Ever since he made a big deal about getting a cat I do this weird cat voice when I talk to him. Once we were going for a walk late at night and I was talking to him in it and our NDNs came round the corner - they have never looked at me quite the same way...

Is this a normal thing that happens in a relationship after a few years or are we just freaks?

freaks

Yeah, my 'DH' voice is sort of shouty and frustrated...

I get DH to say 'hello dave' like Papa Lazarou occasionally

I do stupid voices with the cats/dog, but not when anyone else is around.

But not to DH, I know what it sounds like when someone else does it, and it's not good. No reflection on your relationship though

Sounds like the usual private jokes that develop

Usually best kept private because the outside world just doesn't get it

oops too late

no.

My dad used to do a 'special' voice. mardy, whiney, creepy child voice, whenever he wanted mum to do anything for him (cos he'd never get off his arse, just come home from work, lay on the sofa and have us all wait on him hand and foot )

That bloody voice pissed me off so much that there's no way in hell I'd do any sort of weird voice in my relationship, or be very impressed if Himself tried it.

We're both southerners and I will sometimes break into a northern accent. I have no idea why.

After a few years?!?! Think we had our "things" within a few weeks, way back in 1994 (!)

Every healthy relationship should have these peculiarities that make the relationship special and personal. Anyone who witnesses these personal things normally thinks they are weird; they are meant to. It's a "you had to be there" thing.

oh, meant to say - I think he thought it was 'cute'.

It wasn't.

Agent - it probably is.

Meeeeeow.

dp sometimes talks to me in a weird john shuttleworth voice that makes me want to hit him

oh gawd, I've given meself the crawling heebie jeebies just remembering it

My sister makes inanimate objects talk to her DP.

Okay, maybe saying EVERY healthy relationship was wrong.

Didn't mean to offend anyone

In answer to the OP...

yes, we do...

I think it's just like little "in" jokes, me and DP have a few. Maybe to TMI but if we ever walk in on each other while we're getting changed or coming out the shower we sing "sexy lady, woah woah woah, sexy lady" in a funny voice. It really is quite funny to us but can see how it might not be funny to others so I keep that quiet in RL! I once even caught DP singing it to himself whilst preening himself in the mirror, you wouldn't think it about him if you met him in the street!

oh, you're not talking about me are you? if you are - you didn't offend me, not at all. I'm just reliving the horror of the creepy whiney man child voice "gwet me a dwink, pweeeeeeeease"

I am amazed I didn't stab him.

We have in-jokes, but I save the weird voices for the dogs.

DH has been known to start talking on purpose with a NZ accent.

He does it because he knows it makes my skin crawl.

Abusive bastard that he is not really

Okay Hecate that is creepy. My DP just shouts, 'Yo muthafucka, cup of tea?'. Not quite the same league. And not when MIL is around.

Katie - leave him.

I think every couple does little things that just make each other laugh, DH and I currently do impersonations for each other of the rather creepy voice that one of our DS's toys has, but we mostly speak to each other in our normal voices (we clearly need to get out more)

I know a couple that seem to only ever converse in babyspeak to each other, I find that really quite creepy.

I would Yonder but he's on his works night out.

Enjoying himself till 11pm when he has to get the train home, rock n roll .

Bastard

that sounds like some weird shit

no. we are adults.

no, but we do both talk to the dog in a daft voice. . I hope no one ever hears us!