to think all this DH/DS/DD business is very twee?

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Yes, I'm a hypocrite. I use the abbreviations.

But is hunning, hugging and lolling is frowned upon on MN, how come we're all talking about our "darling" family members.

Or is it being used in an ironic sense?

This is why I don't use them. How hard is it write 'my husband' or 'my son'?

::smug::

I don't mind that so much but I get confused by BF (bestfriend/boyfriend) and DS (sister/son). sometimes it's obvious by the context.

Sometimes less so and I do wonder about some people's lives until I realise my error...

Well, 'd' h/s/d could mean a lot of things apart from darling.

Dear, damn, daft, dippy etc.

I'd rather say dh, than hubs or hubby, as most of the time he is daft

I've noticed that Twitterers tend to just use H or D or S or whatever. If I dropped the "D"H, MN might think my relationship was in trouble.

I agree. 'DH' for me is the online equivalent of 'hubby', which makes me feel like smashing plates.

Though I suppose to be fair it could also stand for 'Damn Husband'...?

On another forum I used to lurk on, everyone appeared to call their unborn babies 'the bub', or occasionally 'Lil Miss'.

YANBU, DMB.

Well I am new (although have lurked for a while!) so am glad someone else has brought this up . I HATE it! Particularly reference to another persons 'DC' - why would you say that? You would never say it in RL so IMO, no, YANBU because it is ridiculous and I will not be using it here.

I think its ve ry twee but do use them sometimes , I never say out loud my darling husband or my darling daughter unless im being sarcastic , maybe the whole thing is a play on sarcasim

I have seen elsewhere princess for a daughter id rather use dd than princess ,

I use them, but basically because I think single letter abbreviations are too confusing (tend to be able to mean too many things) and it's better than 'hubby' 'sis', etc.

I tend not to worry about what the D stands for, I think it just makes things easier to understand.

Wait! The 'D' stands for 'darling'?


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i thought it stood for dear. The one that I still don't know the meaning of starts with a P and something like PWOAT? can anyone enlighten me?

I agree but do use them. Wondered about not using the d when I first joined but didn't want to be ostracised.

Yes I think it is twee.
I get really confused with DM (dear mother? it's only one more letter to write 'mum') and DN for niece/nephling.
I too use them but only to fit in.

....and what's an AP?

I think of the D just standing for D
y'know, like D Day

YABU. I don't read it as 'darling' or 'dear' at all,even if that's what it was originally intended to mean. I just read it as ds or son. The darling part never crosses my mind.I'd imagine it's the same for most people.

It's not just a Mumsnet thing either. It's been around for as long as I've used the internet.

That said I do find myself wondering why people are keeping bowel movements/bm in their fridges,or amazed that they'd let their doctor/gp take their dc on holiday,but then I'm easily confused.

Abbreviations are better if you're using a phone. My husband or my parents in law takes a long time to type on a phone keyboard.

But I don't think of the D as Dear or Darling, like SecondTimeLucky I just think using two initials rather than one avoids confusion.

i love that gp mostly means grandparents but occasionally means guinea pigs when the pet threads make it to active. so you get a title like "is it too cold to leave my gp out all night?" hilarity here i tell you!

I thought it was dear. It's just a handy abbreviation. Although come to think of it I don't know why we can't just say H or D or Cs. But YABVU to think it's anything like as bad as hun

I do think it's a bit daft but it's easier to abbreviate so I just go with it.

Sometimes instead of DP I say OH because it is more like something I would say in RL.

When my DH was reading a thread once he said why do they keep talking about Detective Sergeants?

I prefer to think of it as an ab fab "daahling"

In my head, everyone on mumsnet either looks like Eddie or Patsy

What i dont really get is people will type long words but put DD , its just as easy to type daughter as anything else ,