DH has started misusing "myself", like he's an estate agent or works in a call centre. WIBU to LTB?

[MardyBra]

He had very good grammar when I married him in the last century.

It's very embarrassing.

[MardyBra]

I have a habit of typing "kind retards". I've taken to signing off with "all the best".

[sandalsinthebin]

DH has recently started intoning up at the end of sentences, so every sentence sounds like a question....just like a Californian valley girl (he's 55). So twattish. Just WHY?

[louwn]

The yourself thing makes me cringe and laugh at the terrible grammar! I like to think I work with clever, well educated people but have heard it in a work context from one guy, I almost threw a stapler at his head.

[limitedperiodonly]

I never get cold calls from call centres.

I feel smug about that now but I imagine that in 25 years time, when I'm forgotten because I haven't invested nearly enough time making friends, I might welcome someone from whichever is the tiger economy of the time pretending to know about EastEnders and asking if I am wetting myself tonight.

I don't feel confident about much about the future except the longevity of EastEnders and the inevitability of incontinence.

[NewtRipley]

sandals

Oh no? Like that's just so annoying?

MY DH, on the other hand says things that sound incredibly snappy and rude until I twig that he's "being" Basil Fawlty. Literally took me 10 years of marriage to realise that him saying "I KNOW, I KNOW!" every time I asked him to do something because he was quoting a Fawlty Towers sketch.

[MardyBra]

DD has the upwards intonation and, like, sporadic use of "like".

[NewtRipley]

Mardy

Ikr (Iknow, right)

[breatheslowly]

Does he hang around with people with crap grammar? I think you should of seen this coming.

[MardyBra]

I was ridiculed by my teenage for not, like, knowing what "yolo" meant recently.

[NewtRipley]

It seems to be the thing round here for perfectly normal girls to talk like (correct use of like) something from Made In Chelsea

[ShirakawaKaede]

I'm sorry, I can't resist:

"Allow myself to introduce.... myself"

(from Austin Powers - just made me think of it).

[MardyBra]

teenager

(am trying very hard to avoid typos and poor grammar on this thread)

[ScarletLady02]

I worked on a helpline for two years and have NEVER used "my/your/themselves" in that way....


.........So we're not all bad

[PoshPaula]

I've had nearly seven years of "not being funny, but..." In front of almost every sentence at times. Another favourite of his is 'it is what it is'. I don't even understand that one. Intensely irritating.

[MardyBra]

Scarlet I did apologise to all estate agents with reasonable grammar. I would like to extend that to anyone in a call centre or helpline who doesn't do this.

I knew I'd get into trouble somewhere. In fact, I'm surprised I managed three pages without a flaming.

[sandalsinthebin]

Kind of forgivable for DDs and other girls but just not for a 55 year old man. It makes me want to punch him repeatedly until he stops it

[MardyBra]

Anyway, I need to pop off for a bit.

I'll see yourselves later.

[Preferthedogtothekids]

I, myself, felt I had to email an Estate Agent when they stated that a Victorian property had a 'dearth of wonderful period features!'.

[DuchessFanny]

paula i say ' it is what it is ' ALL the time, I can see a tick forming by my husbands eye even though he says nothing and inwardly cringe.

Think I need to join a support group, but, you know ... It is what it is ...

[PoshPaula]

I'm not being funny, but duchess that is very annoying.

[mrsmalcolmreynolds]

Duchess I know this makes me a bit of a pedantic wanker (makes a change from the estate agents at least) bur I think in this context the word is "tic".

[GodRestTEEMerryGenTEEmen]

I actually broke up with a boyfriend once because he said 'it is what it is' all the fucking time.

[PoshPaula]

I must say (massive generalisation alert) it does seem to be a phrase preferred by men rather than women.

[PoshPaula]

One of the managers at work recently said 'I'm looking for my bang for my buck' and he was not joking.

[Lovelybitofsquirrel]

Newt Love the Victoria Wood clip!