Hubby, hubbie, other half etc

[SnookyPooky]

Sorry but these make me so angry.
I can't read a thread with them in it.
That's all......

I fucking hate the accepted 'DH' that's used on mumsnet. I've never used the work 'darling' and just use the term to fit in on here.

I say OH because we are not married and I'm not going to use his real name, what the hell else am I supposed to call him on here? Partner makes it sound like I'm in business with him.

But I'll be buggered if I'm saying 'boyfriend' thirteen years and one DC in, in my mid-thirties!

Quite agree (except I have 2 kids and I'm sadly older )

Can't say I'm in love with OH or the longer other half either but what else is there?

Ev1l, I know - language just hasn't caught up with modern life yet! I do increasingly use OH because, as much as it's crap, it is the best shortcut and it actually avoids husband, partner, boyfriend etc.

My friend calls hers "the hubinator" which I quite like.

My Wife uses the term Hubby and she likes it which is good enough for me.

Her indoors or the Wife is usually how I refer to her.

Maybe we're just old fashioned and for that we make absolutely no apologies

Am I odd to have no issue with hubby (use it myself at times) but cringe at wifey?

I'd call myself a feminist as I believe is equality for all. Hubby to me doesn't have negative connotations where as wifey makes me think of "the little wifey" which does.

I do loathe hubs and hubs.

And I feel really cross when men refer to "the wife".

Hub and hubs, sorry.

One poster uses manshape for a specific reason? How intruging.

I mean intriguing.

I use DP on here. In real life I say other half. Because partner jars and I am not saying boyfriend at 36yo.

Agreed! Likewise 'the mrs' or 'the wife'. Or mah wifey

Partner implies same sex relationship or a business partnership. It's a gross term that leaves 99% of people confused as to the exact nature of the relationship

"Hubby" is awful. It's just as easy to say "husband".

I absolutely cannot abide OH as it implies that the poster considers single people to be incomplete.

DP sounds like a business partnership.

I have always used boyfriend to describe a man I am in a relationship with but not married to. I am 48. I don't see what age has to do with the term boyfriend and I have friends who also use the term who are in my age group. Maybe it's a regional thing? I am in SE.

The reason it is annoying on here when people refer to their husband when they are not married, is because often the advice given would be different if they are married or not. I am frequently amazed at how many posters seem to think that they have the same rights as a married woman in a split just because they own a property together and have DC.

Dh gets on my wick its no different to Huby or other half really, partner also seems weird to me no idea why it sounds like a business arrangement

Oh xpost about partner

I know somebody who has a life partner makes me want to curl up in a ball so cringey, she introduced him as this is steve my life partner I tried not to laugh

I remember a woman I knew vaguely introducing a bloke to me saying "This is Myandy" and I said "Hello Myandy nice to meet you." Got a very funny look before I realised she meant My Andy

Oh myandy

I don't mind the D's, they're just a shortcut really. As someone said it saves time in the explanations. Always thought the D was "dear" not "darling" though.

It crops up in loads of forums where people talk about their families, even if they are not the main purpose of the forum. Although MN is the only place I've seen "DP" - it's normally OH is it not?

Really hate "wee man" or "little man" for "my son" though. The weird thing about this is loads of people will say "This is my daughter Senga [or whatever] and this is my wee man!" to the extent there was one woman I knew for five years before I found out what her son was actually called. He was always "the wee man" and I started wondering if that was, in fact, his name.

I hate the shortening of names of family members on here, DH, DD, DS etc. it's not that difficult to write husband, daughter and son (especially son as it's only one character more). Before I got married I called my husband my partner. I don't care if people thought he was a woman (although he doesn't look too feminine). He wasn't my husband so why would I say he was? We often still call each other our partners as we forget we're married sometimes.

Why would I give a shit about fitting in on mumsnet? I will call people what I want to, and not change what I write to 'fit in'

I fucking hate the accepted 'DH' that's used on mumsnet. I've never used the work 'darling' and just use the term to fit in on here.

I'm a bit nonplussed about it. Like, I think the D is weird. Good that you consider your husband or children dear to you, but it doesn't fill in any blanks.

Also, xdh? Why are you calling someone you're divorced from "darling"?

Oh yes xdh is just weird, I get confused by the dss or the xdsgd im usually thinking just say who you are talking about