To wish posters wouldn't stick random Ds in front of family members

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DFriend, DBil, DMil, DF (confusing as can be father,friend or fiancé) DMum.

It isn't necessary and makes stories harder to follow especially if they involve multiple family members.

Can't we tactically agree to DD and DS and DH/P? And just say 'my mum, my dad' and so on?

No. I have worries. I share them sometimes on other threads in Mumsnet (and occasionally Facebook).

This isn't a worry...

Yes I got it off the acronyms list don't think I have ever seen it used, I'm going to start a one woman revival

"Maybe we should all be like you."

Yes, I often think that. (!) Back in the real world, It's OK for people to find things annoying, you know, usualsuspect, even if they're things you yourself do.

I've been here years too, by the way. And I always moan on threads like these when they crop up. It doesn't get any less irritating.

But on the other hand, I am serenely unmoved by misuse of parent and child spaces, spelling mistakes in thread titles, and how many times other people wash their bedsheets.

What does dsis mean?

Darling sister kali.

sister. It's got two fewer letters, though! So saves several milliseconds of precious time to type!

MN is not the real world though.

If you have been here years, you should know that.

I'd love to put 'd' in front of my MIL.

but that's a whole different thread

I thought it was to differentiate between DS, not for saving letters.

It's OK to find things irritating on mumsnet too. Mumsnet is full of people being irritated about stuff.

Don't use it or use it - do what you like.
I use the acronyms that were the norm when I joined. I don't think about what their literal meaning is - they just mean husband, daughter - whatever.
If everyone hates them and stops using them they will die out. But ascribing tweeness or anything else to am acronym is a bit weird. It's just shorthand.

Mumsnet is full of irritating people being irritated by stuff.

"I thought it was to differentiate between DS, not for saving letters"

I find that the words "son" and "sister" make that distinction pretty well already.

I don't mind to standard DH, dd, DS. It's when ddog, dfriend, DM are used I get confused!

Sparkling back I see!?

Sparklingbrook ahaha! I see what you did there. You're saying that I'm irritating too! Oh well, I'll live.

Yes. I am dipping a toe back into AIBU and regretting it. I haven't unhidden the whole topic just yet, but looking in 'Most Active' which mainly consists of AIBU.

Not at all Findo. Don't be so paranoid. There are loads of threads all the time having a moan about what's wrong with MN.

Yes you do that a lot!

I tend to think aibu is as bitchy as it's posters.

I hid it because it was soo irritating. i have more MN topics hidden than not.

Findo YABOS

(See what I did there...?)

I like Ddog and Dcat, and if I ever have either, I will always refer to them as such.

I'm sure I've seen DC, DH etc used on other forums too, not just Mumsnet.

Anyway, I'm not a fan. I don't care if other people use them but I wouldn't myself - ever. But then I'm a very fast typist (from a past life as a PA) so "husband" is almost as fast for me to type as "DH", as I'd have to think about the latter. Unless I'm using my phone of course.

I don't mind using OH, MIL etc. But the D makes me cringe a bit.

I love DDog - partly because that's his name and he is a darling dog. Other dog is VDog. Could call her DVDog but she's not round and shiny :)