about a colleague who constantly refers to her husband as 'hubby'

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It's driving me nuts!

What's the female equivalent, wify?

Hah, squoosh, my parents do that, I'm 26! They then look apologetically at each other... it's certainly not on purpose but I think it's too ingrained now!

Oh god, 'my lover' is far worse. Yeurghhh. Why would you want to force people to picture you naked for goodness sake.

Kill her.

There isn't a jury in the land that would convict you.

scribble do you think they call each other Mummy and Daddy when they're in the.....marital chamber?

Yes, sqoosh, "who's the big daddy" or "yeasss, mummy" yelled in the bedroom does wonders for the libido.

Well there's my lunch gone....

Ughhhhhh. That'll teach me to be on MN when I should be working!

Awaiting sugar levels and tolerance levels to regulate.

Oh god I hate this too but have never told anyone or written it down!!! It makes me want to vomit. I also disliked it when I was pregnant/kids were little and midwives would refer to me as 'mum' and my child as 'baby'. Made me cringe.

People who constantly call their husband "hubby" or "hubs" give the impression that they only validate themselves by reference to the fact that they've managed to hook a man and get him up the aisle;

Or maybe they just don't expect everyone to remember his name, so call him hubby so you know who they are talking about.

Sorry scribble. That was unforgiveable of me!

...........I'm sure that actually call each other 'big boy' and 'naughty girl'.

I hate it too, in fact any twee names set my teeth on edge. I feel the same about 'little man' or 'princess' for children.

I hate 'little man' too. Said by the same sort of person who would refer to a baby or small child as being 'sexy', aaargh

My mil calls my fil my lover it's so awful I die a bit inside esp as he's gone a bit gaga and is quite nasty to her (to be fair he's always been an arse he's just lost the polite veneer)

Lover is ok because it is regional and so I don't mind it.

Hubby is shit. She probably gives him a Christmas card that says 'to my darling hubby at Crimbo'.

Yes, it makes the husband sound like some kind of comical character. Another thing I hate it the whole 'Mr T' or 'Mr H' thing used a bit like hubby is!

I had a colleague who referred to all her friends and family by their names. Sounds fair enough, but when you don't know that Bob is her BIL, Sarah is her sister, Mary is her cleaner, Susie was her best friend, Martha was her mum etc. it made her stories indecipherable most of the time. I'm quite happy for people to say 'my husband/fiancé/partner/sister/brother/best mate' as it puts whatever they're saying into context and saves you having to ask 'who's Bob'?

Can I have the stapler after you please OP. My colleague says Haitch instead of Aitch

YANBU - I have an acquaintance who refers to her husband as hubby - TO HIS FACE (as in, "pass the sugar please hubby") - it does smack so much of her claiming ownership of him in front of others, like pissing all over him to mark her undesired by anyone else territory. Mind you, he calls her wifey in response, so perhaps they are both entirely reasonable, and I am the unreasonable one. If so, I am off to get a kitkat too!!

Oh I say haitch instead of aitch. I'll be watching out for low flying staplers!

Her husband, her name for him.

in one way at least you know who she's talking about. i hate it when women say their husbands name but you don't know it. I always have to say " sorry, who is Steve?"

It's also a weird way of keeping you at arms length; she's a colleague therefore you see her every working day, you (presumably) know her name but she's keeping her husband separate from work by never actually using his name. Yet she expects you to be interested in him because she talks about him!

Why?? Most odd.

Hubby makes me murderous.

A girl I house-shared with used to call her fiance 'Daddy Bear'. He called her 'Mummy Bear'.

They were oblivious to me looking like this --> before I vomited.