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

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It's driving me nuts!

I like brolly.

Hubby is unbearably twee. Ask if he has a name or is he generally known as 'Hubby'?

I think it's because it doesn't make sense. Why isn't it brelly? It's not an umbrolla.

Grrr. That really gets my goat. But "babe" really grates on me too so have accepted that it is probably just me BU.

I would be saying "haha that's so funny that he's your husband and he's called hubby!!"... but only in my head cos I'm a big wuss not a massive twat

But seriously, I feel your pain!

I know someone who always calls her husband hunny! Never his name, just hunny. Even on fb.

Yes, I hate it too. I have 2 friends who have them in their mobiles as "Hubby" .

My hubby husband is in my phone as ICE because I was told to do that by St John's Ambulance on a first aid course. It stands for In Case of Emergency so that a paramedic could find my phone and call him and not have to scroll through my contacts and pick a random name. Although DH thinks it makes him sound a bit cool, as vanilla lol

Squoosh, YABU for having a letter-opener

I don't have a problem with it. I stops you having to remember who knows & who doesn't. You're assuming that everyone she speaks to know's his name & relationship to herOtherwise you'd have to append every sentence depending on the audience....

"I was walking with Neil yesterday"
"When I was shopping with my husband, Neil" or
"When I was shopping with Neil, my husband"
"I was in McDonalds with my hubby"

I really don't see the issue, but then I'm not an easily irritable person - unlike HMS Wife.......

My hubby husband is in my phone as ICE because I was told to do that by St John's Ambulance on a first aid course.

I'm never convinced by the ICE thing - how are they going to unlock your phone to go through your contacts??

You're either going to have to leave it unlocked (bad) or have the PIN tattooed over your heart so they can find it when carrying out CPR (not practical)...

In Glasgow a lot of women, especially older women, refer to 'my man'. It's all very Lana Turner except 'my man' usually looks a bit like Andy Capp
My very old DF (not Glaswegian) used to ask things like, 'What is So and So's man doing now?'

My 'hubby' often refers to me as Mother but only as a huge joke.

When I taught, I would sometimes regale the class with tales of Mr derxa's surname. Nothing too interesting though. They were just amazed that such a person existed.

My phone is unlocked for that reason I know

Lulabella I'll see your hubsicle and raise you - hubsibobs!

DontBeAThoughtlessBird I'll have you know that letter openers are excellent tools for opening one's mail effectively yet aggressively!

squoosh I Was watching Downton and thought, ooh I want one of those.

Someone calling their partner,husband, wife etc 'lover' reminds me of the Harry Enfield characters Wayne and Waynetta Slob...

No I couldn't be friends with them anymore. As soon as the hubby word had been spoken it would be end of... I would turn on my heels and leg it before ickle man finished the sentence.

But cactus with 'partner' it's too ambiguous,it could be a business partner or a gay partner and then you have to explain exactly who you mean which means more unnecessary words. Husband or Wife isn't grand, just what they are. Gets to the point.

Is 'my lover' not a West Country thing?

My husband sometimes calls me 'honey' and I don't like it. I am clearly just a grumpy cow.

I used to work with someone who called her other half her "fella"

"I'm off out with my fella tonight." " I walked the dog with my fella."

Used to irritate the fuck out of me.

'Hubby' is twee at best and demeaning at worse, I hate it. So does DH and other husbands I know. When referring to DH it's by name to people who know us or 'my husband' to those who don't although I do rather fancy referring to him as Mr[surname] both in company and alone a la Jane Austen novels

Whoa whoa cactus don't take me down a homophobic track! What I meant was that it generates more questions.

Better than 'hubs' surely or - even worse 'the hubster'