To ask you if you 'hubby'?

[MitzyLeFrouf]

Not a thread about a thread but a thread inspired by a thread.

I've noticed a lot of 'hubby' references on MN in the last few months. This is new isn't it? I thought the average MNer was as allergic to 'hubby' as Gremlins are to water and being fed after midnight.

So do you 'hubby' or do you snub(by) 'hubby'?

Yes, Mitzy and should I ever hear hubby in RL I will shout out "Aha, you must live on the hubby enclave!" and I will look very special indeed. Your fault entirely .

I associate "hubby" with a fat man in beige who has continence issues. Being a middle aged fat man myself, I would give DW a Look were she to address me thus.

The word 'hubby' is so disliked on MN; a forum where people use acronyms galore! Dear/darling husband, anyone? IMO, that's far more cringey.

You're making the mistake of assuming the d in dh stands for 'dear' or 'darling'. It quite often stands for 'damn'.

Disgrace- "fat man in beige with continence issues" just about sums it up! Never realised it, but that's just who I picture as hubby.

If anyone in my circle of friends and aquaintancea used the word "hubby" we would assume she had been abducted by aliens.

Honestly, until I joined MN, I had no clue that hubby was as pukeworthy as hun, babe, bubz etc. I consider myself re-educated!

You're making the mistake of assuming the d in dh stands for 'dear' or 'darling'. It quite often stands for 'damn'

I wince at the word hubby but I've noticed it is used an awful lot by my American and Antipodean acquaintances. Perhaps we just have more of them on MN recently?

I don't use it, I don't care if others do. I can't believe how worked up people get about things like this!

I'm not worked up, crispytruffle. I do think it's a bit twee, that's all. Wouldn't break off contact if I ever heard it, but the sayer would get a pink sparkly fluffy mark against her name.

Not irl but I have on forums as I'm on a couple where they don't know what DH means, for example, weird I know and when I've come back to other ones I have accidentally used it, and not noticed before posting.

I never use hun, hubz, babe or any of that nonsense; though am partial to the occasional xxx

Hubby is only an atrocity on mumsnet - in the real world it's an innocuous, commonly used term

It isn't, you know. It's a word I practically never hear in the real world, I'm delighted to say.

hubby hubby hubby hubby hubby

I call a lot of people babe must be an area thing.

Pictish you are from the hubby enclave! Quick, where is it, many of us never hear it in rl? Or do you only use it on mn?

hubby...hubby...hubby

That does make it slightly less twee.

I hear it a lot, read the word a lot, and use it frequently.

"hubby" is just quicker to say and type than "husband", which really would be "my husband". Can't be bothered.

If I am with friends or people who know him, I use his name!

You use "hubby" with people not your friends? Who, your boss and colleagues ?

You use "hubby" with people not your friends? Who, your boss and colleagues?

If speaking formally with clients, I probably use my "my husband".

If I speak with colleagues, or mums at the school gate, or friends from the gym, yes, I probably use more "hubby" than "my husband". They do the same!

I've heard it in rl - one of my sisters uses it. Ugh.

A friend used to say 'hugsband' - beat that.

I have dozens of pet names for DH but hubby ain't one of them.

Hugsband!!! Although, pps have quoted "hubbalubs" and "hublet", so it's a close one for the most embarrassing name. Hubby is just a bit soppy, but really nothing like those.

Tbf they were newlyweds at the time... I think it's worn off now.

Pet hate is 'lush' used to describe something tasty or someone looking good. HATE IT. Is it a regional thing? I don't hear it in London but do hear it from friends in the West Country or up north.

One of my BILs - or rather non-BILs as I am yet to accept the offer of matrimony - referred to DP as my H-word once. I nearly vomited.

And again with the nearly vomiting when - and you may want to skip this bit - another BIL and his wife were heard to call each other "hubby" and "mummy". I wish I hadn't typed that now.