Calling an unborn baby girl "a little bitch"

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And then going on to refer to older nieces as "little bitches"?

Overheard the nail salon and I couldn't believe my ears. It wasn't being said nastily, it came across as a term of endearment

AIBU to have been shocked??

Yes choice words occasionally used at one teenager when they were being exceptionally vile. But to little ones, or an unborn?! Come on people!

I remember a friend being disgusted with me when I laughed and referred to my son as a little brat. We'd just had a discussion about him drawing on the carpet and I was clearly laughing as I said it.

I've always felt guilty after her reaction.

I've heard Scottish people calling each other cunts..he's a friendly cunt, a jammy cunt, a clever cunt etc. Not a term of endearment as such but no malice intended and only when referring to other adults.*

(*this is based on my one Scottish friend and watching Trainspotting.)

I would never say it to him but I have described my 6 month old as a number of unpleasant names. I don't mean it nastily but it's sarcastic and a way to vent how truly difficult it has been. I love him more than life itself but sometimes it is good to swear. My husband would remind me when the baby had colic that he was being a little twat. It made me feel better but it didn't stop either of us bending over backwards to cheer him up and spending hours dancing around with him to stop him crying. It just helped relieve the tension.

He was hardly being a "twat" if he had colic. He would have been in pain and needing comfort from you.

Yes she knows that who
She said in her post she and her husband were loving and looking after him. I'm sure she found this nugget of knowledge helpful

11/11/2017 16:09 Whambarsarentasfizzyastheywere

Around these parts the word cunt is a term of endearment

Where do you live I must come visit

Moomin, why not say what you are feeling instead of inappropriately ascribing motivation or behaviour to the baby?

Hardly loving value to refer to a small baby who is in pain as a twat.

No not loving but tired or desperate or struggling
People are only human. Not a fab choice or word no but its not like the baby will copy is it.
My friend referred to her baby as the runt of the family as he never stopped crying for 6 months. She had PND.

I swear like an absolute docker in general talk, though never in front of my son or my mother in law (!), however I really hate that whole name calling of little kids however it’s said. It just sounds awful! Mine gets called a buggerlugs at the absolute worst and never to his face!

I think wham is a from Caernarfon where "cont" is most definitely an affectionate term, if a rough one. I've heard little babies being cooed at in their prams as a "cont bach" (little cont) but that was eye-raising.

It's horrible though, YANBU. I call mine a little horror though on occasion, hope that's ok!

Aberdeen and Perthshire the c-word is used as a term of endearment... "she's a bookie wee c"

Cunt is most definitely not a term of endearment in Aberdeen!

No idea what “bookie” is, other than a betting shop.

My friend referred to her baby as the runt of the family as he never stopped crying for 6 months. She had PND

So value using derogatory terms was a sign that she wasn't coping?

Yes definitely who. I think it must be more common than people think but lots dont admit it?