Why the use of DH,DD,DS,DC?

[angell84]

Why are they used parrot fashion by every user on mumsnet?

It is ridiculous! Where is any independent thought? Every single post is littered with hundreds of DH's, DS's, DD's and DC's.

Who calls their husband, "dear husband"? It is pretentious for a start. But what really annoys me is why does everyone say the exact same "code" as each other on here. It seems like a teenage thing to do

It seems most users cope perfectly fine with the very difficult ‘code’

It's hardly high schooler, if anything I think it's more for the older crowd.

Like someone said earlier - it’s a general internet thing for saving time while typing. Common practice on forums. You’ll have to take it up with....well, everyone. Everywhere.

So good luck with making the internet more mature.

@MrsTerryPratchett

and also to @Sleeveen

Oh well for my two penny worth , with my rubbish typing skills and nerve problems in my hands and Oh - possibly short hand way of keeping some semblance of anonymity - I reckon it is OK . I do not call my husband Dear Husband day to day - it's a convenient shorthand.

That said @coconuttelegraph I used to think Jose was rather lovely - until he wasn't - So made me laugh

( I have rather missed the point here haven't I ? )

prepared to used a convenient backwater shorthand

Ach well - each to their own

P.s I use ‘hubby’ - I even say it in person. Out loud. So do other people I know. I don’t care what the hive mind on mumsnet think about it.
Hubby!

I've never said it as it's not something I'd say in real life. But it's not a big deal. The only time I don't get it when someone is referring to their ex or partner who has behaved appallingly and they still get called DP.

You don't have to use them - I don't. They are irritating I agree, and also sometimes confusing, but they're not going away.

It's very 'high schooler' and believe more people would read/visit mum's net if they didn't have to decipher the code.

Yeah, only 119 million unique users. It's a BACKWATER I tell you.

this made me larf!

I would propose an even more complicated "code" to put people off joining...there are too many people on here as it is!!

and too many people complaining - shove off!

I’ve used MN on and off for about six or seven years now so it’s honestly second nature to read the acronyms now, I don’t even see them anymore.

Kim Jong Il was ‘Dear Leader’, so ‘Dear Husband’ always makes me chuckle. I can only hear it in a silly, mocking tone in my head when I type or read it (despite actually quite liking the one to which I am married).

I love dcat, ddog, drabbit, dfish, dworm etc. Gives me a warm, fuzzy, inclusive feeling .

Dworm

I always thought the D was for darling, not dear

I always thought the D was for darling, not dear

that's the beauty of it! it can be darling, dear...or dastardly, dickhead etc.

read it how you want

Lol at the person thinking it meant Special One wtf 😂

I think I will probably read it as that every time I see it now.

I think you may have misunderstood the entire internet.

Quite!

I've always wondered this. H or C would suffice - we don't need an artificial 'feeling' attached, especially when it's a thread about violent ungrateful teens or a cheating husband. Who thinks of them as 'dear' in that context?!

Because if you used independent thought and made up your own abbreviations for faster typing/ to keep posts becoming too long then no one would have a fucking clue what you were talking about threads would be derailed by constant questioning. Hth

I haven't seen SWMBO for ages online, obviously less likely on here.
DH etc were used long before Mumsnet and even the internet.

@angell84

Every single post is littered with hundreds of DH's, DS's, DD's and DC's
Exaggeration much?
Of course everyone using Mumsnet will now cease and desist using any form of shortened text.
You have shown me the error of my ways,

RuffleCrow People aren’t thinking of them like that. It’s convention across many forums. It’s unusual to be reading the acronyms and saying “dear/darling” etc in your head as you do so

Do you like my username, OP?

I thought the D stood for darling not dear, I always read it as a sarcastic darling or a very droll one 😂

I've always wondered this. H or C would suffice

Ah but when just H is used you know the OP is really pissed with 'D' H, so it sets the tone nicely