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

They're just abbreviations, they are just handy for making the reading / writing of posts easier. I've been on Mumsnet about 6 years now, was confusing at first but now I prefer it.

The only one I find ambiguous is 'DP' as some people use this to describe someone they've only been with for 6 months and not even living with versus someone who's been with someone for 20 years but they're just not married. Which does make a difference when you are commenting on their behaviour.

Think if the relationship is less than 2 years old they should be described as boyfriend, but maybe because there's no acronym for boyfriend people all just use DP.

The thing that is consistent over time is people starting threads to complain about acronyms!

(Which is funny considering the OP is complaining about use of acronyms being a sign of lack of original thought)

“ The only one I find ambiguous is 'DP' as some people use this to describe someone they've only been with for 6 months and not even living with versus someone who's been with someone for 20 years but they're just not married. Which does make a difference when you are commenting on their behaviour. ”

People do that in real life, it’s not a fault of acronyms. you clearly have rules about it but many people don’t

Meh. You use the language that's easy shorthand. Stay off the internet if it bugs you. I don't particularly like it but I have bigger fish to fry.
My friend and I text each other with full punctuation and write letter to each other.

Not all of us use our phones. I actually use a PC to browse MN sometimes, so no predictive text.

Anyhoo. You don't like 'em don't use 'em. Not compulsory. But don't tell everyone else how to use the forum. Rude.

@ChicChicChicChiclana 'DWorm'. I can't express to you how pleasing this is, or why.

Its just abbreviations, if you don’t like it then you don’t have to use it

I don’t use them or have very rarely. I don’t like them so I use other words.

Agree when someone is using DH talking about something terrible/suspicious/heinous they are doing, sounds ridiculous.

YABU, it’s just shorthand, get over it.

We used them 17 years ago. I was on forums called village and she knows.

We used to use our real names and put big pictures of kids in our signatures, and wait for the dial up to load the page.

DH is one of the few conventions to last.

Doesn't bother me at all, and I often smile to myself reading sentences like "Going to DTD to TTC with DH because I used an OPK and have EWCM" or whatever, thinking how obtusely it would read to a stray passerby (though I think that some boards, like Conception, are more prone to this kind of thing).

I avoid using it makes no sense at all but I do hate people calling a boyfriend of about a month their ‘DP’ or partner . Makes them sound mental .

I agree with you. I can’t stand it and would never use it. And yes, why does everyone do it still? Dear husband? Dear daughter 1? Strange and outdated.

EssentialH yes that's why those are the boards which have the acronym translator (if you switch it on, it spells out all the acronyms, including if you write, for example, "oh, that's right...", it spells OH out as Other Half )

OP is so cross they haven't returned to thread. Have they combusted with rage?

@Sparklingbrook Probably incandescent about having been abbreviated to 'OP'.

100 posts in and people are still wondering why acronyms are used, I think a relevant one at this point is RTFT

The only time I get annoyed is when I want to write OH! As in... OHH! (Which I say a lot ) and it keeps talking about this other half which i done have.

Oh... It didn't do it then!

Lola, it only works on the Conception and Pregnancy boards I think

Nope, I don't/won't use them either. They add complication for new users, and do sound a bit, well, crap.

I dont mind it except in two instances

• people dont make it clear that DS is sometimes dear sister rather than dear son, which makes it really unclear. See also DF being father or friend. And BF being boyfriend or best friend.

• using DH to describe an abusive partner who obviously isn't "dear". E.g. DH punched me in the face what should I do.

@angell84

If you don't use acronyms, does that mean you also spell/speak out acronyms luke EU, Radar and NASA?

Special one

And as for DMIL, I don't think you have seen many MN threads, no MIL here seems to be D