He won't understand typos or initialisms or acronyms

[WhatsInATypo]

SOMEWHAT LIGHTHEARTED.

DP is like that all the time and it drives me up the wall.

Example 1: I was about to get us a takeaway and sent the message 'do you want the set that comes witk fries?' and he sent back '?' followed by 'what's witk?'.

Example 2: We were talking about how people were all scrambling to get tickets for the Taylor Swift concert. Somewhere along the way I sent 'think TS tickets can only be bought if you've got some special code though' and got a 'TS?' in return.

Example 3: I told him I was going to the store to get a cake to celebrate something. Got there and texted 'Tiramisu or Black Forest' and he sent 'for the cake?'.

I get wanting 100% clarity but he's a smart man surely some common sense and inference will do sometimes? I DO NOT do vague references and expect him to read my mind btw. All my complaints are when the above 3 examples happen. AIBU?

Sounds like half of Mumsnet tbh.

'Ice cream VAN? What's an ice cream van?'

Tedious.

Yes I know someone like this. Will correct spelling of a name for eg in a text (specifically a fictional character we were talking about, character wasn't listening, isn't real and can't get offended).

What the fuck difference does it make that I missed a letter? You know who I'm talking about.

Some people just like to know that they are right.

Sorry if I'm being thick, but what was wrong with SEPSIS? That's how it's spelt?

Yes. I’m not understanding why this is an example of “sloppiness” either.

My mum does this and I ignore the replies. Cba with that.

A) What else could 'witk' in 'do you want the set that comes witk fries?' stand for? Any answer aside from 'with' is so highly improbable anyone suggesting it is most likely just being argumentative for the sake of it.

B) Why create a whole post if you haven't even read the title? It's like those posts on Mumsnet where the OP is clearly talking about an incident that happened in their garden as per the title and then you have posts after posts asking where the incident took place.

Yes. Definitely very annoying and rage inducing.

Yes, I’d have been inclined to say “No, for our next holiday” and leave him to find out if there’s a place called Tiramisu …😌

DD was recently very disappointed at her school “taster” session that there were not a variety of snacks to try. Indignantly informed us we were to refer to it as a settle session, never a “taster”.

Well, I’m struggling to understand your attitude a bit!

This drives me crazy too. My Mum does this and I genuinely wonder if she is now struggling with context clues as part of getting older.
I really do think this happens a lot of MN, it’s not even close reading, these things are incredibly obvious (because I’m not a genius and I can do it!)
worst was when Mum asked what we were doing that day:
me: nothing much but after supper we’ll see the fireworks
mum: what times that?
me:9
mum: am or pm?

It’s exhausting to explain everything all the time from step 1

Well. That all went for a long walk off a short pier, didn't it?

Your only way through this is to be outrageously daft in response

Welded
Into
Single
Kibble

fries?

Tiramisu for your right foot Black Forest for your left.

Or just plain old fuck off

My DH has his pedant moments and we have had some tears over the years. I no longer give him any airtime. He just gets a "whatever" and we both try to forget he did it again.

@Hibiscrubbed no attitude. Just think it’s a bit rich to complain about someone being too lazy to make inferences when you, yourself, are too lazy to write properly (which causes the inferences to have to be made in the first place).

me:9
mum: am or pm?

He does this too! Recently we were talking about what time our Apple delivery was scheduled to arrive. I said 3 and he asked if it was am or pm!

That's interesting actually my mum is getting a bit like this too and I've started wondering if her age is making her less able to understand the obvious, or possibly she just can't be arsed!

I sent her a picture of something the other day, say it was a pink lampshade with a caption underneath - pink lampshade, might that work for your spare room? She replies along the lines of "why are you sending me that" "where would I put it". I don't really know how to explain without just saying the same thing again which feels rude! I think she just doesn't pay any attention and finds it easier to ask me than to scroll up and read what I've already written.

My dh isn’t quite that bad, but he often needs things spelled out in words of one syllable - things that dds would just ‘get’ straightaway. It’s not as if he’s thick - he’s got a lot of letters after his name.

Sorry OP but from your witty replies to these disingenuous and supercilious posts, you come across as an unsatisfactory target for semantic bullying.

Bit of a disappointment in all honesty. At least your DH manages to get a rise out of you, so I'll have another go.

Anyone with half a brain can work out you meant with, but this is MN so infer what you will.

How is anyone supposed to guess what MN is!

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Apologies for being poorly written.
I was trying to make the point that sometimes a similar approach to the OP's husband can be beneficial.
'SEPSIS' wasn't a typo, initialism or acronym, but handover notes had the equivalent of 'change of meds witk admission', the next doctor decided to stick with the current antibiotic and failed to arrange the admission.

My mum and partner dont get extremely simple typos, does my nut in!

I’m with you OP. My partner does the same. It’s passive aggressive but he’s the same during a face to face discussion too, asking for clarification on points that are extremely clear! I’m getting wound up just thinking about it 😡😂

Crikey. My deleted post was a joke, using a literal reading of the common expression "anyone with half a brain".

That someone took instant offence kind of proves the point, no?