DH DD DS

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Why on earth can people not just say, husband, daughter, son etc. I find all these acronyms so bizarre. Is there some sort of genuine reason people on mumsnet refer to their husband (who they’re usually calling an a*sehole in the same breath) DEAR husband, in what world would we actually say this? Anyways not that deep just a genuine question

I've been on here 12 years. Do you know how many times this thread has been posted? Not that I'm keeping count, but a lot.

It will never change. Don't waste your energy on it

Well, you've obviously not considered that dh is somewhat shorter than dear husband.

HTH.

I didn’t know what a DH was at first lol like what is this, everyone’s DH

This isn't a MN-specific thing.

I think the "D" is added because otherwise you're just saying "H" or "S" and then it sounds more like initials, like when some threads say "I have a friend, lets call her A". And obviously it's shorter than typing out husband or daughter.

DDog and DCat are just silly though. Just write dog and cat.

Didn't there use to be a list of acronyms/abbreviations somewhere on MN?

Because it's easier when scanning a long post to pick out the capitals and follow along with the main players rather than lower case 'my husband' or 'my son' all the time.

Are you a new user of the internet?

There’s a (crap) search function if you want to see this question debated 1000 times before.

Do you mean 'etcetera'?

it’s like it is on here, been like it for years

you type it out if you want, don't want to see the initials then this is not the place for you

HTH

🤣🤣🤣🤣 nice

It's the rules of the MN club. I like it. Don't like it? Go to Reddit. Or ignore the rules. Whatevs.

👍🎖✨️

I especially love the MN quirk that we have to guess if SIL is son-in-law or sister-in-law, or if DS12 is 12 years old or the 12th kid. Makes the story so much more interesting. Don't ever change, MN.

What's more as when you have daunt, duncle, ddog and dcat. I just don't understand some people.

what does HTH mean please?

Hope that helps or happy to help

Why have you written etc rather than the full word ?
'they're' rather than 'they are' (which only saves you one tap of the keyboard).

What do you call it when your car needs to go for an MOT ?
Do you ever write Dr or Mr or do you always write Doctor and Mister ?
What about the NHS? - Is that okay or do you feel you need to write that out in full ?

What an odd thing to start a thread about
Bit strange that you can't understand that hitting dd is a LOT quicker than writing 'my daughter'.

Hope that helps. It’s passive aggressive like a few answers to your OP.

I’ve only just came on after seeing their insta posts lol I’ll never get it but yeah won’t waste energy on it

SAME! Haha

These short forms have been used even in old forums 15 years ago, it’s not a new thing (but I’ve never understood the “dear” choice)

Lol I haven’t seen the ddog/dcat references yet

You’ve clearly not grasped the point which isn’t that I’m against acronyms but I find the ‘dear’ part odd, sheeesh.

Yikes you’ve missed the point! It’s the ‘dear’ part I was looking at. I’ve never heard anyone refer to their husband, for example, as Dear Husband.. anyways what a strange thread for you to comment on 🤔