To say the word “boobs” in front of prudish SIL

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BIL/SIL’s with MIL. We had a nice festive catchup with them and SIL’s sister. SIL comes from a very prudish family and at one point I used the word “boobs” whilst talking about lingerie and she gasped and chuckled in a joky way. Thought nothing more of it until this Thursday.

Thursday just gone MIL was telling me that when SIL/BIL were round theirs the other day she mentioned she was shocked that I used the word “boobs” in company and she personally would have used “breasts or bosoms” instead.

I thought it was bloody pathetic that over a fortnight later she was gossiping about the fact I’d uttered “boobs” and not “breasts/bosoms”. I didn’t even think “boobs” was vulgar to be honest, just informal and casual. She’s such a wet lettuce and a prude!! Should I really have said “breasts or bosoms” or is she being pathetic??

Low class and crass. Hahaha.

This sort of statement says far more about you than you probably realise.

How udderly ridiculous.

when we started dating DH was a bit annoyed that I said “boobs” in front of his mum.

She’s a pap.

Maybe start talking vaginas next time ....most prudes prefer to say boobs than breasts don't they?

Next time you see her whisper 'minge' as you walk past under your breathe...

Make for a bloody quiet 2024..

Devil's dumplings!

I think bosom is singular, comprising of breasts. It's the overall shape/ shelf.

Good god. You uttered "boobs" in company??!! How can you ever face them again? Your SIL in a weirdo!!

Has anyone said knockers or norks yet? What about puppies? Blubber nuggets? Dogs?

Yes, my wife when she is trying to annoy me, I can’t bloody stand that word!

But why say boobs in the first place? What is wrong with the perfectly precise word "breasts"? Boobs to me (wildly subjective, I know) always sounds like a paradoxically vulgar euphemism. And incidentally, do tell your silly relatives that we ladies only have one bosom: it consists (usually) of two breasts.

Exactly. Why not talk about one's body respectfully?

What exactly is disrespectful about “boobs”?

How about chesticles?

One's body loves my boobs (with all due respect and a flourishing bow m'lady).

Jugs. Please call them jugs next time. Or fun cushions. Or don’t call them anything, just mime squeezing and make a ‘honka honka’ noise. Or ‘mummy milkers’ courtesy of my partner. Bazookas. Lady lumps.

Have you ever heard anyone talk about a Breast Tube

There's a company that makes tit shaped pillows, maybe an idea for next years Xmas gift?

In what way is ‘boobs’ disrespectful. 🙄

It’s in the same category as bum. Are you also weirdly uptight about people referring to their buttocks as their bum?

😁😁

I picture you just shouting it out, Tourette’s style, at her.

This is a weird step up from a traditional English “nice tits” isn’t it? Very French.

This reminds me of Serial Mom where Kathleen Turner kept using the word Pussy in front of her shocked prudish neighbour. Talking about her Pussy Willow plant of course.

Perhaps you could buy one and sneak some filth in innocuously OP.

"Oh look at my new Pussy, it looks so sad and floppy, any advice SIL?"

And potentially you have made a new friend called Mike Hunt and use his full name as often as possible?

The possibilities are endless!

@Ozgirl75 - l love the response from you. 😀.

Sadly there was a superfluous “he” in my post, so pleased you worked out what l was trying to say. He wouldn’t have complimented me on my typing!

But it is something l will remember for the rest if my life. Friends often quote it if I’m wearing anything remotely tight.

Your friends sound exactly like my friends, they would do exactly the same.
A few years (like 25 years!) ago my friend had a fling with a guy we all knew and when they were in bed he said to her “keep the boots on” in a lascivious way.
Now, years later when she comes round to our houses and takes her shoes off, we always say “keep the boots/shoes on”
It’s been a quarter of a century!