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Husband calls me 'Nag Wife'

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anonymouslt123 · 27/07/2024 07:20

Hi mumsnet. Posting with a throwaway account.

My husband (35M), married for 3 years, has been calling me 'Nag Wife' as a nickname. I don't even think I nag that much, but he says it (as a joke, apparently) every time I ask him to do anything. Like, he'll call me Nag Wife while I'm vacuuming or cleaning up after him, or say that washing up etc are 'Nag Wife activities'. I know it's a joke (and I actually don't mind doing the housework), but is it? His latest 'joke' is to do a fake dejected sigh any time I ask him to do anything, like make me a cup of tea, and say 'Yes Nag Wife'.

He even has me saved in his phone as Nag Wife...

I spoke to him and he says it's a joke, but am I being disrespected? Or am I overthinking things?

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Deboragh · 28/07/2024 19:14

CindyBirdsong · 27/07/2024 07:35

Have you tried answering " OK limp dick' every time? After all it's just a joke.

This, this, this...

outdamnedspots · 28/07/2024 19:14

He sounds horrible. An unfunny bully.

C0rdeliaChase · 28/07/2024 19:32

Start calling him Fat Bastard. When he complains say it's just a joke. Change his name in your phone to Fat Bastard.

OhcantthInkofaname · 28/07/2024 19:34

He'd be putting my name in as ex-wife.

YourWildAmberSloth · 28/07/2024 19:40

He is putting you in your place. He is showing how little respect he has for you, mimicking your voice and calling you his nag wife.

unsync · 28/07/2024 20:07

@anonymouslt123 How did your talk to TwatHusband go?

DPotter · 28/07/2024 20:11

One or twice could be funny but dragging it on and on and putting it on your phone as someone's name is most definitely not funny.

If he's unlikely to listen to reason then I'd be changing my phone to read 'little Dick', 'Lazy husband', First Husband' or something similar and calling him it too. I know it's sinking to his level but if it's the only language he understands then you have to learn to speak it.

JayJayj · 28/07/2024 20:16

Start calling him lazy husband, you know, as a joke! 🙄

ilovemyskunks · 28/07/2024 20:37

can you call him slob hub?

CurlewKate · 28/07/2024 20:41

Make sure that you're using effective contraception that you are in control of.

SwordToFlamethrower · 28/07/2024 20:47

That would actually be a deal breaker for me.

Vile name.

At the very least, you should call him "Micropenis Energy Hubby"

Itsmecathy87 · 28/07/2024 20:47

Definitely need a nickname for the husband!

Husband calls me 'Nag Wife'
XChrome · 28/07/2024 20:48

JennyfromtheBlok · 27/07/2024 07:27

Funny (slight possibility of this, I’m being generous) 1 time only.

He’s gone so far OTT with his own joke it’s disgusting. Also it doesn’t even make sense. Nagging Wife would grammatically.

It’s so rude and demeaning.

When did it start? No way would I put up with this.

I think it's a double meaning, as in a reference to a horse. He's dehumanizing her.
Misogynistic POS should be thrown out on his ass.

MitskiMoo · 28/07/2024 20:50

He's a prick and no-one is laughing...

Pippetypoppity · 28/07/2024 21:06

You’re funny little nickname for him can be “Sexist Pig”. It’s just a joke tell him.

Ilovecleaning · 28/07/2024 21:22

Always address him as Twat Husband or Nobhead Husband.

Ilovecleaning · 28/07/2024 21:33

Actually, another poster suggests Limpdick which is a much better idea than mine.

But, tbh, OP you sound like a nice person who is not sassy and thick-skinned. Not everyone can deal with these ‘jokes’ by coming back with an equally insulting nickname; some people feel secure being called love/sweetheart.
Clearly, your DH doesn’t really know you.

I can imagine a few years down the line when you’re divorced and he asks ‘What went wrong between us?’and you’ll say “ I always hated it when you called me Nag Wife.”

Mumoftwochildrenand6furkids · 28/07/2024 21:39

Start calling him an nick name see how it likes it like lazy twat hubby.

Doubledenim305 · 28/07/2024 22:00

Sounds a horrible man to me.
Calls you names (strike one) as a way of him not having to do anything (strike two).
Not a nice person.

BlastedPimples · 28/07/2024 22:43

Only lazy idiots call people nags.

That is because they have to be continually asked to do stuff they should have done without being asked.

Justrolledmyeyesoutloud · 28/07/2024 22:57

If dh talks to me in a way l don't like, l talk back to him in exactly the same way. He soons gets the message - has done it twice in 15 years.

Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 28/07/2024 23:00

I'd have nipped thay in the bud the first time he ever called me that. What a pig.

Bananalanacake · 28/07/2024 23:15

Cook only for yourself, do only your washing. When he asks,,, where's my dinner, clean clothes. You say 'oh I thought you wanted me to stop nagging so I've stopped asking you to do things'.

Overtired345 · 28/07/2024 23:44

My exH made jokes like that in the beginning of our relationship. It didn't bother me and I thought it was an attempt at male bonding as he wasn't a man's man, if that makes sense. However over time it turned out they were not jokes. He meant it. He was actually deeply misogynistic and the mask slipped over time.

The best think i ever did was not have a child with him so I could leave him freely.

GillianCarole · 29/07/2024 01:58

Men with small brains think it's funny to make fun of someone - such as giving them a stupid nickname, and using it all the time. It wasn't funny the 1st time, or the 100th time, but men always say 'it's just a joke'. Does he have anything that gets under his skin? I bet if you came up with a joke to make fun of something he's sensitive about, it would wind him up.