The weird DS/DD thing

[Rileysp]

Just call it son/daughter/child.

really cringe

it?

It's just an abbreviation. Nothing twee about it. When people use it I don't think they think twice about it meaning 'darling husband's whatever. You're being very unreasonable.

Them. Don’t overthink

It’s twee.

bit odd.

Just talk normally

Or just S, D, H. The D everything pisses me off too.

There was another thread along similar lines to this very recently. Is this the beginnings of a campaign?

If you don't want to use the abbreviations then don't. But if others want to use them then surely that's up to them?

Personally it's such an MN " thing" I really like it. Adds a bit of individuality to the site.

Agree OP. Especially when people say DH and then proceed to list all the ways in which said husband is not actually a darling at all.

I like it. Saves time not typing daughter, father, mother, step- daughter blah blah.

Agree op super weird particularly when talking about an abstract child

"There was a DC in the park and"

Maybe they're not darling to anyone for a start

I like overthinking.

Um, welcome to Mumsnet...? The abbreviations have been used here for yeeeears and as a PP pointed out it's part of the identity of the site.

In those cases, it stands for Dick Head

YABU. HTH.

Just talk normally
If you've been here long enough then it is normal.

Are you new to the internet?

It’s a thing on many sites not just Mumsnet. There's shorthand on most large websites!

Do you usually arrive and introduce yourself by issuing a bunch of orders about how people should speak and behave? I bet you're really popular at parties. We'll talk how we like, thanks. If you don't like it, the door's that way --->

Hello newbie. Get over yourself. Don't use the abbreviations if you don't want to. But you will be the one looking odd.

Who is forcing you to use it op?
If you don’t like the abbreviations you don’t need to use them.
Ive been here for over 20 years and it doesnt bother me if people say DD or daughter.
Im lucky that ive other things going on in my life that i dont need to get worked up about what some random stranger on the internet calls their children on an internet forum

I'm suprised Mumsnet haven't changed their name to DMumsnet 😂
I agree.
It's just daft.
Ddaft.

Love it! It’s how I will be reading it in my head from now on 😅

You’re definitely, 100% the first person to ever start a thread saying it’s cringey/weird.

Or not.

Definitely not unique to Mumsnet, widely used on forums everywhere!

It has been around this site for at least a decade, but it is still unnecessary and twee. I don’t use the abbreviations.

it’s almost as if phones don’t have predictive text. Your phone will suggest the full word a lot quicker than you can type out the capitalised abbreviation.

Yes this.

If you don't like the way the site works then don't use it. Personally I hate all the (M27)/(F29) and up voting/down voting on reddit that I don't use reddit. I don't t go on there and tell the users they should change their usage.

No HTH