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Original poster

To not want DH to use stupid words

28 replies

ElementOfFreedom · 09/05/2010 15:21

In a busy supermarket yesterday with 5 month old DS. He pulled a face and DH said to him loudly "aww are you doing a whoopsie?" I heard this and felt sick and embarrassed to be seen with him. Is it really necessary for a grown man to use such ridiculous language?

He also thinks it is ok to use words such as
'booing' instead of crying, and 'windypops' for burps (wtf?!).

*By the way this post is not meant to be taken seriously, I just want my DH to use normal language. I don't have a problem with normal baby talk!

So AIBU to want DH to not use such stupid words?

OP posts:
SirBoobAlot · 09/05/2010 15:26

Chill out, will you?

Naetha · 09/05/2010 15:27

5 months, really not an issue. 5 years maybe

Thediaryofanobody · 09/05/2010 15:29

YANBU but I can't stand baby talk.
I'd cringe too if DH did it.

Original poster
ElementOfFreedom · 09/05/2010 15:29

Oh I'm chilled , tbh I found it quite amusing, however I still think he needs to know he sounds like an idiot .

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Original poster
ElementOfFreedom · 09/05/2010 15:30

Oh I don't think it'll hurt DS,it's me that has to endure it.

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Cogitoergosum · 09/05/2010 15:32

I think it's possible that I would divorce a man that used the word 'whoopsie'. Especially in public.

BetsyLittleson · 09/05/2010 15:34

Rather a whoopsie than a dump. Ugh.

bearcrumble · 09/05/2010 15:34

I wouldn't be unduly worried by 'booibg' or even 'windypops' but asking your son if he's a whoopsie at any stage in life is not on because it's homophobic.

GhostInTheBackOfYourHead · 09/05/2010 15:34

My XP used to irritate me enormously when he had to " go a wee"

FFS

diddl · 09/05/2010 15:38

Such words are definitely not to be used when out in public imo!8grin]

diddl · 09/05/2010 15:39

Oops!

Malificence · 09/05/2010 15:49

Jesus, men just can't win, can they?

Slagged off when he is interacting with his baby, does it really matter what language he uses, as long as it's affectionate?

You'd have far more to be worried about if he wasn't interested in his kids for god's sake.

What the fuck does asking if he's doing a "whoopsie" have to do with being homophobic anyway?
It's a Frank Spencer-ism.

Get a bloody grip.

Original poster
ElementOfFreedom · 09/05/2010 15:55

Malificence, I did emphasise in my OP that it was not to be taken seriously. Me and DH had a good laugh about it (at his expense of course) and he was happy for me to post about it. I know I am lucky to have a wonderful DH. Didn't realise AIBU was only meant for very serious topics.

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thumbwitch · 09/05/2010 15:55

bearcrumble - what Mal said about whoopsie - when Frank Spencer said "Ooooh Betty, the monkey's done a whoopsie in my beret" he certainly wasn't talking about a gay man!

I wouldn't worry tbh at this stage. Worry more when your DS can talk himself - and starts repeating them. But even so, it's no biggie. I'd be more upset if DH was the other way and insisted on using big polysyllabic words - "oh son, are you excreting in your undergarments?" - that would be more of a concern to me.

Malificence · 09/05/2010 16:10

OOPS, I read it as "a post meant to be taken seriously", hence my indignance - sorry!

The way my DH used to talk to our DD as a baby is one of the myriad of reasons I love him. Of course, if he still spoke to her that way now she's 20 years old I would have to have a word.

notso · 09/05/2010 16:15

One nursery Dad thrust his son through the door saying " 'ere y'are, 'e's shit is pant's"
What I would've given for a whoopsie.

Original poster
ElementOfFreedom · 09/05/2010 16:15

Thats ok Malificence, I thought you seemed overly angry! To be honest I agree when we are in the house its quite sweet, but does he have to do it in public?!

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Cogitoergosum · 09/05/2010 16:16

Please excuse my ignorance, but why is 'whoopsie' homophobic? that's a new one on me! I just thought it was a bit Frank Spencer!

tethersend · 09/05/2010 16:20

YANBU.

Your DH sounds like a complete willybumplop.

kittywise · 09/05/2010 16:24

real men don't talk like that

2rebecca · 09/05/2010 16:26

It just isn't sexy is it? I'd probably say something to that effect if my bloke used such silly language. Tell him he sounded more like my granny than my lover.
I presume you don't prattle on like that either.
I don't mind moo cows etc, but windypoops and whoopsie would make me cringe unless by someone over 80. Frank Spencer may have been endeearing(to some women) but he definitely wasn't sexy.

LetThereBeRock · 09/05/2010 16:29

It wasn't supposed to be sexy. He was talking to his 5 month old son!

thumbwitch · 09/05/2010 16:42

real men can talk like that to their baby son and get away with it. Only macho types wouldn't do it.

2rebecca · 09/05/2010 16:46

Yes but if it's something he does often and you cringe every time he does it it isn't great for the marital relationship.
Sex can often be put to one side and not prioritised when you have a small kid anyway. If your bloke seems less sexy to you then it isn't going to help.

bearcrumble · 09/05/2010 17:03

Sorry I thought he said "are you BEING a whoopsie".

No, then it's fine.

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