Meeting someone of a different Nationality on a P&O cruise

[Permanentlybewildered]

Had a big anniversary a couple of years ago and became friendly with a sweet Chinese lady on a short cruise to the Channel Islands. She always sends me a message every couple of months and asks after the health of my husband and refers to him as “Peter our captain” which I find very strange wording. Does anyone have any ideas why she refers to him in this way please?

Were you part of a quiz team at any point of the cruise? Or any team really, where Peter could be considered a captain? Presumably she’s referring to something as a joke which she assumes you get. But from the outside it’s definitely a bit oblique!

Is he secretly a captain?

Does he look like Captain Birdseye?

Why on earth wouldn't you politely ask her? 😳

Of all the questions no-one else in the world will be able to answer with any certainty 👀

If he’s called Dave or something then that’s really weird.

Has she mistaken him for the Captain of the ship?!

Maybe she thinks you’re someone else!

No quiz teams - the mystery continues.

Is he bossy?

Only because you won't communicate in a perfectly normal adult manner.

"Oh, why do you call him captain by the way?"

Job done.

Is it possible that she thinks your husband was the captain of the/a ship?

My guess is something has got lost in translation.

She calls him Peter our captain because in China that is the traditional way to refer to the husband of someone you met on a P&O cruise.

I reckon the OP should contact Jane McDonald.

She'll know the answer.

Maybe just a lost in translation attempt at a sign of respect. My dad has friends in India and they all call him Uncle as it’s a sign of respect

Ha!ha! QPZM It will probably come to that one day but at the moment I don't want to cause her any undue embarrassment because she is such a sweet lady. Merely thought one of you knowledgeable ladies might have a logical answer 😊.

Is your surname Phillips or Pugwash?