The cute --weird-- rituals/jokes you do with your DP...

[YouBetterWerk]

Here are just a few of the personal little in jokes and rituals we have, but the more I think about it the less I think other couples have them!

1. Puffins. Obsessed with them. Don't know where it came from, but we have notepads, cards, nicknames, all surrounding these bloody Puffins.
   
2. 'Sunday Morning Face' - The blank excited stare, pushed right up against my face every Sunday morning.
   
3. 'Bobble Hat Song' - Every time we see someone with a bobble hat on, we sing a song. I would post the lyrics but it is copyright.
   
4. 'Stair Necessities' - Here we have a song we sing to the tune of 'Bare Necessities' every time I go up the stairs to bed. He will also change the lyrics to reflect what we've done that day, giving it that lovely personal touch.
   
   This is just a small example, there are dozens more. We are both grown adults.
   
   I asked my hairdresser about hers the other day and she looked at me like I was crazy and said 'Sometimes I guess we say goodbye in a funny way'
   
   Please reassure me it's not just us!

[MusicMum18]

No funny little conversations etc are normal (I hope!)

We have a funny conversation that goes like this...

Me: did you have a shower today?
DP: yes
Me: did you use soap?
DP: no
Me: what did you use?
Dp: makes up something eg candy floss, socks, toothpaste etc. this has to be different, he can't repeat anything from a previous conversation.
Me: that's a funny thing to use.
DP: yes. Yes it is.

We've had this conversation regularly for the last 8 years or so. If he says the wrong thing that's different from the above, eg just yes, not yes, yes it is, then we do the whole thing again. He usually says it wrong on purpose!

We both love it as it's special between the 2 of us! But yes know it's weird!

[cocobean2805]

Loved reading this thread. It has made me cheerful!

If a song lyric can be worked into a conversation, it must be done. Similarly any emotion, can and will be expressed through the medium of modern dance.

Stealth bumming. If other person is bending over, silently creep up behind to the best of your ability and lean your crotch in, hands on hips and thrust Mr Bean style. Extra points if they don't notice. Especially extra points if you're in a public place. Then whisper 'stealth bum!' As creepily as you can at the earlier available opportunity.

Curtsy or bow/bended knee when bringing other person a snack/cup of tea/dinner.

The dogs are Mexican foul mouthed spies. They have conversations about the weird things humans do and have been sent to learn our ways before invading. Singing songs to them is the only way to abate their blood lust and stop them reporting us to their government. Their names/nicknames must be worked into the song.

If something weird happens (a cup falls over in another room etc) and upon investigation it turns out to be that the drying rack was simply stacked improperly it is your duty to shout "debunked!" (From a program called ghost adventures)

We have many one liners stolen from TV, including, if someone says "but at the end of the day" the only acceptable response is to say "you died!" (Alan partridge)

If there's a monster/someone ugly on TV "I didn't know you were in this DP!"

If one of us says "I'm just going to the loo" then the other has to get to the toilet before the other, I can't remember when we started weeing competitively but its stuck! Extra points if the other person is desperate for the loo.

It's nice to read about other people's little idiosyncrasies. Makes me feel like everyone is as odd as us!

[Flumplet]

We like to meow along to the Eastenders theme tune for the benefit of our cats.

[GhettoFabulous]

My Beloved sometimes smacks me on the forehead if he thinks I'm being ridiculous and then I say in an aggravated voice "I am not Bob Todd!" and he says "Oh yes you are!" and does it again. Bob Todd was the man that Benny Hill used to smack about the head.

[ScorpioMermaid]

We do silly stuff like singing instead of talking.
changing the words of songs to fit current situation.
random dancing when a mutual favourite song comes on. (or funny face and head bopping if out in public)
talking in accents. I particularly like the American Valley girl cheerleader accent when talking about school and friends with the kids.
We can't say potato without doing it Keith lemon style.
DH loading dishwasher or washing up sings 'any more pots, pots, pots' to the tune of feeling 'hot hot hot'

obviously the kids all join in now with our sillies and it gets quite amusing.

[soapydopeybubbles]

We have escalated the yellow car game to a whole new level and now have a bingo style card that goes on all long journeys with us.

We both do the Simon's cat open mouth if we want a bit of whatever the other is eating.

DH takes great delight in 'Said the actress to the Bishop'

I will occasionally drop something utterly filthy into a conversation just for the look of shock and then glee that DH gives me.

If I'm feeling sad I will miaow at DH so that he knows something's wrong.

We refer to DS as the 'bebe' or the 'baybeeee' and if we're talking about him one of us will end up saying 'awwwww baybeee'.

We've been together for 10 years, there's soooo many more things.

[spancake]

Only I have things I do to my poor husband. He on the other hand is a boring old fart with a limp sense of humour. I like to:
Poke his bum hole through his clothes when he's not expecting it
Sing really really loud in the car and watch him squirm with embarrassment
Make straining noises to him through the bathroom door when he's 'taking a while' and coaching him to push.
Use our biggest and cat as a weapon against him using the laser pen
Send him hugely inappropriate text messages whilst he is at work

We do like to use baby sign actions that our ds adopted when he was tiny like squeezing our hands in the air (think milking a cow) to signal we would like a drink

There are other better ones I'm sure. We are a bit odd. I spose I make up 95 per cent of our oddness quota and he's relatively -boring- sensible.

[Fairenuff]

Years ago dh made up a bedtime song for the children which he still sings now even though they are teenagers. It's 'Buenos noches poco ninos, hasta manana' sung to the tune of Little Donkey

[NorbertDentressangle]

Another one to add to this great thread:

-when we've stayed anywhere away from home and are packing up to leave one of us announces they're going to do an "idiot check" (ie. going to check that we haven't left anything behind anywhere) but as the person doing the check walks into the room of any family member they have to say "I've found one!"

[PerfumedGal]

This is really the loveliest of threads! I live with my DH and sis and we have lots of these that fill our days with fun.

• When walking and we see a discarded piece of dirty clothing, half eaten kebab, bag of dog poo etc on the pavement we have to mention it by saying 'there's your bag of dog poo' then the other has to say how grateful they are that you found it but they will get it on the way back
  
• we use renumber instead of remember as one of us got it wrong once. I even said this at work as it is so normal
  
• instead of good night we say 'see you on flip side mutha f@cker'
  
• if I want naughties I say 'hop on baby' and we always high five afterwards
  
• if one person is in a room with a closed door, usually the bathroom, the other will stand outside making a growling bear face and making their hands into claws. The challenge is to keep your face like that for as long as needed and not laugh. Then when the door opens you let out a massive growl to shock them or staying silent works too
  

-I cannot drink my tea until someone tells me it's ODT (optimum drinking temperature) however sometimes they forget
-If you are asked a question and someone doesn't believe the answer they will ask you 3 times. On the third time you HAVE to tell the truth

• We always say 'while you are down there' when one is bent down in front of the other. However my DH is foreign and sometimes gets it wrong which makes me giggle even more. Once I was head bent down, vomiting on his shoes, he said 'as you are there already' and it cheered me up no end
  

We have lots more and I cherish each one!

[IhavenevermetAnthonyHead]

I have quite big sort of puppy dog eyes that droop downwards at the corners and a small nose with a flat bridge. If I raise my eyebrows and pull my mouth and nose downwards DH swears I look like a seal pup. He adores this face for some bizarre reason and often asks me perform it on demand. I don't mind when it's in private but he has been known to ask me on many occasions when we are in polite company. He says 'Don't you think she looks like a seal pup? Go on, show them, do your seal pup face, let everyone see how cute it is.'

WTF? I'm telling you now, it's not fucking easy to do it across the dinner table of a posh restaurant with four other bewildered adults looking at you expectantly. Also, while I appreciate it might have been quite cute when I was 24, it's a bit weird now that I am 49.

[OnlyLovers]

Just you, Peace, although I do wish I'd thought of it.

Classics! Congrats, OP.

[IhavenevermetAnthonyHead]

just you I think Peace

[PeaceOfWildThings]

Anyone joining in with Talk Like A Shakespearian Actor day (it being Shakespeare's birthday) with their DP/DH? I was greeted with a 'good dawning to thee' text first thing. I replied 'shall I compare the to a furry cat? Thine thumbs art opposible and thou art less fluffy...'

Or is it just us?

[MrsTrentReznor]

Hooray! This is such a happy thread.

[ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba]

oh lovely thread

[HomeIsWhereTheHeartIs]

Congrats, YouBetter

[YouBetterWerk]

This is the happiest day of my life.

[BeccaMumsnet]

Hi everyone

We can see there's a lot of love for this thread, and we can understand why!

We're going to be popping this over to Classics where it can bask in its own glory until the end of time.

[YouBetterWerk]

When me and DP are holding hands and have to extend the hand holding over anything, like a post or small child, we do a 'arm wave' starting with me and he body pops it out. We don't even realise we're doing it anymore!

[BackCrackandNappySack]

I think Ban Ki Moon and Boutros Boutros Ghali are the only ones anyone knows aren't they? That would be a very short game in our house.

[SwirlyThingAlert]

Not as good as some of these, but we do tend to quote the sparring couple in Father Ted to each other when the kids aren't about.
So to oblivious passer bys/flies on the wall they'll probably think we hate each other's guts.
Mary: Ya stupid bastard! You've really done it this time.
John: You started it, you slag!
Mary: The next time i'll finish it!

[stayanotherday]

Crimewatch is on Thursday, will sing along!

[Momagain1]

You use the report function on the OP andn your report you suggest the move.

[BodleianLibrarianook]

How do I nominate this thread for classics? It's such a cheerful thread!