Anyone else think DS and DD is a bit cringe

[Mama2b99]

Son and daughter are just fine whats with darling son and darling daughter its a bit excessive if you ask me😂😂

I’ve become used to it but I never use them. I hate trying to work some out and some have multiple meanings that can take a few sentences to decide which they’re using. DF could mean father, friend, fiancé. It’s really not much of a time save but it’s how it is here.

The benefit of DH is that it saves us from 'hubby' which is even more cringe!

No one translates it as "dear". It's just the shorthand for husband daughter son etc. It's not cringe. I find it easier to type than son or daughter both of which take 3 taps on my phone rather than 2 and that's dependent on my auto type putting daughter up after "da". Husband is the same. 3 taps.

I don't bother with capitals usually.

It's also worth saving space in a post.

thats true 😂

Literally!

I joined netmums few days ago after becoming pregnant and i'm seeing DS and DD everywhere that i had to google it started feeling like i wasn't part of a cult😂

YESS! I started seeing weird combos aswell like DSS and DDS i don't even know anymore..

Can’t stand it. No quicker to use D than it is to write the actual word, especially with predictive text.

Oh gosh ! I haven't seen that one yet 😂

Im trying to get my head around net mums there was too many forums and categories 😂

LOL just when i thought i'd heard it all on netmums lingo😭

Its interesting because i can see where you're coming from its just net mums special lingo haha even though might take some time to get used to!

MN jail for you, far too twee for these parts!

The crazy one is when you see DS1 and DD2 Im just like they sound like aliens you really could have just said my firstborn and second😂

Better than Little Man though

Agreed. It’s so twee. However as its use is so widespread on here, I use it to aid understanding. Still bothers me though!

I think MN was created a long time before Netmums.

You'll soon get used to it. I love AIBU with the responses or YABU or YANBU. (In my head these are words said as eyeboo, yahboo or yanboo.)

And STBXH occurs quite a bit.

Any relationship problem is answered with LTB.

Mumsnet tends to use the convention of DD1 for oldest daughter, DD2 for the next etc. I've come across other sites where the number is an age, DS13 freaked me out at first!

Oh god yes.

Totally agree.

I don't think it's twee though because I think most of us who have been familiar with these forever don't actually read it as dear/darling.