Abbreviations

[JacqViride]

I’m a father trying to get some advice and there’s probably something in here that could probably really help me but to be honest it’s all so confusing, mainly because you all choose to say things life DD, DH, DS & EBF and expect everyone else to understand, it’s really frustrating, please stop this lazy trend because your actually writing things down that can really help a lot of people but those people don’t understand what your saying, they don’t want to go through the process of registering then asking and feeling stupid for asking and they end up exiting the site to look elsewhere when quite possibly the exact info and advice they needed was right infront of them and they missed it.

If you really want to help people then please don’t use abbreviations

I hope your reading all this because this is why the website won’t go any further than it has,

Why didn’t you ask politely about the abbreviations?

The acronyms aren’t a ‘mumsnet’ thing. They’ve been standard forum shorthand for decades.

I really don’t care because I know what I’m saying is right

I hope your reading all this because this is why the website won’t go any further than it has,

And I was having such a miserable day!

Yeah secret codes are childish.
By the way (spelt it out see) you can say cunt here, you didn't need to type see you next tuesday.

@BelindasRedPlasticHandcuffs

That'll be 4chan

It's ironic that someone who doesn't know how to use "your" vs "you're" is complaining about code!

I feel that op is trying to mansplain but is failing.

Fatherofthree when you say you "almost didn't bother with this site..." whatever could you mean given that this is your first post? So "almost not bothering" actually means posting once to sock puppet defend a male's inability to use fairly simple abbreviations..

If only we knew for sure the acronyms were putting men off.

Ok, which mainly male forum is holidaying on MN this time?

Because compared to the visiting forum that brought us the legend of Balonz from Frensham Ponds, you’re not being very entertaining. Try harder.

Ls wl ufxp luu wvzi!

OP

YABU

HTH

Can’t believe no one has posted this yet

The breathtaking arrogance!

Bun anyone?

Put your penis away and go learn the difference between your and you’re before lecturing people on how right you are

Op thank god you are here to save us

Anyone fancy a game?

Mumsnet acronyms
Not that difficult to learn
But some men throw strops

Shocks

What do I get for a full house?

Never mind learning the acronyms, man needs to learn to use you're

I think he might have trotted off.
One of you must have upset him talking in the secret lady code.

Gosh, even as a foreigner I got the hang of the abbreviations in about 5 minutes (which basically meant just reading the list once). I like it now, it makes the posts so much shorter and I get it instantly anyway.

Ali1cedowntherabbithole

You get to be the HAAQOMN.

But no one will ever know what that is because it is my new acronym.

looks like a new gender