Why is the acronym DH used so much here?

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Originally Posted by LawGuy 

Oh whoops.  Wrong word for the title.

 

Not abbreviation.  Acronym.

Title all fixed.

DH is shorter and there are a lot of married women on the site.  DW is used (Check out the Masters' Chronicles thread), but not as many of us have DWs.

I just find it easier to put I sometimes put hubby as I don't always agree with the "darling" meaning in DH. x

It's what I've always used on message boards, I thought it was fairly common 

And RuthyB, "D" can stand for many D-words that describe my husband at any given time. 

I thought it strange at first too, as I've never seen "DH" or the like used anywhere else but here, lol. Took me a long time to figure out what they meant!!

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Originally Posted by RAFM 

It's what I've always used on message boards, I thought it was fairly common 

 

And RuthyB, "D" can stand for many D-words that describe my husband at any given time. 

 I never thought of that x

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Originally Posted by Draco 

I thought it strange at first too, as I've never seen "DH" or the like used anywhere else but here, lol. Took me a long time to figure out what they meant!!

I'm glad I'm not the only one who at first didn't know what it meant..

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Originally Posted by RAFM 

It's what I've always used on message boards, I thought it was fairly common 

 

And RuthyB, "D" can stand for many D-words that describe my husband at any given time. 

Indeed!

I don't use DH, I usually put my husband or hubby.

It's all over my baby board.  But then it is a site geared toward pregnant women; many have husbands. 

I like using acronyms because it is shorter; but also I don't like putting ALL my business out everywhere.  Esp on that baby board; I don't share pics or even real names on there.  Here I've made real friendships with several members so it's more about the shorter thing.  But then there are always new members who wouldn't know who I'm referring to; but might assume one thing or another I guess. 

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Originally Posted by LawGuy 

I see it a lot and I don't see it nearly as much elsewhere.  I'm just curious.

 

I never see DW (maybe because it's too close to DWI - I don't know).  I'm just curious as to what is the significance of using DH as opposed to "my husband"?  Just shorter?

 

Maybe this falls into the category of things I don't understand because I'm a guy.  But I'm curious.

Probably because the members here are predominantly female.

I first saw "DH" on a wedding board I went to when planning my wedding. More often there you would see "DF" (dear fiance), and it took me a while to figure out what it meant. I spent the first few weeks wondering why everyone was engaged to someone with the initials of DF  . Now, I just use it out of habit although I also use "hubby" almost as much. I don't use his name very often out of respect for his privacy. I doubt he would mind but it's a weird little quirk of mine.

I didn't know what it meant either, so I looked it up on Google. Google is my best friend lol 

I know personally, i got in the habit of using it on another board and it just kind of stuck.

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Originally Posted by Ruthyb 

I just find it easier to put I sometimes put hubby as I don't always agree with the "darling" meaning in DH. x

You had me (LOLing) for real when I read that part.

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Originally Posted by mrblanche 

Probably because the members here are predominantly female.

 

That would seem VERY likely.

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Originally Posted by x2006nkg 

I didn't know what it meant either, so I looked it up on Google. Google is my best friend lol 

That is so so true.