I HATE the term Hubby...Am I the only one?

[dorktv]

It is just so annoying! Spell out the word husband! ARGH!

:rant:

[bliss_eternal]

1. Yessir--

I'm sorry. :blush:

[dorktv]

2. I am a girl. :)

[bliss_eternal]

6. Yes, ma'am...

Sorry about that...:blush:

Shame on me...:spank:

[SeattleGirl]

3. Uh oh, I'm one of the guilty ones!

:blush:

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. I've never liked it either

It's silly and rather childish, like "wifey." :puke:

I'm also not a fan of "spouse," as it sounds like some sort of gardening implement. Or perhaps a plumber's tool.

"Ralph, you seen the 9/16" spouse? I need it to degauze this curmudgeon widget."

[LynzM]

39. LOL

I don't necessarily agree, but that gave me a heck of a laugh!

[coyote]

5. I'm with you....

My hubby this my hubby that...:puke:

[Tallison]

7. It's kind of a term that tabloids/game show hosts would coin

I always though it was kind of low brow. :scared:

[BensMom]

8. Right there along with

Better half



What the heck does that mean?

[johnnie]

9. I'll probably get it for this one

But "significant other" sounds goofy to me.

[hippywife]

10. I like hubband.

It's a term of endearment, really.

[B3Nut]

15. Hehehe...my wife calls me that sometimes

It's funny. Then again, we're a somewhat goofy pair, so it's all good! :crazy:

Todd in Beerbratistan :beer:

[In_The_Wind]

11. I think the term husband or wife is rather formal.

stilted, stiff, rigid ... lacking warmth

[sendero]

12. How about "wifey"..

... sounds cute to me :)

[nutsnberries]

13. ugggh, i can't stand it either!

bad word... i'd rather hear *blubby*.
at least that's funny! :*

[LostinVA]

14. I loathe it and always have

It reminds me of.... I don't know, The Stepford Wives, or too cutesy knickknacks or something.....

[Shell Beau]

16. I write hubby all of the time! Sorry, it's just quicker to type!

So skip my posts b/c I don't feel like spelling it out! I don't see the big deal.

[AirmensMom]

30. I'm with you, Shell Beau ... I do it too.

I won't be skipping your posts. :hi:

[Shell Beau]

34. Ha, and I won't be skipping yours!

:hi:

[GreenPartyVoter]

31. Ditto.. People who don't like it can just imagine that it says husband

[Shell Beau]

32. Exactly!!

:hi:

[GreenPartyVoter]

33. I suppose we could switch to DH instead. Even faster to type. *g*

[Zomby Woof]

17. I do too - vehemently

It's so white, bourgeois, and mindlessly suburban. It reeks of Tupperware parties and soccer mom brain death.

"Hubby will beat me if I don't have a beer ready for him when he gets home!"

It has this vague feel of subservience, which is disturbing when the marriage is actually equal. If nothing else, it's too self-consciously cutesy for its own good.

:puke:

[Shell Beau]

19. I use it online. I don't say it. It is easier to write.

I had no idea that people hated it so much. I will still use it though! :P

[AirmensMom]

35. Gosh, Woof, I've never been a soccer mom!

And I hate Tupperware parties.

Neither am I subservient. I've been married for 29 years and I'm just not the kind of person who would allow myself to stay in a relationship for that long unless it was equal.

It's an affectionate term and not meant to offend anyone. Sorry you're offended. I don't like the puke smiley. :(

[Zomby Woof]

36. I am not offended, just dismissive

And I said it SOUNDS vaguely subservient, even in equal relationships. PLEASE read what I wrote, word for word. The other day in a pet peeve thread, someone mentioned that cherry-picking what one says in a post, and replying only to that, is their peeve, and I agreed.

I have very strong feelings about language and its usage. "Hubby" just has negative bourgeois connotations with me, but that doesn't mean each and every one of you who uses it needs to be defensive, or that it applies to you, to a person.

As for the argument offered above that "it is easier to write", that is a very weak defense, indeed. ifweawlwanted2typthings2maykthemeezier2writRsentinceswudluklykthis

That's a slippery slope argument waiting to happen.

I am pretty sure the extra effort to type 3 extra letters will not make one's fingers fall off, but I could be wrong. ;-)

[AirmensMom]

38. OK, but I did read it.

What you said was,

"It has this vague feel of subservience, which is disturbing when the marriage is actually equal." I guess I interpreted it differently from what you meant. I didn't think I was cherry-picking, just trying to say that it meant something different to me.

[Zomby Woof]

41. I said 'actually equal'

Which means that the term is even worse when the marriage is NOT subservient or unequal, because the term is generally associated with something emanating from the mouth of "the little woman".

In other words, it is jarring and rather off-key when someone like you uses it, versus Mrs. Cleaver for example. :-)

I am admittedly a hardass about language. "Hubby" is just too fucking cutesy for my ears.

In fairness, any man who says "wifey" should be shot on sight.

[AirmensMom]

43. Yes, you did.

:)

And I agree with you about "wifey". The men I used to work with said "the wife" a lot, which I found demeaning. It's interesting how words are interpreted by different people.

Thanks for not blowing me off, Woof! :hi:

[Zomby Woof]

44. Just because usage annoys me

Doesn't mean the person does. It would be like shunning you because you once had broccoli stuck in your teeth. :D

Now with all of this silliness out of the way, have some carrot cake! :9

[AirmensMom]

45. OK, bring out the sweets now.

I'm sick today, so I think some B&J would be better. :9

[WCGreen]

18. I don't care what she calls me....

As long as there is sex some how involved....

[southlandshari]

21. ....

:spank:

[WCGreen]

28. Well Deserved......

[southlandshari]

20. You are not alone.

Hubby, wifey....ick.

And what is "DH" all about?

:hide:

[Zomby Woof]

22. DH is puke-inducing

"Dearest Husband".

:puke: There go my moon pies!

[southlandshari]

23. Since we are in total agreement

Have some more Moon Pies, darlin'!

[Zomby Woof]

24. Ah, thank you!

Hey, I was in GD the other day standing up for the south again! It sure gets old, doesn't it?

The south is the cause of ALL our ills, including jock itch and post-nasal drip, apparently!

I bet it wasn't a southerner who coined "hubby"! :hide:

[southlandshari]

25. ROFL!

:hug:

[Cats Against Frist]

26. I hate it, too. I don't know what it is. It reminds me of a golf shirt.

[jane_pippin]

27. Oh I'm with you...

It makes me feel like I'm reading Ladies Home Journal from 1952 when I see it.

BUT, if that's what someone wants to call their husband, then fine. It's not the end of the world.

[eyesroll]

29. Ick.

I've read some divorce-related message boards, and some of the phrasing is horrible there:

"Oh no! Hubby punched me in the eye and then left! Will I ever see Hubby again?!!?"

(Not even "my hubby," just "Hubby.")

Isn't it supposed to be a term of endearment?

[trackfan]

37. My wife refers to me as "hubby" on one of her blogs,

which is strange since I've never heard her actually say that word. Maybe it's just a literary contrivance.

[skygazer]

40. Wow, what an odd thing to get uptight about

No, I'm not going to spell out the word "husband" because this is the internet and abbreviations are pretty standard here. Personally, I find "LOL" rather annoying but I use it and I don't protest when others use it - it's an abbreviation.

I use the word "hubby" because a) it's shorter and b) it's a quick and easy way of referring to the person I'm with who is NOT my husband, by the way. I don't particularly care for "significant other" or "SO" which sounds very generic and devoid of any kind of special feeling, "boyfriend" sounds absurd when you're 44 years old - "hubby" is my word of choice.

[Shell Beau]

42. I'm with you 110%!!

I say lighten up some!! Jeez!

[HughBeaumont]

46. Preggers is a stupid word as well.

The wife hates both words. She has friends that use them. She needs to get new friends.

:dilemma:

[KamaAina]

47. Can't stand it.

It's just a stake in the heart to this desperate hetero male DUer not only to find out that yet another promising female DUer is off limits but to have to hear about her "hubby". Ouch.

[Orsino]

48. I like it okay. n/t