Husbands Unite!

fennellkevin · Senior Member

Husbands Unite!

luckygreen · Veteran Member

You're crackin' me up here Kevin. I don't have a husband but I am in a long-term relationship. My man is 59 years old. I refuse to call him my boyfriend and I refuse to call him my ol' man (he being an old biker - likes that one but to me he's too close to being an old man). I don't like calling him my "partner" because that sounds a bit, well - same sexed. So I end up calling him my "man" which he thinks sounds like I bought him. Whew! So many choices. When married however, I'd never call my husband my Hubby. Sounds like "cubby".

Good luck in your quest!

Irisheyes · Senior Member

I opt for DH (dear husband). What do you think?? Easier to type just two letters.

fennellkevin · Senior Member

Sounds like designated hitter.

Also, you're going back to the quantity-of-typing issue, which we don't buy.

Shawn · Senior Member

I agree with Kevin...not a fan of the hubby thing. It doesn't offend me, but something about it is annoying. So..I'm with ya big guy!

Shawn

wojazz3 · Guru

DH may be a bit more iritating to me since the acronym can have multiple meanings. Of course, lol isn't my favorite though I may have used it once. In the end, call me what you want. I find more iritating, advertisers pandering to women by trying to sell the stupid husband smart wife scenario. My wife is more offended by that because they seem to think women are too stupid to figure out what they are doing.

Oh, how does this relate to Ireland .... hmmm, well they've resorted to the same advertising tactics there.

Slainte

yesiree · Guru

Kevin -

If you're successful here at IrelandYes, you definitely need to extend your efforts to some of the other travel boards. They are littered with even more hubbies.

Hubby does seem to pop up frequentlyin trip reports/itinerary planning. Is it just me or is it usually used to refer to a husband who seems indifferent to the planning that goes into a trip?

Regardless, I don't think I've ever heard a person refer to their husband as hubby in his presence. Imagine hearing, "Corey, I'd like you to meet my hubby, Frank." I'd have a hard time holding back a chuckle as I shook his hand.

-- Edited by yesiree at 15:57, 2006-07-31

Mark D · Senior Member

It really does not bother me, but here in Vermont, One normally thinks of the Ben and Jerry's flavor "Chubby Hubby". That I truly dislike !!

Cheers!

Mark D.

Dude · Guru

If you fellers will allow an opinion from the distaff side, I cringe every time I see the word "hubby." I suspect none of my sex would appreciate being referred to as "wifey." Now I've been hanging out with the same man for 44 years, married to him for 42+, and I would never refer to him as my hubby. So count me in for the revolution. Will the planning meetings be held in Ireland?

China Cat · Veteran Member

I'm with you on this, and I don't think I've ever used Hubby, unless it was without thinking. DH is not so great, but it is easy to type. But since I'm ChinaCat, I usually refer to my spouse as Mr Cat, or MrC.

Michele Erdvig · Host

Hi Everyone,

What a funny post. After reading through it I think that Kevin doesn't like "hubby" because it reminds him of the ice cream Chubby Hubby. It is actually a legit (oops I shortened that) word in the dictionary. Mine says it is informal for husband.

Now Kevin, would you admit it if you were a chubby hubby? I will confess I need to lose weight. No Chubby Hubby ice cream for me.

Michele

P.S. I think that everyone uses acronyms and shortcuts on the forums.

Melissa5 · Guru

I like typing hubby because it's actually only 4 different letters...h, u, b, and y! Husband is actually 7 letters. But you can call us women wifey if you want!

Also the letters in the word husband happen to be located all over the keyboard so it just takes too long. I don't like typing in hubby's name (or names of children) because we like to be anonymous.

I always wondered if it bothered anybody. Anyway sorry it bothers you! For me, it's merely a convenience, a shortcut. Also, if you type in husband, you also have to type in "my".,..then you have to keep typing "my husband" which is kinda long. So if you just say "hubby", you get to also skip the word "my".

Anyway I hope this explanation helps you to be maybe less annoyed...it's not like we women are trying to insult you men...we're just taking shortcuts... like saying a cuppa tea is easier to type than a cup of tea...

In person, I would never say "hubby". It's only a short-cut I use on-line. I type a lot of travel reports...on several web-sites... and travel questions, and it's always hubby and I...as opposed to my husband and I...try typing this:
Hubby hubby hubby
my husband my husband my husband

If you type it exactly like that, just the way I typed it, you will see one is a lot easier than the other..

Anyway just for you I will try to vary it on IrelandYes.com!

-- Edited by Melissa5 at 00:52, 2006-08-01

-- Edited by Melissa5 at 00:53, 2006-08-01

Melissa5 · Guru

One more thing...I was wondering who DH was!

Sometimes I type hubsy by mistake.

My man sounds like a country western song and also sounds like we're not married.

Also, I figured it mostly mattered if my own husband minded being "hubby" on-line, and he doesn't care. What if I want to call him Hon? Master? How about My Lord (thinking of Dunguare castle medieval banquet.) But that's 7 key-strokes counting the space.

ChinaCat, when I first read you were traveling with Mr Cat, I was actually wondering why you had brought along your pet...

Probably because I identify people mostly by the first half of their on-line names...China for ChinaCat, Yes for Yesiree...

If we all are voting for DH, I vote for dh because there aren't any capital letters. I"m afraid some people might mistake it for a typo, though.

Well maybe we should just name our husbands... My husband, Ed and I. Ed is nice and short. Yeah, everybody's husband can be called Ed.

Irisheyesrdreaming · Veteran Member

I dislike "hubby" as much as I dislike overhearing my husband call "the wife" !!! It makes me very angry!!!

Michele Erdvig · Host

Kevin,

You divil! I can see that this post is getting everyone involved. Personally, I don't mind one way or the other. I won't tell you what I call my husband!

Michele

Melissa5 · Guru

Michele, always something creative coming up on your web-site!

I tried going onto fodors just now and sharing about my trip. I tried calling my husband/hubby/my man/my Lord/DH by the name of "Ed", but I kept picturing him as looking like some guy I don't know named Ed! Ahhh! That doesn't work for me.

I think that all of the husbands should have to call their wives "My Lady" from now on.

"Wife" rhymes with "strife" and there is something deeply suspicious about that.

wojazz3 · Guru

I prefer to be referred to as "Your Highness" or "Master of the House (and free world if you must)". I don't think that is too much to ask.

Bill

fennellkevin · Senior Member

Michele,

Never heard of that ice cream flavor until Mark D and you mentioned it on this post.

And no, I'm not chubby (6 feet, 170 pounds).

I just honestly feel that even if one's husband claims he doesn't mind (thanks a lot Ed), the actual readers of what you write would get more of a sense of a real human being, not just some accessory to oneself. (ps: I know his name isn't really Ed)

And how 'bout that example, "wifey": how would that go over if we used it as a matter of course?

And, if we're writing forum entries with 500 words including "Dunguaire" and "Connemara" (not sure of spelling) and "Gap of Dunloe" etc., I'm still not buying the keystroke hardship issue.

Michele, you've had to call me a divil twice. Is that a record?

Kevin

Melissa5 · Guru

Your Highness Wojazz3...that has a nice ring.

(My Dad once instructed us to call him Venerable Sir.)

fennelkevin, I promise never to call you my hubby. I won't care if you call me your wifey, but Ed might raise an eyebrow. Ed wants to know what's wrong with being a smurf on my dashboard. He can see better that way. The seatbelts don't fit him too well. It's a hereditary thing.

Actually I'm teasing you.

Like you Ed is 6 feet tall and your same weight. I love my hubby and all of his nicknames end up with either "ie" or "y" tacked on the end of them.

How about husbandie? Husbandy?

fennellkevin · Senior Member

I guess that's a no?

-- Edited by fennellkevin at 15:12, 2006-08-01

Michele Erdvig · Host

Kevin,

I think that is a record! Actually I think we are all having a bit of summer fun with this posting and they are all tongue-in-cheek. After all, we do need a break from the heat in most places. An Alaska cruise is looking real good right now with temps approaching 100 here in Hotlanta. I hate to think what my electric bill will be for August!

I think that Bill will also answer to "Sir Bill", as some on the forum have christened him in the past.

Thanks for the fun posting.

Michele

Melissa5 · Guru

fennelkevin, one more reply and then I'm moving on to other topics.

I have noticed that here I am driving in San Diego and still thinking about what to call my own husband since it drives you nuts! Huh? Wait a minute. It's my own hubby and I think I should call him whatever I want since he is MY hubby. You don't even know Ed. Now it would be different if I was talking about all of you husbands out there...if you want to be called husbands (or even Your Highness in the case of wojazz3 :-d), I will gladly call you whatever YOU wish to be called.

But I am the only one of you all who is close to my husband and he feels like a "hubby" to me when I am typing on-line. So that is what he will probably remain.

However this interesting discussion has brought into my awareness the fact that perhaps it's best to space the "hubbies" out more on-line, that too much hubbiness in one report may rub some folks the wrong way.

So I am now signing off this topic. Fennelkevin you got me going there for a while but you know you are trying to tell other women what they should call their own husbands in the end after all. Perhaps you only need to tell your own wife what she should call you and be content with that.

What I write about my husband never has anything to do with you after all..hey I've never even met you...I don't even know if you are married, single, or in between! I am truly just writing about my own life.

Anyway I sense that you and I are taking this topic way too seriously. Let's move on! My old Dad always used to say "Let's agree to disagree."

oopsy · Senior Member

Well, my partner was my partner for almost 14 years before we married. I just stick with partner now, and wish I was not now referred to as his wife (when before, it seems my name was more likely to be used!). I think hubby would irk both of us. It does read a bit like someone should be pinching someone's cheek while saying it.

On an unrelated topic:

Sir Bill, Ruler of All and Master of Trip Reports...how's that trip report coming?

caseyhen · Member

Okay...so...not to stir the pot...but....

I've always hated the moniker "my better half." Can we add that to the "ick" list? I have trouble envisioning myself as half a person, and the less desirable half, to boot!

While I've never minded typing "my husband," I was worried it sounded too formal. I find DH sort of appealing, though I've never asked him what he thinks!

Fun post...thanks for the entertaining reading this evening.

shashie50 · Veteran Member

I went away from my computer for a couple of days and missed the whole thing!

Sorry to open it up again, but I can't help suggesting "himself" and "herself" considering the forum topic...

Michele Erdvig · Host

Marsha,

That is perfect! From now on hubby is "himself" and wifey is "herself". You solved the whole problem brilliantly.

Michele