Acronyms

I m with you all the way yggd I hate them with a vengeance
It’s lazy and we moan and moan about the English language and how the young use text speak and how the language will disappear and then use these stupid darling and dears
But ….. I can’t change others I can only change me so
I don’t use them so if you feel as strongly as I do don’t use them
Darling/dear my arxx

Many years ago, when I first encountered ‘dh’ on a forum, I did wonder for a while whether it meant ‘dopey Herbert’ or some such. It didn’t take long to dawn though.
As for dd2 etc., it’s just quicker.

Sometimes LO appears. That I find a bit twee. But I’m generally take it or leave it about acronyms

www.gransnet.com/info/acronyms

Forgot to say that I am generally quite tolerant of them.

I gave up on that one, too, Yggdrasil. I have since guessed that DSD might stand for stepdaughter,
but it is not one of the "official" GN acronyms.

I know you can use acronyms or not , but the poster is saying that they don’t know what they mean .
Also they are confusing , SIL can be sister in law or son in law.
I agree about the daft D in front of everything !

I agree yggdrasil there was a recent post so full of abbreviations that I gave up. In normal conversation I never refer to my 'dear' daughter or 'darling' husband.

Just seems less hassle to type DGD than Dear (or Darling) Grand Daughter in full? Similarly DD2 rather than my ‘Second Born or younger (est) Daughter?
As *Calendargirl’ says - not compulsory, so just use whatever terms you find easiest.

YABU

Maybe the 'dear' is being expressed through gritted teeth? ?‍♀️ Just saying.

Nothing wrong with it, if you want to say ‘my husband’ or ‘my daughter’, then just say it.

You don’t have to use acronyms if you don’t want to.