Is this a CF or are we missing something

For MadMeg, and I forgot to say, the C word in CF is ‘cheeky’.

We moved to Ireland in 2003 to my husband's home village. Sadly he died just 4 years later. The local community were very supportive.

A few weeks after his funeral his elderly cousin (84) arrived one Sunday afternoon. I'd never met the man before. He said he'd been unable to attend the funeral due to ill health.

I made him a cup of tea and we chatted about my husband etc. He asked if my husband used to take me out for dinner (which he did quite often before his illness), then went on to ask could he take me out for dinner one evening. I was only in my 40s, so thought he was just being a kind old man!!!!!
I replied I wasn't up to going out just at that time but maybe some time in the future, I did feel a little uncomfortable but my teenage daughter was upstairs
As he was leaving he put his arm around me and said "so are we boyfriend and girlfriend now?"
I said I wasn't ready for anything like that and couldn't get him out of the door quick enough
The following week he turned up at my son's restaurant looking for me and got quite nasty when my son put him straight lol
A close friend later explained back in the day in parts of Ireland when women became widows that elderly (usually well off) cousins would offer to take on the widow and her children

Never heard of CF and do want to,either ,by the sounds of it.Better on mumsnet perhaps, they like a bit of vulgarity there.

CF to me means Crowd Funding so I also did not have a clue.

We met up with a friend in his late 70s whose beloved wife had died 4 months earlier. To our surprise he had a female companion with him, we were introduced and he said "She was an acquaintance of XXX [his late wife] and we met at the funeral!" 👀 That was a few years ago and they're still chugging along as friends... 🤷‍♀️

(I also have no idea what CF is - I thought Cheerful Friend? Cheeky Friendship?...)

My DH 1 died when I was 40 and he was slightly older. It wasn’t long before 2 men made approaches. One was a good friend of DH and was his best man. The other was a colleague of mine who started off being very helpful but then wanted more. Both were married. When you’re vulnerable, lonely and in shock it’s the last thing you need.

Madmeg

It's a term that describes a man who does what men do to a woman -using vulgar words beginning with C and F.

No it isn't!
"Cheeky f****r is a term applied to anyone male, female or otherwise, who does or says something which is generally regarded as too forward or with a sense of entitlement.. One can be called a CF for parking across someone's driveway, for example., or inviting someone to dinner then asking them to pay their share. Nothing to do with sex, necessarily.

I agree with whomever posted about using the initials for people or things so much.

I finally found the acronym list ~~

On this thread I see the initials MN and since it's not on the list I have no idea what it refers to~~~

Mumnet where they are much less coy about using "language".

Am I being naive in thinking in this context it just means close friend

Rula

OldFrill

What was auntie's response?

FO, hopefully

😆😆😆😆 brilliant answer.

flipping heck talk about taking a chance! hope the chat was not over the coffin either! least he could have waited until after and I do not mean at the wake I mean days later

Allira-😉😂

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Madmeg

It's a term that describes a man who does what men do to a woman -using vulgar words beginning with C and F.

No it isn't!
"Cheeky f****r is a term applied to anyone male, female or otherwise, who does or says something which is generally regarded as too forward or with a sense of entitlement.. One can be called a CF for parking across someone's driveway, for example., or inviting someone to dinner then asking them to pay their share. Nothing to do with sex, necessarily.

To clarify further, we more genteel Gransnetters would be more likely to say "Cheeky B****r.

Agree

When a good friend of mine died, her best friend was asked out by her widower - at her funeral..!! 😱
She slapped his face...and while that isn't necessarily the correct response, I was with her all the way..! 😖😡

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Madmeg

It's a term that describes a man who does what men do to a woman -using vulgar words beginning with C and F.

No it isn't!
"Cheeky f****r is a term applied to anyone male, female or otherwise, who does or says something which is generally regarded as too forward or with a sense of entitlement.. One can be called a CF for parking across someone's driveway, for example., or inviting someone to dinner then asking them to pay their share. Nothing to do with sex, necessarily.

To clarify further, we more genteel Gransnetters would be more likely to say "Cheeky B****r.

The C is often not "cheeky' but a vulgar word for a part of the female anatomy with y on the end.
😉

OldFrill

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Madmeg

It's a term that describes a man who does what men do to a woman -using vulgar words beginning with C and F.

No it isn't!
"Cheeky f****r is a term applied to anyone male, female or otherwise, who does or says something which is generally regarded as too forward or with a sense of entitlement.. One can be called a CF for parking across someone's driveway, for example., or inviting someone to dinner then asking them to pay their share. Nothing to do with sex, necessarily.

To clarify further, we more genteel Gransnetters would be more likely to say "Cheeky B****r.

The C is often not "cheeky' but a vulgar word for a part of the female anatomy with y on the end.
😉

Well I don't pretend to be an authority on the matter but since the point of the label (CF) is to suggest to someone that what they had done or said was rather impertinent or asking for something beyond what would be deemed acceptable or appropriate, the vulgar substitute you mention just wouldn't work - it wouldn't carry the same connotations as "cheeky beggar", "cheeky blighter" etc. When people talk about "The C word" of course they are referring to that hideous word for female anatomy but this is a completely different context.

BTW (By the way!) I've never seen or heard CF used in the way you report above.

Fidelity2

People who resort to that sort of language probably have a limited vocabulary.

Lol

Madmeg

It's a term that describes a man who does what men do to a woman -using vulgar words beginning with C and F.

Absolute tosh. It means sly or brazen. The f+-%#@g word in this context doesn’t mean the same as what you’re thinking.
Put the smelling salts away.

OldFrill, on MN, the C in CF (or in C-Fery) does always stand for ‘cheeky’.

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Well I thought I ess doing quite well keeping up with the various definitions of CF and MN etc but now you've completely floored me with a part if the female anatomy that begins with c and ends with y.
Is it me?

Was

I have problems with all the abbreviations. Can someone explain them to me please.

CF = Cheeky F***er !!!