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The Missus...

  • 14-06-2017 6:22pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭


    ...I just don't like that term.

    Refer to her by her title "my girlfriend/partner/wife", refer her by her name, use a term of endearment, use a well known literary reference like Rumpole's "SWMBO"...anything but "the Missus".


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  • #2
    me_irl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭me_irl


    ME MOH!

    Also, "well known literary reference"?

    Oh, so I should call her "Frailty" ... hweh hweh hweh.


  • #3
    Temptamperu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭Temptamperu


    Herself and meself....


  • #4
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    her indoors


  • #5
    LadyMacBeth_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭LadyMacBeth_


    I often call my OH my missus when talking about her to other people, if she complains she gets a slap :pac:

    In Cork the term ''my old doll'' is common, I don't like it because I don't want to be told that I'm old!


  • #6
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    I think the missus is quite endearing and sounds like you're really comfortable with them, i like it personally


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  • #7
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    Deleted User wrote: »
    ...I just don't like that term.

    Refer to her by her title "my girlfriend/partner/wife", refer her by her name, use a term of endearment, use a well known literary reference like Rumpole's "SWMBO"...anything but "the Missus".

    That's all well and good, but do you ever worry that by referring to her in a sincere and un-flippant manner, you might lead people to believe that you're talking about someone whom you deeply love.


  • #8
    bee06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,514 ✭✭✭bee06


    I hate it too, also not a fan of "hubby". My husband calls me wifey sometimes, which I like, but only in private.


  • #9
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,148 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    ...I just don't like that term.

    Refer to her by her title "my girlfriend/partner/wife", refer her by her name, use a term of endearment, use a well known literary reference like Rumpole's "SWMBO"...anything but "the Missus".

    Shes not a possesion for you to own. OMG


  • #10
    Cortina_MK_IV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭Cortina_MK_IV


    My significant other. :)


  • #11
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    pjohnson wrote: »
    Shes not a possesion for you to own. OMG

    It is a little possessive, but it reflects the pride of association...and still better than the coldness of using "the" beforehand.


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  • #12
    glynf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,387 ✭✭✭glynf


    The war office.


  • #13
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    glynf wrote: »
    The war office.

    That's pretty good, at least it's inventive. The Missus is just so hackneyed.


  • #14
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    glynf wrote: »
    The war office.

    Yeah lads who say they have to clear it with 'the war office' before going out to get loaded with their male friends.

    Like boys seriously grow a pair, she's not your mother.


  • #15
    Roger Hassenforder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    The bag for life


  • #16
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,944 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Thread reminds me of this...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW9ofWV8ARk


    :p


  • #17
    Balmed Out
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,721 ✭✭✭Balmed Out


    LadyMacBeth_ wrote: »
    I often call my OH my missus when talking about her to other people, if she complains she gets a slap :pac:

    In Cork the term ''my old doll'' is common, I don't like it because I don't want to be told that I'm old!

    De ol' doll


  • #18
    gifted
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,921 ✭✭✭gifted


    The Brains of the operation...


  • #19
    Roger Hassenforder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Yeah lads who say they have to clear it with 'the war office' before going out to get loaded with their male friends.

    Like boys seriously grow a pair, she's not your mother.

    thinly veiled "I'm single" post! :D


  • #20
    D0NNELLY
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,387 ✭✭✭D0NNELLY


    I just use her name


  • #21
    Lorelli!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,360 ✭✭✭Lorelli!


    I'm not too fond of it either. I really don't like "other half" or OH and would never use it in real life but I use it on here sometimes because it's handy.


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  • #22
    Ciaran_B
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 1,518 ✭✭✭Ciaran_B


    The leader of the opposition or the moth. The Mrs. is fine as well.

    No idea what she calls me, hopefully not the hubster.


  • #23
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 77,619 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    She who must be obeyed....


  • #24
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,679 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Lorelli! wrote: »
    I'm not too fond of it either. I really don't like "other half" or OH and would never use it in real life but I use it on here sometimes because it's handy.

    I frickin hate OH but like yourself it is handy for here.

    What's worse though is hubs, hubby and husbag. Fück. Right. Off.


  • #25
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Husbag? :D

    That's not that bad actually.


  • #26
    GerryDerpy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 761 ✭✭✭GerryDerpy


    Yet more leftist ideological SJW crap with men feeling offended on women's behalf. If my missus has a problem with the term then she is capable enough to tell me.


  • #27
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,679 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Husbag? :D

    That's not that bad actually.

    Or hubsbag. The ultimate combination :p


  • #28
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    GerryDerpy wrote: »
    Yet more leftist ideological SJW crap with men feeling offended on women's behalf. If my missus has a problem with the term then she is capable enough to tell me.

    That's it alright. Sure everything is about the offence and the JSW thing what you said about.


  • #29
    GerryDerpy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 761 ✭✭✭GerryDerpy


    Deleted User wrote: »
    That's it alright. Sure everything is about the offence and the JSW thing what you said about.

    Not to get personal, but a quick glance through your post history confirms my suspicion. You're a good person though, so I feel bad. I'm a cnut.


  • #30
    Roger Hassenforder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    GerryDerpy wrote: »
    Yet more leftist ideological SJW crap with men feeling offended on women's behalf. If my missus has a problem with the term then she is capable enough to tell me.

    is there a whiff of White-Knighting there a bit?


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  • #31
    Junkyard Tom
    Registered Users Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭Junkyard Tom


    This is my current partner.


  • #32
    neonsofa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,476 ✭✭✭neonsofa


    Junkyard Tom wrote: »
    This is my current partner.

    My first wife/husband!


  • #33
    GerryDerpy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 761 ✭✭✭GerryDerpy


    Roger Hassenforder wrote: »
    is there a whiff of White-Knighting there a bit?

    Hummm had to look it up and can't see it sorry.


  • #34
    DJIMI TRARORE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,656 ✭✭✭DJIMI TRARORE


    The minister for finance,is one I like


  • #35
    Ciaran_B
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    Junkyard Tom wrote: »
    This is my current partner.

    My Dad introduces my mother as '<her name>, my current wife'. Don't know how she hasn't divorced him by now.


  • #36
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    I always call conors missus by her name


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  • #37
    glynf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,387 ✭✭✭glynf


    Deleted User wrote: »
    That's pretty good, at least it's inventive. The Missus is just so hackneyed.

    Couple of mates use it all the time, both afrikaaners. They all did national service so have loads of odd military sayings and produce some well ****ed up insults.


  • #38
    IvyTheTerrible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,949 ✭✭✭✭IvyTheTerrible


    Roger Hassenforder wrote: »
    is there a whiff of White-Knighting there a bit?

    Something something cuck something snowflake


  • #39
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,028 ✭✭✭Wossack


    trouble and strife


  • #40
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    Fist cushion or cock holster…


  • #41
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    glynf wrote: »
    Couple of mates use it all the time, both afrikaaners. They all did national service so have loads of odd military sayings and produce some well ****ed up insults.

    The Swiss Army Wife is, apparently, a wife who is good at cooking, cleaning, a great mother etc.


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  • #42
    Donald Trump
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,260 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump


    Bambi wrote: »
    I always call conors missus by her name

    I only call her at 3am when I'm drunk and horny.
    Conor's missus I mean


  • #43
    IamtheWalrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭IamtheWalrus


    If you say my missus or hubsfestival you are an asshole.


  • #44
    Robsweezie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,434 ✭✭✭Robsweezie


    ball and chain


  • #45
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Robsweezie wrote: »
    ball and chain

    Which, as Cork slang has come up, really refers to an anthem at Sir Henrys.


  • #46
    Gunslinger92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭Gunslinger92


    I just say boyfriend or his name most of the time, himself the odd time.
    I use OH on here but wouldn't in real life


  • #47
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    I don't mind being called the missus, though it doesn't happen often. To be honest for me not being married it's hard to know how to refer to each other. Girl/boyfriend sounds too teenagery. Partner sounds a bit yee haw, cowboy. I usually resort to other half or himself but am not particularly fond of those terms either:(


  • #48
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Roger Hassenforder wrote: »
    The bag for life

    Or the Trouble and Strife.

    I've no objection to The Missus at all.

    When I was a schoolgirl and we would watch television and an attractive man would appear on screen, he would be referred to as The Chap - the one who eclipsed all other chaps in the movie/show.

    I refer to my partner as The Chap since he eclipses all other chaps in my life. I also refer to him as The Beloved.

    My favourite is my Grandmothers term for the regular man in her life, who she refers to as her Gentleman Caller. Abroad for a few months on holiday, she played golf regularly with another gentleman, whom we have persuaded her to refer to as her Side 'Ho.


  • #49
    Barry Badrinath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,460 ✭✭✭Barry Badrinath


    Kitchen Commander


  • #50
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,694 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    She who saved me from blindness


  • #51
    railer201
    Registered Users Posts: 968 ✭✭✭railer201


    It used to be 'The Quare Wan' years ago - 'The Missus' is a big improvement on that.


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