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had this list of abbreviations floating around so i thought i would post it
LOL = Laughing Out Loud
ROFL = Rolling on the Floor Laughing
LMAO = Laughing My [censored] Off
KWIM = Know What I Mean
GMTA = Great Minds Think Alike
YK = You Know (or ya know)
BTW = By The Way
DDay = represents the date you discovered the affair
A = Affair
OW = Other Woman
OM = Other Man
FOTS = [censored] On The Side
GF = Girlfriend
BF = Boyfriend
MM = Married Man
BS = Betrayed Spouse
BW = Betrayed Wife
FUBAR = F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition
H = husband
DH = Dear Husband or Damn husband, depending on how used
DD = Dear Daughter
DS = Dear Son
FIL = Father in Law
MIL = Mother in Law
SIL = Sister in Law
BIL = Brother in Law
HTH = Hope This Helps
TIA = Thanks in Advance
OTOH = On The Other Hand
JMHO = Just My Humble Opinion
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion (IMO = In My Opinion)
BW -33 (Me)
WH-38
M- 4 years/together 10
OC (girl) born 03/03
D-Day 08/02
True friends stab you in the front - Oscar Wilde
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Thanks Caroline! That clears things up a bit, I also learned from this board that OT means Off topic.
WS: 37 BS: 36 "highschool sweethearts"
married 8/98
ds: 12/96 dd: 11/99 ds: 5/02
separated 4/04
A summer '04
D-Day: 9/8/2004
recovery begins 10/04
moves back in 11/04
OC born (girl) 4/05 (Legal C 8/05)
"Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives me something to do, but it gets me nowhere."
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Thanks for this. I'll definetly use it.
April - Affair
May - OW tells H that she's pregnant
June - OW's H calls to inform me of affair and pregnancy
August - Present - Working diligently on marriage. In counseling at church.
December - OC Born - NO CONTACT!
May - DNA TEST NEGATIVE - MY H IS NOT THE FATHER. THANK GOD.
My new Title - BS w/ OCS (Betrayed Wife with Other Child Scare)
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More abbreviations----some MarriageBuilders specific Acronyms, Smilies, & UBB Codes
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