Abbreviation Confusion

S.:

You are NOT dumb!!! This has been asked MANY times!! And it's okay!!

You are right - MIL, SIL, BIL, FIL - all mom, sister (or son), brother, father in law.

OP - original poster
TIA - thanks in advance
HTH - hope that or this helps
DD - Dear daughter
DH - dear husband
SD - step daughter
SS - step son
BF - breast feeding or best friend (depends on context!! LOL!!)
LO - Little One
GF - girlfriend
SO - significant other

There are more let me get some caffeine in me and I'll do more!!

EDIT: Thanks AV!!! I knew I was forgetting some!! I needed to get some caffeine in me first!!!

I use gl and hth all the time - good luck & hope that helps.

gl & hth! lol

Part of it is context. SIL with she in the sentence is sister-in-law. SIL with he in the sentence is son-in-law.

The extra D is for dear or darling or Damnned!

FWIW: for what it's worth
IMO: In my opinion
IMHO: In my humble opinion
DS: dear son
WAHM/D: Work at home mom or dad
SAHM/D: Stay at home mom or dad
WOHM/D: Work out home mom or dad

Mary, the abbreviations are the same on every mom site I've ever been on.
Here...I googled this: http://www.web-friend.com/help/lingo/chatslang.html
HTH! ;)

It took me quite a while to figure the abbreviations our, but I think Cheryl O. has them down pat.

I wondered for a while if there ought to be some sort of link to an abbreviations page; then I realized that once that happened, those abbreviations would go out of fashion and new ones would come in. So perhaps virtual word of mouth is the way to spread the word.

there is no such thing as a dumb question and thanks for being brave enough to be the one to ask

and for those w/grandbabes

dgd - dear grandaughter
dsd - dear grandson

(just remember, sometimes the first "d" in some of the abbr's may take on another word instead of 'dear'... ;-] )