Terms of endearment? [smile]

My family have a very 'robust' sense of humour too. Nothing is sacred.
My ex partner found it hard to take at times, but I told him it was because we loved him we felt able to insult him at every turn, like we do each other.

At last......A thread which might liven things up a bit!

It seems we are not alone! I have been told I have an evil sense of humour, much of which DH takes the brunt of. Let's just say, if I called him dearest, sugarpie etc he would think I had lost the plot. He keeps up very well but perhaps not as inventively as me. (Saying that, I do have to remember to watch my gob when out and about. My social gaffs are many!)

Imperfect27
GNHQ aren't the thread police
If this thread progresses you will see who the 'thread police' are.
If you want to keep watching, put a tin hat on

My grumpy old git lacks a sense of humour and takes it all to heart, the miserable old fart.

Terms of endearment!! I'm thinking each to their own!! I often refer to my dd as lovely girl, dgds as the lovely bad girls, as for sense of humour, I have fallen off a sofa and knocked myself out laughing so that particular gene is not missing, how we all refer to our nearest and dearest is what makes each of our families unique

Iam64
I'm afraid you've missed the joke completely. Where in imperfects post did she even hint that a child being hurt was remotely funny.
Your post reminds me of the scene in 'The Good Life' where Margo starts crying because she can't understand what everyone is laughing at: the reason being, she didn't have a sense of humour

Phew nina!

'bone' even ...

Oh dear - now worrying I may have offended people - OBVIOUSLY NOT MY INTENTION, but I do apologise if this is the case. I do think we live in a ridiculously p.c. world at times, but also aware we have different levels of sensitivities so if 'thread police' (guessing that means
GNHQ???) feel this is out of order, I expect they will delete as needs be...

In our family we love 'playing' with language and are simply laughing at ourselves. Maybe naïve of me to think this would be readily understood.

Just wonder, if I were a politician, if I would need to resign now? .

We don't, but I can appreciate the humour Imperfect and would be inclinded to do the same.
Although D and I do sometimes refer to H as the grumpy old git which he just pulls a mock sad face too.

Ha ha petra - yes, I think I may rue this one ... We are a loving and close family, great inlaws, blah, blah, blah and DH hasn't got a sexist one in his body.

But I did sew the button on ...

Iam64 I find it hard to make a link between our 'bleak humour' and the lad being left to fall on the floor - that wasn't funny to my mind at all. Maybe tone and expression are everything and something gets lost in print ... we really are NOT a bad lot down here in the south .

We do Imperfect27
But it's not something I would share on GN. Too many thread police and those who've had a sense of humour bypass

I accept some find that kind of humour amusing and I know I may sound a tad prissy but I don't appreciate that kind of 'bleak humour' . I suspect it's something to do with growing up in the North West where that kind of stuff is fairly common. Like the old joke when uncle Jimmy sits the child on the dresser and tells the boy to jump, nooo uncle Jimmy, tha'll drop me. No lad, I'll catch thee. Of course, the lad hits the floor and lies weeping - let that be a lesson to thee lad (says uncle Jim) trust no-one.
Ok it's made me smile again. My husband is a greying ginger, his children refer to him as a silver fox. Much nicer