Does it mean dear husband, dumb husband, dull husband?
Thanks clueless in Michigan

"dear" is the standard interpretation

When I use DH I'm referring to dear husband, however.......... ;-)

DD refers to dear daughter.

I've always thought the D-whatever abbreviations just a little too cute, so I automatically fill in "dumb" whenever I read it...

I have never understood why people don't just say "my husband".

because "DH" takes 2 key strokes, "my husband" takes 10 . . . . among other reasons

is this one of those things that's developed from texting?

suze - long before texting I was using it - it came from email from my understanding. I started using it about 10 years ago when I joined a stepmom board on AOL - Mom's online. dd - dear daughter, ss - stepson, just made life easier...

I guess nobody here will use POS - parents over shoulder

Sometimes the other "shorthand" gets confusing, such as

SIL

Is that
Son-in-law
or
Sister-in-law

POS has other meanings, usually referring to inanimate objects that don't work as intended.

PUI means "posting under the influence," and DS means "dear son" or "dissolute suitor."

DH means the batter that hits in place of the pitcher during games played in American League parks.

Actually, while that was offered in jest, I think you'll find that the term is used mostly by females precisely because of that other meaning.

And there was me thinking they stood for De Havilland and Drunk and Disorderly.

What does LOL mean?

LOTS OF LUCK, LOTS OF LOVE??

laughing out loud or laughing on line

I'm often confused when people use CC in place of cottage cheese.

ROFL rolling on floor laughing

ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my a. off

The final answer is the people who do use those forms of abbreviations are very successful ones who just don't have the time to spend time in writing the full message. Well, either that or perhaps just too lazy to spend the time.

There was a time, called the good old days, when English was considered sufficient for written communication (at least among those conversant with English). There was not thought to be a need for cute initialisms or for smileys.

Bring back the good old days, those days that I have steadfastly refused to abandon. I don't want to be the only hairy mammoth in a herd of elephants.