hajk Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Translation key for "newbie". Source: see post link below. *Affair (A) Emotional Affair (EA) Physical Affair (PA) - varieties of affairs *Other People (OP) Other Man (OM) Other Woman(OW) - one partner in an affair. *Married Person (MP) Married Man (MM) Married Woman MW) - the other partner....the one in a committed relationship to someone. although I don't know what we call them if they aren't actually married but in a committed relationship. *Betrayed Spouse (BS) Betrayed Wife (BW or W) Betrayed Husband (BH or H) - the person being cheated on. *Significant Other (SO) *Discovery Day (D-Day) - Day that the affair is found out by the betrayed. *Single Guy (SG) Single Man(SM) Single Woman(SW) - An available alternative partner to the other people in an affair. *Ex-spouse (EX) or (X) - Someone that either the Other Person or the Married person was divorced from. *Ex-Married Man (xMM) - The married man after the affair is over...there are many more posts about dealing with him after the affair than there are about ex-Married Women (xMW). *No Contact (NC) - an approach to ending the affair. Source: https://www.loveshack.org/forums/topic/185318-how-to-end-an-affair/?do=findComment&comment=2297736 Link to post Share on other sites
Wiseman2 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 So many neologisms and acronyms for different types of cheating? Plain old english is much easier to read. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
EPC82 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Wait! I though OP was "original poster"? No? If these acronyms are interchangeable than the whole thing breaks down. Haha!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
elaine567 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 9 minutes ago, EPC82 said: Wait! I though OP was "original poster"? No? Yes, I have never seen it used in the context of "other people"... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
FMW Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 OP usually means Original Poster or Original Post from my experience here. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Fletch Lives Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 It's considered better writing if you just write the word out rather than abbreviate it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mark clemson Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Nice list, although you forgot "affair partner" - AP. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bonifidelifelover Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Thanks needed this! Link to post Share on other sites
Author hajk Posted October 17, 2020 Author Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, FMW said: OP usually means Original Poster or Original Post from my experience here. 14 hours ago, mark clemson said: Nice list, although you forgot "affair partner" - AP. Thanks @FMW and @mark clemson for the correction! Edited October 17, 2020 by hajk 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Wiseman2 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 4 hours ago, hajk said: Thanks @FMW and @mark clemson for the correction! Are these standard internet acronyms or just for the cheating/infidelity forums here? Just plain English or standard acronyms would make it a lot less confusing. Link to post Share on other sites
mark clemson Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 @Wiseman2 I think it would be fair to say they are used frequently on internet relationship/infidelity forums, but less so in other circles. So pretty context-dependent. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Happy Lemming Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 1 minute ago, Kirsten Schmitz said: I have 2 beautiful kids and I've been married to a man whose cheated on me for almost 8 years with a homosexual... So what happened... Are the two of you divorcing?? Open Marriage?? Peg him with a strap-on?? Link to post Share on other sites
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